Those weary of impersonal, corporate accommodation will be thrilled to discover L’Hotel, a supremely intimate hotel in gallery-heavy Saint Germain with a penchant for fabrics: striped Louis XVI chairs, silk taffeta window treatments, rooms puffed out in rose-colored tapestries like giant macaroons. It’s romantic without the schlock: while the 20 rooms range from penthouse apartment to one-bedrooms, the lobby is no bigger than a closet, and the elevator is terribly slow.

At the core of the hotel, a staircase spirals down to a majestically-lit pool, while the main-floor bar before the Michelin Star-rated restaurant is the perfect place to get conveniently snuggled up before a nighttime rendezvous.