Wednesday, September 2, 2026

  1. Philippe Starck redesigned this grand hotel near the Arc de Triomphe from top to bottom, and the result is less "luxury hotel" and more "fever dream with excellent thread counts." Hallucinogenic op-art stripes line the halls, the staircase drips with tiny chandeliers, and an in-house art gallery and installations fill the common spaces. The Raffles Spa, a kids' club, and even a dedicated room for visiting press round out the full five-star machinery underneath.

    Two honors, in evidence:

    The record strongest first

    One number, weighted & current 92

    How we score

Nearby in the record closest first

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The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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    Drink Score

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      Stay Score

      The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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        Do Score

        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. It runs on the scored places nearby: more good stuff within reach, higher score. If it looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.