In Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, an off-piste route runs from the top of the Aiguille to Le Monal, a listed hamlet at 1,874 m facing Mont Pourri. ESF outing from €95, Eleven chalets in Le Miroir and Black Diamond on the slopes.
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The founder of La Revue des Hôtels tested Loire Valley Lodges in Touraine: 21 treetop lodges 4 metres up in a 300-hectare forest, private hot tub, Ardent restaurant. Our score: 9.2/10.
Connected screens at reception, real-time information, services in the spotlight: how digital signage improves the welcome and the guest experience at the hotel.
From 1 to 30 December 2026, The Peninsula Paris serves Anne Coruble's Christmas Tea Time in the Lobby: five new pastries, caviar and foie gras, from €95 excluding drinks. Prices, dates and booking.
Three days at La Ferme d'Augustin, in Ramatuelle: our editorial team tried the Sublio pool and met its inventor, Frédéric Esnault. Here is our account.
Oetker Hotels, the group behind the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, will open Le Mas Bellevue in Saint-Tropez in June 2027: 78 rooms in a hamlet of 11 Provençal houses, an infinity pool and Géraud Tournier at the helm.
On 31 December 2026, the Mandarin Oriental Lutetia palace hotel in Paris serves a six-course dinner at €280, with jazz in the Salon Saint-Germain and a DJ at Bar Joséphine. Christmas, afternoon tea, brunch: all the prices.
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Our team tested La Ferme d'Augustin, a family-run four-star hotel in Ramatuelle: a Sublio spa pool heated to 30 °C, 46 rooms and suites, Provençal cooking and Tahiti beach on foot. Our rating: 9.5/10.
Looting on 17 October 2026: just one luxury hotel reported targeted, the Sofitel Lyon Bellecour, and no Paris palace hit. Cancellations, city-by-city curfews and the rights of travellers with a booking.
Airbnb is showcasing eight prestige apartments in Paris for Art Basel Paris, from 23 to 25 October 2026 at the Grand Palais. Area, capacity, highlights and checked prices: from €524 to €4,202 a night, plus three nearby palace hotels for comparison.
Until 27 October 2026, the Shangri-La Paris palace hotel is showing thread works by Chiharu Shiota in its Rotonde, with Galerie Templon, during Art Basel Paris.
After Saint-Tropez, Lily of the Valley will open a 30-suite hotel designed by Philippe Starck beside Courchevel's altiport in December 2027, on the site of the Pilatus, ski-in ski-out and facing Mont Blanc.
