Travel

What top-tier luxury looks like in the world's top food cities.

From breezy coastal hideouts to high-altitude alpine escapes, these under-the-radar European destinations pair cooler climes with red-hot culinary scenes — and MICHELIN Guide-approved places to stay and dine.

In a city known for its luxury grandes dames, some of Paris’ most memorable stays are actually found away from the well-touristed areas — and at very affordable prices.

A bevy of historic country retreats made their presence felt among Italy's first-ever Key hotels.

Styria's wealth of Bib Gourmands

The cost of eating out can make or break a vacation, but these MICHELIN-approved spots — from Star-rated taquerias in Mexico to hawker stalls in Penang, via well-priced Bib Gourmand restaurants across the world — prove that great food doesn’t have to come with a high price tag. For food lovers, these affordable destinations are well worth adding to your summer radar.

From Menton to Carry-le-Rouet, we’ve handpicked the best beach towns in the south of France — where the food is stellar, the sea’s a shimmer, and the stays are worth writing home about.

Frisian Farmhouse Hotels on the Isle of Sylt

Rarely has a hotel served as many different functions as Jaskółka Dom i Spa, from a Soviet retreat to a Franciscan convent to a high-design boutique getaway in Poland’s Giant Mountains.

There doesn’t exist a hotel on earth that can match the majesty of a Yellowstone or Banff or Kruger or Komodo. Or does there?

In the trendy neighborhood of Pigalle, this unique and welcoming hotel puts the well-being of its guests front and center.

Our Inspectors find hotels for every budget—but you don’t open a list like this expecting a bargain. These are among the most interesting, appealing and, yes, expensive rooms in our selection.

In our Signature Spaces series, we take an inside look at some of the most iconic rooms in MICHELIN Key hotels. Join us in the top suite at Casa Kimberly in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where Elizabeth Taylor built a peculiar bathtub—by accident.

If you take one trip this winter, make it Vals. In the 1990s, the remote Swiss town enlisted a master architect to carve a spa into its mountainside. Today, it's a pilgrimage destination with a Two-Star restaurant and a Two-Key hotel. Below, a MICHELIN editor shares the inside scoop.

A brief guide to all the MICHELIN Key hotels in Chicago.

A stay at the One Key Wilmina Hotel in Berlin. And a story about the masterful transformation that gave the former women's prison a new lease on life.

The smallest Key hotels in Switzerland make their homes largely amidst in the mountains, with a handful of MICHELIN restaurants behind their doors.

The ins and outs of the most outstanding hotels in the country.