Lugares in Paris

Alain Passard's three-Michelin temple to vegetables on rue de Varenne.

Two Michelin stars in the Hôtel de la Monnaie, looking at the Seine.

Alsatian choucroute, landmarked Art Nouveau, the Académiciens' lunch.

LVMH's Samaritaine flagship with three-Michelin Plénitude, Dior Spa Cheval Blanc and a 30-meter pool.

12 rooms, all looking onto Place des Vosges, Evok Collection's quietest, most contemplative Paris address.

Mathieu Pacaud's seafood Michelin star, behind the Esplanade des Invalides.

The only European palace with three Michelin-starred restaurants and Jeff Leatham's florals.

1758 stone palace on Place de la Concorde, gold-scaled pool and Karl Lagerfeld suites.

Avenue Montaigne palace with red awnings, Dior Spa and Jean Imbert's gilded dining room.

Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name.

Pierre Yves Rochon-designed townhouse-palace near the Élysée with Michelin two-star Le Gabriel.

Palais-Royal arcade institution since 1784, historic monument with a kitchen in transition

Frédéric Anton's two-star kitchen 125m up the Eiffel Tower.

Tuileries-facing Dorchester palace with Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse and Cédric Grolet pastry.

5-star hideaway behind ivy on Place des Vosges, 56 rooms, a courtyard, a Michelin-starred restaurant.

Philippe Starck's contemporary palace with private cinema, Matsuhisa and the Clarins-MyBlend spa.

The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building.

The Bernard Loiseau group's Michelin-starred Palais-Bourbon canteen.

The only Palace hotel on the Left Bank, 1910 Belle Époque on Boulevard Raspail.

Art Deco palace on rue Saint-Honoré, 14m pool, garden courtyard, Cédric Grolet's pastry boutique

Place Vendôme palace by Ed Tuttle with Michelin-starred Pur' and a contemporary art-hung corridor.

Two Michelin stars, a Green Star, and surprise tasting menus.

1898 Place Vendôme palace, Coco Chanel's home, Hemingway's bar, Espadon's dining room

The only chateau-hotel in Paris, Laura Gonzalez interiors, walled garden and Bellefeuille's Michelin star.

Prince Roland Bonaparte's former mansion with Eiffel-facing rooms and Shang Palace's Cantonese kitchen.

Haussmannian Hôtel Majestic resurrected with rooftop L'Oiseau Blanc and a 360-degree dome view.

Tomy Gousset's Michelin-starred neo-bistro near the Esplanade.

William Ledeuil's Southeast-Asian-French cuisine, Michelin-starred since 2008.