Opened in January, La Réserve Paris has been hotly anticipated thanks to its revered sister hotels in Geneva and just outside of Saint-Tropez.

Why Go: From its 8th-arrondissement location to its lavish interiors, La Réserve Paris celebrates the prosperity and aesthetics of the 19th century. During Europe’s belle epoque, Paris incited a Beautiful Era of its own when Emperor Napoléon III commissioned Georges-Eugène Haussmann to demolish the city’s medieval core and rebuild. He was to bring air and light into …