

he second Alpine site for the Experimental group and the 11th globally, brings the group’s trademark good-time vibe to one of France’s most celebrated ski resorts.

We don’t typically book an urban hotel for the spa, but an excellent one can be a great bonus—a sanctuary for lymphatic drainage, a cold plunge to get over jet lag, a facial to recover from airplane air, or a cleansing hydrotherapy circuit.

Part high-tech Alpine spa, part lived-in family hotel, Naturhotel Forsthofgut is the kind of place where guests (dogs and children included) wind down after a day of skiing, hiking, or sauna-hopping in the 61,000sq ft spa by raising a glass in a bathrobe at the bar.

A beautiful French family estate château turned vineyard estate and hotel in the heart of the Luberon.

Hotel prices keep climbing, and the Costa Meno—our shorthand for charming, atmospheric stays that are also affordable—has never felt more relevant. So we’ve distilled our roundups of hotels from around the world into one tightly edited list of the best thoughtfully priced hotels to plan a trip around.

A Rocco Forte Hotel, it has the playful feeling of a boutique property, while being centrally located and great for kids.

August is a beautifully designed hotel within a former Augustinian cloister of an old military hospital complex, set in an inspiring neighborhood.

Paris becomes a different city depending on where you sleep, be it a gilded palace on the Right Bank, a jewel-box boutique hotel in Saint-Germain, or a tucked-away pied-à-terre in Pigalle. Our list spans (nearly) every arrondissement, with a Paris for every mood and traveler—and besides, part of the pleasure is in returning and discovering…

Stylist Irene Kim and her husband realized it was now or never to follow their dream of moving from Toronto to Paris, and finally made the leap this summer after a year of sorting out visas, schools, bank accounts, and a tangle of French bureaucracy.