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Montréal, Canada
The hotel that triggered Montreal's boutique revolution, Hôtel Le Germain occupies a converted 1960s office block in the downtown core, steps from Ste. Catherine Street. Its 136 loft-style rooms earned a Michelin 1 Key in 2024, and the on-site Boulevardier brasserie and Flâneur Bar give the address a social anchor that most competitors nearby can't match. Rates start around $264 per night.
Seville, Spain
An 11-room boutique property in Seville's Casco Antiguo, Hotel Mercer Sevilla earned a Michelin Key in 2024 and rates from $528 per night. Structured around a central courtyard in the manner of an Andalusian palacio, it pairs 19th-century architecture with considered modern design and a rooftop pool. Four rooms and eight suites occupy the building, making it one of the more intimate luxury options in the city centre.
Madrid, Spain
The building's preservation and quietly contemporary interiors suit travellers who return to Spain's secondary cities precisely because they offer what the capitals no longer can. Compact by design, loyal by reputation.
Florence, Italy
Occupying Piazza della Repubblica since 1893, Hotel Savoy anchors Florence's luxury hotel tier with 80 rooms, 30 restructured suites, and Irene restaurant serving seasonal Tuscan cooking under chef Fulvio Pierangelini. The 2018 renovations, completed in partnership with Emilio Pucci, refreshed the lobby and terrace while preserving the property's position as the city's central reference point for classic Italian hospitality. La Liste ranked it 97.5 points in 2026.
Ischgl, Austria
Positioned less than five minutes on foot from the gondola in Ischgl's Paznaun Valley, Hotel Trofana Royal Resort combines 111 rooms of natural-wood Alpine design with a spa complex and the well-regarded Paznauerstube restaurant. Recognised by La Liste Top Hotels 2026 with 97 points, it sits at the upper tier of Austria's ski-resort hotel category.
Houston, United States
Hotel ZaZa Memorial City brings the brand's high-style boutique formula to Houston's west side, earning a Michelin 1 Key in 2024. The 159-room property draws on mid-century Palm Springs modernism rather than the Museum District edition's baroque register, with art-filled corridors, wildly individual Concept and Magnificent Seven suites, a full-service spa, and the Tipping Point Restaurant and Terrace on-site. Rates from $366 per night.
Dallas, United States
A Michelin Key-recognised property in Dallas's Uptown neighbourhood, Hotel ZaZa occupies a distinct position in the city's hotel market: 167 individually decorated rooms and concept suites starting from $391 per night, positioned between the neighbourhood's design-led independents and the larger full-service properties. The Dragonfly restaurant and Poolside Bar add a dining dimension that most comparable Uptown hotels don't match in-house.
Monza, Italy
Opposite the Royal House of Savoy in the heart of Monza, Hotel de la Ville has operated under the same family of hoteliers for generations, earning 98.5 points in the 2026 La Liste Top Hotels ranking. The property combines a grand-house atmosphere with a well-regarded restaurant and an ambient bar, positioning it firmly within Italy's small tier of independently owned luxury hotels with genuine institutional depth.
Courchevel, France
A 42-room piste-side property in Courchevel 1850, Hôtel Barrière Les Neiges holds a La Liste Top Hotels placement (92pts, 2026) and a Gault & Millau Exceptional Hotel rating (5pts, 2025). Two dining venues — Fouquet's brasserie and Mauro Colagreco's wood-fired BFire — anchor the food program, while the seven-room Spa Diane Barrière and an outdoor whirlpool position it firmly in the resort-as-retreat category.
Paris, France
A 37-room boutique hotel in Paris's 9th arrondissement, Hôtel Le Ballu draws its design vocabulary from Syldavia, the fictional Balkan country in the Tintin comics. The result is a mid-century palette with an Eastern accent, a Michelin-recognised restaurant serving inventive French classics, and a private swimming pool that is genuinely rare at this price point. Rates from $313 per night.
Le Broc, France
A Michelin-starred restaurant and twelve-room hotel in the volcanic heart of Auvergne, Origines sits against the walls of a 14th-century castle in Le Broc and frames the region's ancient caldera landscape through floor-to-ceiling glass. Chef Adrien Descouls, an Auvergne native, anchors the kitchen to local culinary tradition while the architecture holds a deliberate tension between contemporary restraint and medieval stone. Priced from $250 per night.
Tokyo, Japan
Few hotels in Asia carry the institutional weight of Imperial Hotel Tokyo. Founded in 1890 at the request of the Imperial government, it has served as a diplomatic anchor in Chiyoda for over a century, earning a 90.5-point placement in the 2026 La Liste Top Hotels ranking and membership in The Leading Hotels of the World. For travellers who read a hotel as a city document, this is Tokyo's primary text.
Indianapolis, United States
Against Indianapolis's chain-hotel default, Ironworks Hotel Indy earns a Michelin Key (2024) through a deliberate industrial-aesthetic program: exposed piping, salvaged barn wood, and 120 rooms priced from $229 that trade corporate neutrality for Midwestern material weight. Three on-site dining options, including Provision's steak-focused American fare and Blue Sushi Sake Grill, mean the property functions as a self-contained destination on the city's north side.
