Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris

What becomes a legend? When it's the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris, only groups who appreciate the finest in classic hotel keeping combined with the ultimate standard of modern hospitality. Guests gathered at the George V find themselves in the Golden Triangle district bordered by the Champs-í‰lysées, Avenue Marceau, and Avenue Montaigne—just steps from the Arc de Triomphe and Place de la Concorde.

The hotel orders 9,000 fresh flowers a week from the Netherlands to set off its Louis XVI and Napoleon I furnishings, Flemish tapestries, and Florentine chandeliers. Guests can't help but swoon over the classical French ballrooms and wood-paneled meeting salons, spa in the style of Marie Antoinette's boudoir, indoor pool surrounded by murals of Versailles, and chefs whose menus give new meaning to the word epicurean.