Just about an hour and fifteen minute drive from Paris, a magnificent 18th century property that sets up in the former home of a French actress. Consider it the ultimate country house fantasy, a French chateau and estate that spans both sides of the Eure river. In 2024, the Guide awarded the hotel a well-deserved MICHELIN Key. Expect: a thoroughly satisfying change of scenery, including a vegetable garden and grounds dotted with Highland cows and over 250 varieties of roses.

An easy drive from the capital, this sprawling former medieval abbey looks like something straight from the books of history, its stone spaces and ruined church once home to over 200 monks. Transformed at the end of 2023 into a hotel, its 146 rooms and suites have been redesigned by Cordélia de Castellane, the artistic director of Dior Maison and Baby Dior.

The Domaine de Chantilly, home to the 92-room Auberge du Jeu de Paume, is so historic there are parts of Versaille that took their inspiration from it. The hotel was awarded 1 MICHELIN Key, and there’s even the extraordinary Condé museum on the estate (one of the largest collections of paintings in France). The rooms span from opulent to fit-for-a-king — no coincidence given the estate’s history of hosting royals.

About a half hour from Paris by car (or an easy train from Saint-Lazare station), this pastoral hotel complex halfway to Versailles is named after Camille Corot, precursor of the Impressionists. For good reason: it was his family's country house, where he enjoyed coming to recharge and where he painted more than 250 paintings. Though full of historical elements, the 30 rooms have been assembled with a contemporary eye.

A forty minute drive from Paris — Airelles Chateau de Versailles is not simply adjacent to the Château de Versailles, but actually on its grounds. And before we get started, we’ll just say that this is a place with the highest hotel honor in the MICHELIN Guide: Three Keys. Set within a recently renovated 17th-century building endowed still with the spirit of Louis XIV, in proper palace style the hotel has just seven rooms, six suites, and one lavish apartment.

The Waldorf Astoria Versailles – Trianon Palace stands right where the city of Versailles meets the Parc de Versailles, and is oriented to face the park that surrounds the royal estate, an idyllic view by any standard. And the hotel itself is something of a feast for the eyes — the Trianon Palace building dates back to 1910, and has been exceptionally well maintained.

An estate within the Golf de L'Isle Adam (one of the most beautiful courses in France) this is a peaceful place designed specifically as a convenient city escape. An interpretation of an original farm building by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, rooms are all refined minimalism with views of the golf greens, forest, or courtyard garden. Many rooms sport their own private terrace.