Hotel Fouquet's Barriere and U Spa

Was that French President Nicolas Sarkozy lunching at Le Diane, the new Hotel Fouquet's Barriere's signature restaurant? Quite possibly, because that's the kind of clientele you can count on rubbing shoulders with at the newest five-star palace hotel in Paris, just behind the Champs-Elysées. The 107 rooms and suites are done up in mahogany woodwork, gold silk and velvet fabrics and plasma television screens, and feature a personalized butler service. Don't miss the U Spa, a large and very red underground spa with six treatment rooms and a swimming pool straight out of a James Bond movie. Room rates $1,026-$12,640

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