The 2012 "France 50" - LinkParis.com's Annual List of the Fifty Best Hotels in France

Great location, great service, memorable food - all these hotels have that, and more. The list is in no particular order; it made sense to us to let all fifty hotels be viewed as equals. Hotel des Academies des Arts had the benefit of being the first hotel we chose for the list this year, so it occupies top slot for no other reason than that.

Enjoy!

1. Hotel des Academies des Arts - Paris
2. Hotel Martinez - Cannes
3. Palais de la Mediterranee - Nice
4. Hotel de Jue de Paume - Paris
5. Hotel du Pantheon - Paris
6. Le Meridien - Nice
7. Cour de Loges - Lyon
8. Grand Hotel Barriere - Dinard
9. Hotel Gramont - Paris
10. Georges V - Paris
11. La Villa des Consuls - Sarlat-Dordogne-Perigord
12. Hotel Fouquet’s Barriere - Paris
13. Hotel Le Bristol - Paris
14. Le Meurice - Paris
15. Hotel Plaza Athenee - Paris
16. Hotel de la Tremoille - Paris
17. Park Hyatt Paris Vendome - Paris
18. The Ritz Paris - Paris
19. Majestic Barriere - Cannes
20. Royal Mougins Golf Resort - Cote d'Azur
21. Hotel du Palais - Biarritz
22. La Voile d’Or - St Jean Cap Ferrat
23. Chateau de Bagnols - Bagnols, Beaujolais
24. Hotel De Charme Les Airelles - Courchevel
25. Hotel Royal Monceau - Paris
26. Le Royal Champagne a Champillon - Epernay
27. La Reserve de Beaulieu & Spa - between Nice and Monaco
28. Villa Florentine - Lyon
29. Hotel de La Cite - Carcasonne
30. La Mas des Herbes Blanches - Provence
31. Le Prieure - Avignon
32. Abbaye de Saint Croix - Salon de Provence (Bouches du Rhone)
33. Hotel d’Europe - Avignon
34. Hotel Banke - Paris
35. Hotel de la Paix - Paris
36. L’Eveche - Vaison-la-Romaine
37. Hotel Emeraude - Juan-les-Pins
38. Chateau d’Isenbourg - Alsace
39. Miramar Boutique Hotel - Corsica
40. La Bastide de Tourtour - Provence
41. Les Manoirs de Tourgeville - Deauville
42. Chateau de Fere - Fere-en-Tardenois (Champagne)
43. Chateau de L’ile & Spa - Strasbourg
44. Le Choiseul - Amboise (Loire Valley)
45. Grand Barrail Chateau Hotel & Spa - Saint-Emilion
46. Le Crillon - Paris
47. Chateau Les Crayeres - Reims,
48. Chateau La Cheneviere - Bayeux
49. Sofitel Marseille Vieux-Port - Marseille
50. Chateau de Chorey Les Beaune - Burgundy

Past winners: Hotel Marignan Champs Elysees, Hotel Negresco, Agapa Hotel & Spa, Nouvel Hotel, Normandy Barriere, Intercontinental Cannes.