Izumo, Japan
A Michelin Key recipient in 2024, the property pairs brutalist architecture with refined woodwork interiors and a terrace restaurant serving seasonal local produce. Availability is tightly limited by design.
Mallorca, Spain
Perched on a cliff above Port de Sóller, Jumeirah Mallorca sits within the UNESCO-listed Serra de Tramuntana, where 121 rooms and suites spread across 11 buildings connected by scented gardens. The Talise Spa, three restaurant concepts, and an infinity pool overlooking the bay make this a serious retreat proposition on the island's northwest coast. La Liste ranked it 96.5 points in 2026.
Kyoto, Japan
A two-room, 200-year-old ryokan in the cedar-covered gorge of Kibune, Ugenta sits at the furthest remove from Kyoto's hotel mainstream. Meals are served on a deck hovering above the river in summer, shifting to private in-room kaiseki in winter. Rates on request; Michelin 1 Key (2024). Reservations require direct contact with EP Club's service team.
Lembach, France
A 1822 coaching inn in the Northern Vosges village of Lembach, L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc et Spa has held a place on Alsace's culinary map since 1907. Today the property runs 21 rooms in an eclectic-luxe register, a spa added in 2015, and a Michelin-starred restaurant, making it one of the region's clearest examples of a working auberge that has grown into something considerably more considered.
South Ari Atoll, Maldives
Set on a private island in the marine-protected South Ari Atoll, LUX* South Ari Atoll earned 94.5 points in the La Liste Top Hotels 2026 ranking and operates what is claimed to be the world's largest solar platform at sea. Eight restaurants, five bars, and a spa complex sit alongside one of the Maldives' most accessible whale shark corridors, making it a resort where conservation programming and genuine comfort run in parallel.
Vicenza, Italy
Occupying a 19th-century building on the grounds of a villa designed by Andrea Palladio himself, La Barchessa di Villa Pisani is a 16-room property in the Veneto countryside between Verona and Padua. A Michelin 1 Key recipient in 2024, it pairs Renaissance architectural atmosphere with contemporary Italian design and an on-site osteria focused on regional cuisine. Rates from $158 per night.
Oletta, France
An 18th-century farmhouse a few miles inland from Saint-Florent, La Dimora translates a working agricultural past into 17 rooms, suites, and villas set across substantial gardens in the Corsican interior. The property holds a Michelin Key (2024) and operates its restaurant, Pera Bianca, from the estate's original stone sheepfolds. Reservations require direct confirmation through EP Club's customer service team.
Menfi, Italy
A 14-room country retreat on the Planeta family's western Sicilian estate, La Foresteria earned a Michelin Key in 2024 and sits at around $218 per night. Herb gardens, vineyard views, and a restaurant reinterpreting Sicilian tradition make it one of the more considered agriturismo-adjacent properties on the island. Wine tastings and cooking classes are built into the stay rather than bolted on as extras.
La Gacilly, France
A 29-room eco-retreat on a forested hilltop outside La Gacilly in Brittany, La Grée des Landes holds a 2024 Michelin One Key designation and organises its architecture, restaurant, and spa around a closed-loop botanical philosophy rooted in the Yves Rocher heritage. The property's green roofs, organic kitchen garden, and flower-bath spa treatments are structural commitments rather than additions.
Martignargues, France
A five-room bed and breakfast on the village square of Martignargues, at the foot of the Cévennes, La Maison du Passage holds a 2024 Michelin Key. The property occupies a historic building whose rooftop watchtower now serves as a terrace with open countryside views. Rooms are individually designed, combining old stone with contemporary furnishings, and the house offers a small spa with rooftop jacuzzi.
San Sebastián, Spain
A century-old building on San Sebastián's fishing port, Lasala Plaza Hotel pairs a meticulously restored 1917 façade with contemporary boutique interiors in blues and grays. Fifty-eight rooms, Michelin 1 Key recognition, and a rooftop terrace with 360-degree port views place it among the Parte Vieja's most considered stays. Rates from $181 per night.
Paris, France
Against the grand-hotel tradition of Paris's 1st arrondissement, Le Burgundy takes a different position: 59 rooms rather than several hundred, a spa anchored by Susanne Kaufmann's Alpine wellness philosophy, and a Michelin-starred restaurant named for Baudelaire.
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
A Michelin Key-awarded property on a working farm in Charlevoix, Le Germain Charlevoix Hotel & Spa rethinks the rural retreat with 145 rooms across five contemporary buildings, its own train station, a Nordic spa, and farm-to-table dining. Starting from $197 per night, it connects Quebec City to the Charlevoix countryside without requiring a car, making it one of eastern Canada's more considered approaches to landscape-rooted hospitality.
Montréal, Canada
A 133-room boutique hotel occupying a renovated nineteenth-century insurance building in Old Montréal, Le Place d'Armes earned a Michelin 1 Key in 2024, placing it among a small cohort of Canadian properties recognized by that program. Original brick walls and period woodwork sit alongside modern amenities including a spa and rooftop terrace, with rates from $310 per night.
