For beauty & photography, Saint James Paris delivers.
A 19th-century mansion turned intimate, library-clubby hotel with a rare Paris garden. Serene and distinctive, but it's away from the central action in a residential quarter.
Billed as the only château-hotel in Paris — 56 rooms in a 19th-century mansion with a ~5,000 m² walled garden in the 16th, a Relais & Châteaux member and private club · saint-james-paris.com
Features the gastronomic restaurant Bellefeuille (chef Julien Dumas) and a 400 m² Guerlain spa with a glass-roofed 15m pool · relaischateaux.com