Travel 5 minutes 08 April 2024

The First MICHELIN Key Hotels: All the Keys in France

The MICHELIN Guide announces top honors for French hotels in 2024.

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On April 8, 2024, the MICHELIN Guide revealed the brand new One, Two, and Three Key distinctions for the most outstanding hotels in France.

This announcement comes four years into a comprehensive refresh of our hotel selection. The MICHELIN Guide now includes over 5,000 hotels across the world, and not a single one is simply a room for the night. These are places that significantly add to your experience as a traveler, each vetted and judged excellent in five categories: architecture and interior design, quality and consistency of service, overall personality and character, value for the price, and a significant contribution to the guest experience in a particular setting.

Which brings us back to the Keys. The culmination of countless hours of evaluation by our team of experts, the Key hotels below represent the highlights of our broader selection. Like the MICHELIN Stars for restaurants, the MICHELIN Keys are our most outstanding hotels.

In total, the 2024 MICHELIN Guide hotel selection in France includes 24 Three Key hotels, 38 Two Key hotels, and 127 One Key hotels. Want to know more about the MICHELIN Key? Here’s everything you need to know. Or, head below to look at all the Keys.

Villa la Coste — Aix-en-Provence

How To Look Through the List

Jump straight to the list or take a deeper dive into select Key hotels.

On this page, you’ll find every single one of our new Key distinctions, sorted by number of Keys and location in France. Click on any hotel to go straight to the hotel page to learn more about the nuts and bolts of each property. Alternatively, you can read any number of in-depth pieces about the aspects of the special craft that make up a Key hotel over on our magazine. While our anonymous selection team spends every day scouring the earth to vet favorite hotels and unearth hidden gems, our editorial team delves into the hotel craft by speaking directly to hoteliers.

Take a peek at the top-floor suite of the only chateau hotel in Paris.

See what makes this hotel among the greatest art museums in the country.

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Highlights of the France 2024 Key Hotel List

La Reserve Paris

The Palaces: A Distinctly French High Luxury

Expect: Butler service, high quality spas, and sumptuous spare-no-expense design. The government of France itself bestows an official Palace designation, with French tourism officials judging the most luxurious hotels in France to ensure they provide particular amenities and services (a spa, a multilingual check-in desk, a concierge service, etc.) and an excellent representation of the country.

Out of 31 official palace hotels in France, many earned at least one Key — and several make up our Three Key hotels. Of the palaces that earned at least One Key, you’ll find a mix of the most historic (the Four Seasons George V), the most modern (Le K2 Palace), and the newer takes on the traditional form (La Réserve Paris). All are exceptional.

Also read: Every Three Key Hotel in Paris

Les Sources de Caudalie — Bordeaux

The Country Darlings: Chateaus and Vineyards

Our first annual list of Key hotels in France confirms the supremacy of these two mainstays: chateau and vineyard accommodations. Look to Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey and Château de la Gaude as particular examples of Two Key hotels that combine both.

Or look just outside Bordeaux, to Les Sources de Caudalie. Built on a natural hot spring and operated by the famous Caudalie beauty brand, it’s a particularly fascinating Three Key property on the grounds of the Château Smith Haut-Lafitte vineyard.

Le Ballu Paris

Paris 2024: Little Boutiques Full of Hip, Trendy Design and Endless Color

We’re thrilled that in our inaugural Key distinctions we can celebrate an especially strong crop of small, design-forward boutique hotels that are anything but content to be conventional. With bright, colorful design that’s of the moment, they’re grounded in technical know-how, impeccable taste, and informed by a fascinating, sometimes quirky history.

Explore Hôtel Le Ballu, La Fantaisie, Providence, Les Bains, and Norman Hôtel & Spa to see just what we mean.

Also read: Inside Hôtel Le Ballu: A singular, artsy refuge in the heart of Paris

Castelbrac — Dinard

The Three Key Hotels

The Saint James Paris

Antibes: Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc
Bordeaux: Les Sources de Caudalie
Champillon: Le Royal Champagne
Courchevel: Cheval Blanc Courchevel
Courchevel: Le K2 Palace
Gordes: La Bastide de Gordes
Le Castellet: Hôtel du Castellet
Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade: Villa La Coste
Les Baux-de-Provence: Baumanière
Megève: Four Seasons Megeve
Monte-Carlo: Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo
Paris: Villeroy
Paris: La Réserve Paris
Paris: Saint James Paris
Paris: Four Seasons George V
Paris: Cheval Blanc Paris
Paris: Ritz Paris
Paris: Le Bristol Paris
Paris: Le Meurice
Paris: Plaza Athénée
Reims: Domaine Les Crayères
Saint Tropez: La Reserve Ramatuelle
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat: Grand Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat
Versailles: Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle

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The Two Key Hotels

La Mirande — Avignon

Aix-en-Provence: Château de la Gaude
Avignon: La Mirande
Biarritz: Hôtel du Palais
Bommes: Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey
Busnes: Le Château de Beaulieu
Cassis: Les Roches Blanches
Cheverny: Les Sources de Cheverny
Cognac: Chais Monnet
Courchevel: Aman Le Mélézin
Courchevel: L'Apogée Courchevel
Dinard: Castelbrac
Eugenie les Bains: Les Pres d’Eugenie - Michel Guerard
Èze: Château Eza
Èze: Château de la Chèvre d'Or
Gargas: Coquillade - Provence
Honfleur: La Ferme Saint-Siméon
Lauris: Domaine de Fontenille
Le Grand-Lucé: Château du Grand-Lucé
Massignac: Domaine des Étangs
Monte-Carlo: Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo
Montpellier: Domaine de Biar
Nice: Le Negresco
Paris: Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
Paris: J.K. Place Paris
Paris: Lutetia
Paris: Nolinski
Paris: Bulgari Hôtel Paris
Paris: Le Royal Monceau
Paris: The Peninsula Paris
Paris: Shangri-La Paris
Porto-Vecchio: Casadelmar
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin: The Maybourne Riviera
Sabran: Château de Montcaud
Saint Tropez: Airelles Saint-Tropez Château de la Messardière
Saint Tropez: Cheval Blanc St-Tropez
Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes: Château Richeux - Les Maisons de Bricourt
Saint-Paul-de-Vence: Le Domaine du Mas de Pierre
Val-d'Isère: Le K2 Chogori

The One Key Hotels

Château & Village Castigno — Assignan

Pays de la Loire

Carquefou: Château de Maubreuil
Fontevraud-l’Abbaye: Fontevraud L’Hôtel
La Plaine-sur-Mer: Anne de Bretagne

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Aix-en-Provence: Les Lodges Sainte-Victoire
Antibes: Belles Rives
Beaulieu-sur-Mer: La Réserve de Beaulieu
Bonnieux: Capelongue
Cadenet: Auberge La Fenière
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban: La Bonne Étape
Crillon-le-Brave: Crillon le Brave
Joucas: Le Phébus
La Croix-Valmer: Château de Valmer
Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade: Château de Fonscolombe
Les Baux-de-Provence: Domaine de Manville
Lorgues: Château de Berne
Marseille : Le Petit Nice
Ménerbes: La Bastide de Marie
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie: La Bastide de Moustiers
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat: Royal Riviera
Saint-Paul-de-Vence: Toile Blanche
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence: Hôtel de Tourrel
Saint Saturnin: Domaine des Andeols
Tourrettes: Terre Blanche
Vauvenargues: Sainte-Victoire
Vence: Château Saint-Martin
Villelaure: La Ferme HI Bride

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