Paris, France
A former Belle Époque public bathhouse turned 1980s celebrity nightclub, Les Bains reopened in the Marais as a 39-room boutique hotel carrying a Michelin Key (2024). Rates from $466 place it in the design-led independent tier, with Le Roxo restaurant and bar, a functioning club, and interiors that shift register from bohemian to baroque across its spaces.
Megève, France
A collection of restored 17th- and 18th-century Savoyard farmhouses on the edge of Megève, Les Fermes de Marie holds a Michelin 1 Key (2024) and 70 rooms furnished with Savoy antiques. The Pure Altitude spa anchors a stay built as much around recovery and rest as around the slopes. Dining across the hotel's multiple restaurants places it firmly inside Megève's dense constellation of Michelin-starred kitchens.
Bidart, France
In the hills above Bidart, on five acres of Basque parkland, Les Frères Ibarboure runs thirteen rooms and a Michelin-recognised restaurant under the same family roof. The property earned a Michelin Key in 2024, placing it among a select tier of French hotel-restaurants where the kitchen is the genuine centre of gravity. Rates from $229 per night make it one of the more accessible entries in that category along the Atlantic Basque coast.
Strasbourg, France
A former 18th-century royal stable complex just across the river from Strasbourg's Grande Île, Les Haras has been transformed by Parisian designers Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku into a 115-room design hotel that earned a Michelin Key in 2024. Minimalist interiors contrast with exposed historic timbers, and an on-site spa includes a 17-metre pool, hammam, and sauna. Rates from $452 per night position it in the upper tier of the city's independent hotel offering.
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval, France
A Michelin Key-awarded family estate in Normandy's Étretat country, Les Pins de César converts century-old structures into 19 individually designed rooms and suites set within a protected pine forest. The Nuxe spa, winter garden breakfast room, and a position five minutes from the chalk cliffs place it squarely in northern France's small tier of destination rural retreats, priced from $344 per night.
Garraf, Spain
Set in the fishing village of Garraf, thirty minutes south of Barcelona, Little Beach House Barcelona is a Soho House property with 17 rooms, three distinct dining spaces, and a 2024 Michelin Key. A restored 1950s hotel, it operates as both a weekend retreat and a members' extension — casual in atmosphere, deliberate in design, and notably less urban than the collection's city properties.
Vancouver, Canada
A 77-room Coal Harbour property with a Michelin Key, a mid-century-inflected design approach, and an in-house French restaurant that holds its own as a destination in its own right. Rates from $386 place it in Vancouver's premium-independent tier, where smaller scale and neighbourhood specificity do the work that brand recognition handles elsewhere. The surrounding waterfront and Stanley Park proximity make location part of the offer.
Saint-Émilion, France
A nine-room family-run inn occupying a historic house in the UNESCO-listed centre of Saint-Émilion, Logis de la Cadène has operated since 1848. Its Michelin-starred restaurant is a long-standing fixture of the village dining scene, and the property received a Michelin 1 Key in 2024. Rooms are named for dates significant to the owning family, with interiors that balance contemporary design against the building's considerable age. Rates from $249.
Saint-Martin-d'Uriage, France
A five-suite chalet-hotel in the Chartreuse foothills above Grenoble, Maison Aribert pairs a Michelin one-key-rated restaurant built around Isère's seasonal larder with a design interior that marries restored Alpine structure with contemporary furnishing. At around $250 per night, it occupies a distinct niche in the French mountain hotel scene: small enough to feel private, serious enough at the table to justify the journey on its own.
Singapore, Singapore
Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree sits at the northern edge of Singapore where the Mandai wildlife corridor meets Upper Seletar Reservoir, offering mist-draped forest seclusion within city limits. The resort holds two World Luxury Hotel Awards: Global Winner for Luxury Sustainable Resort and Continent Winner for Luxury New Resort, positioning it at the intersection of conservation-led hospitality and considered design.
Barcelona, Spain
A 28-room hotel occupying a medieval defense tower in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, Mercer Hotel Barcelona holds a Michelin 1 Key (2024) and prices from $496 per night. Modern design — cream palettes, exposed brickwork, glass partitions — sits against Roman-era stonework, while a rooftop pool and terrace frame direct views of the Gothic Cathedral.
Maranza, Italy
Milla Montis sits above Maranza in South Tyrol, where Milanese architect Peter Pichler has recast Alpine lodge tradition in asymmetrical rooflines, slate-gray larch cladding, and organic façade curves. Rates from approximately $254 per night.
Avelengo, Italy
Sitting above the Merano valley in South Tyrol, Miramonti Boutique Hotel earned 92 points in the 2026 La Liste Top Hotels ranking — a score that places it among Italy's most considered alpine retreats. The design draws directly from its surroundings: local timber, white render, and rooflines that mirror the peaks outside. Winter and summer seasons each have a distinct character here, from spa days in snow to alpine drives in a classic Alfa Romeo.
