Pic

Marble bathrooms stocked with Hermès products hint at the register of this quietly luxurious hotel in Valence, where the rooms run to whites and silvers and the whole place exists in the orbit of Anne-Sophie Pic's celebrated kitchen next door. A culinary school and a bistro round out the compound. Guests who aren't here for the tasting menu are rare, but the hotel holds its own as a destination rather than a dormitory with good thread counts.