The elegant Shangri-La - once home to Napoleon's grandnephew Prince Roland Bonaparte - is one of only 16 hotels in the country ranked as "Palace" by the French Ministry of Tourism. Its stunning Pierre-Yves Rochon interior mixes "Empire" and "Luxury minimalist" with eye-catchers like the glass cupola and Murano chandelier in La Bahinia, one of three award-winning restaurants in the hotel. CHI, its spa sanctuary, features Asian holistic treatments, a fitness center and a 52 by 20 foot (16 by 6 meter) pool opening onto a terrace. Noting its silk-threaded wallpaper, marble bathrooms with heated floors and gold leaf mosaics, Forbes call it "the city's most extraordinary luxury hotel."