My Ideas & Notes
-
Food & Drink
La Durée's
Best Luxury Patisserie at €2.70 (Pain au Chocolat): Sweet, soft pistachio paste marbled with rich...
-
Food & Drink
Rouge Passion
Best Wine Bar Investment of €15 (cheese and cold-meats): Anne and Sébastien's Rouge Passion is a ...
-
Lodging
Ermitage Hôtel Sacré-Coeur
Constructed in 1895 as a gift from a banker to his mistress, the 12-room Ermitage Hôtel Sacré-Coe...
-
Lodging
Hotel Mayet
An offbeat art hotel Raised by two hoteliers in the Alpine resort town of Val d'Isère, Laurenc...
-
Lodging
Hôtel de la Paix
A classic remade for modern travelers For 130 years, the seven-story building that houses the ...
-
Lodging
Hotel de la Bretonnerie
A touch of history in the heart of the city A few things might come to mind when you imagine a...
-
Lodging
Paris-Oasis
A nouveau bohemian haunt In a neighborhood that's been wholly transformed over the past two de...
-
Lodging
A Room in Paris
A B&B with gourmet appeal Of the approximately 500 registered chambres d'hôtes (bed-and-br...
-
Food & Drink
Patisserie Pain de Sucre
Nathalie Robert and Didier Mathray first met in the pastry kitchen at Pierre Gagnaire's eponymous...
-
Food & Drink
Carl Marletti
It's unusual to see a pâtissier running the counter—unless you're talking about Carl Marletti, th...
-
Food & Drink
La Pâtisserie des Rêves
The name "Pastry Shop of Dreams" refers to the store's desserts, but "dreamy"...
-
Lodging
Muse Hotel de Luxe
A summer in the South of France just got hotter with the arrival of Muse Hotel de Luxe in Ramatue...
-
Lodging
Hotel Sezz Saint-Tropez
Opening along the Côte d'Azur in July 2010, Hotel Sezz St. Tropez is a follow-up to the equally p...
-
Lodging
Mama Shelter
Details: This 172-room hotel -- which opened in 2008 -- in the 20th arrondissement injects a litt...
-
Lodging
Le Citizen Hotel du Canal
If you are only staying in Paris for a few nights, selecting Le Citizen Hotel du Canal -- which o...
-
Lodging
Seven Hotel
For anyone who thinks French design can get stodgy, this is the hotel for you. Even the reception...
-
Lodging
Le Royal Monceau
Last fall, Raffles (a group of luxury hotels) took on Paris -- specifically, Avenue Hoche, a ston...
-
Lodging
The Regent Grand Hotel Bordeaux
Famed French designer Jacques Garcia was put to task on the 150-room Regent Grand Hotel Bordeaux,...
-
Lodging
Domaine la Source des Fees
You'll find Domaine la Source des Fees in the quaint wine-making village of Fuissé, in southern B...
-
Lodging
Hotel Napoleon
An affordable corner of the French Riviera. On the bright blue Bay of Garavan, about a 10-minute...
-
Food & Drink
L'Opéra Restaurant
After 136 years on the drawing board and three near launches, L'Opéra Restaurant at Paris' legend...
-
Food & Drink
Les Papilles
Bertrand Bluy serves customers in his Paris wine bistro, Le Papilles. Bluy, formerly a chef patis...
-
Food & Drink
Le Verre Volé
Since Cyril Bordarier opened his small cave-bar-bistro Le Verre Vole a few steps from the Canal S...
-
Food & Drink
Legrand Filles et Fils
For the final stop on our little Parisian urban wine trail, we take you to one of our favorite wi...
-
Lodging
Shangri-La
Built in 1896 as the home of Prince Roland Bonaparte, the Shangri-La offers views fit for royalty...
-
Lodging
Château du Peyruzel
Few castles that saw battle during the Hundred Years' War have come through as elegantly as the C...
-
Food & Drink
Le Déli-Cieux
In a city where shopping has been elevated to an art form, it's fitting that one of the best roof...
-
Activity
La Cité Médiévale de Carcassonne
Named a World Heritage Site in 1997, La Cité has a history spanning more than 2,000 years. The la...
-
Activity
Aitre St. Maclou
Although this 'aitre' now holds more students than bones, you can still find a mummified cat and ...
-
Lodging
Château André Ziltener
Where: France's Burgundy region in the village of Chambolle-Musigny, about 15 miles from Dijon ...
-
Food & Drink
Sur Mesure
The hottest table in Paris is within a futuristic white-on-white cocoon in the contemporary cool ...
-
Food & Drink
Agapé Substance
Touted as Paris’s talent du jour, 31-year-old David Toutain delivers food that’s as tasty as it i...
-
Activity
Traboules Secret Pasages
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon Between courtyards and t...
-
Activity
Gérard Mulot Patisserie
The elegant Gérard Mulot Patisserie is as central to the life of the St.-Germain neighborhood as ...
-
Food & Drink
Le Grenier à Pain
If you’re looking for the best baguette and tarte tatin in Montmartre, there is Le Grenier à Pain...
-
Lodging
Hotel l'Avant-Scene
Located in a resorted 18th-century house, it's a quick walk or a five-minute tram ride from Borde...
-
Lodging
Relais Franc Mayne
Guests at this 12-room hotel in St-Emilion can tour the adjacent winery free of charge or bike th...
-
Lodging
Chateau Carbonneau
Co-owner Jacquie Franc de Ferriere prepares superb dinners at this property outside St-Emilion fo...
-
Food & Drink
Les Belles Perdrix
This gorgeous outdoor spot for lunch at Chateau Troplong-Mondot is just outside the town of St-Emilion.
(Food & Wine)
-
Food & Drink
Aux Quatre Coins du Vin
Owner Benjamin Bouet's four Enomatic machines offer tastes of 32 different wines. (Food & ...
-
Activity
Chateau Clos du Roy
located in the under-appreciated Fronsac region, Clos du Roy makes an appealingly balanced, Merlo...
-
Activity
Chateau Puygueraud
Puygueraud is in the Francs-Cotes de Bordeaux, one of Bordeaux's smallest sub-appellations. (F...
-
Activity
Chateau Jean Faux
Pascal Collotte's organically farmed estate is in the Bordeaux Superieur region, near the town of...
-
Activity
Chateau Canon
Canon's premier wine is hardly a bargain but its second wine, Chateau Canon, is also terrific and...
-
Lodging
La Colline du Colombier
Cost: $744 for two nights (two night minimum) (Food & Wine - Best New French Country Inns)
-
Activity
Catherine de Medici's Chamber of Secrets
Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room For...
-
Activity
The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "h...

Send a message to collaborators.
Sign In to comment.