If you’re planning to attend the Paris Olympics and see a bit of Europe this summer, you’ve got a variety of new, luxurious hotels to choose from (although they’ll likely fill up quickly). Whether you’re heading to the Games or just going on holiday, you’ll find new boutique properties in Paris and many more that are just an easy flight away, whether to the French Riviera, Rome or, fittingly, an island in Greece. the cradle of ancient games.

Paris

Hotel Balzac

Starting June 1, after two years of renovation, the Hôtel Balzac, A member of Relais & Châteaux, the network of luxury hotels and restaurants, it plans to open in the Eighth Arrondissement, a short distance from the Champs-Elysées. Designed to feel like a Parisian home and inspired by With a 1930s style, the hotel is a sister property to the cozy Relais Christine in the 6th Arrondissement, as well as the Saint James Paris in the 16th Arrondissement.

With interiors designed by Festen Architecture, there will be 58 rooms and suites in relaxing neutral tones, some with views of the Eiffel Tower. Beyond your room you will find a lounge where you can enjoy breakfast before strolling along the famous boulevard; a Japanese-inspired spa for treatments upon your return; a cocktail bar; and Pierre Gagnaire, a Michelin-starred restaurant offering modern French cuisine. Prices from 590 euros, or about $630 per night.

Proust House

Like several of Paris’ newer hotels, such as the Hotel Norman and Le Grand Mazarin, this Marais hotspot is an intimate affair with just 23 rooms and suites. A tribute to the novelist Marcel Proust, the hotel has sumptuous spaces reminiscent of the Belle Époque and within them you will discover objects linked to the hotel’s namesake, including an autographed copy of “Swann’s Way.”

Designed by Jacques García, the French interior decorator known for his luxury. Spaces like the Hôtel Costes in Paris and La Mamounia in Marrakech, Maison Proust is a member of the Collection Maisons Particulières, a group of hotels designed to feel like mansions. Each of the glamorous rooms is inspired by personalities from Proust’s world, including Colette and Monet.

If you can’t get one, you can still visit the bar where on Fridays, Colin Field, former head bartender at Bar Hemingway at the historic Ritz Paris, now creates cocktails (from 25 euros, or about $27) like Proust’s L’Elixir , with essence of raspberry and Champagne. You can also relax at Spa La Mer, where there is a hammam and a swimming pool.

However, even without all that, the hotel’s location in the Marais, between restaurants, shops and destinations such as the Musée National Picasso-Paris and the Musée Carnavalet, makes it an enviable place from which to get out and explore one of the cities most passable in the world. . Prices from €950 (with slight seasonal variation).

AREV Saint-Tropez

A short drive from the colorful town of St.-Tropez, this 43-room and suite hotel opened in March with flowering trees, a pool surrounded by striped umbrellas, and an outdoor bar where icy rosé awaits. The popular Pampelonne Beach and its beach clubs are just a short drive away, while smaller nearby beaches offer the chance for a quick dip. Or stay put and enjoy a massage at the spa, head out for a sunrise yoga or Pilates class, or hop on a Peloton bike at the gym. Unlike the Olympic Games, at AREV Saint Tropez you can play games such as pétanque and paddle tennis between glasses of rosé.

The rooms (some with private terraces and flowered patios) were designed by Luis Bustamante, with touches of blue, white and red, creating a nautical feel even when you’re not lounging by the sea. Explore outside your room and you’ll find the Strand Restaurant and Champagne Lounge. The original Strand, a crowd-pleaser, closed years ago, although this reincarnation at AREV Saint Tropez hopes to recapture some of its predecessor’s joie de vivre with live music, French wines and contemporary takes on regional dishes like thon de Méditerranée, red tuna on crispy risotto. For dessert, try rice pudding or chocolate soufflé. Prices from €1,440 from June to August, and from €590 from October to March.

Linda, France

Couvent Hotel

Located in a convent dating back to the 17th century, the 88-room and suite hotel plans to open in June, when it will offer guests glimpses of its monastic past. The restoration of the property is being carried out by Valéry Grégo, founder of Perseus, a construction and operator of hotels, including Le Pigalle in Paris. There will be a garden of vegetables and herbs, to bakery and herbalist where you can drink custom-made teas with herbs from the garden.

Vegetables, fruits and eggs from both the garden and an external farm in Touët-sur-Var can be served in the hotel restaurants: Le Restaurant du Couvent, Le Bistrot des Serruriers and La Guinguette Café, where you can have a drink in the garden near the lap pool. Stroll the grounds and take advantage of the studio for yoga, exercise and meditation, or take part in a series of thermal “Roman baths.” The baths are a nod to the remains of the Roman baths in nearby Cimiez, where you can also visit the Marc Chagall National Museum and the Matisse Museum.

Return to the hotel, part of Marriott’s Luxury Collection, with interior design by Festen Architecture, and to the serene colors of your airy room. Prices from €390 one night.

Rome

Monti House

On May 31, Leitmotiv, the group behind the lively garden-themed La Fantaisie boutique hotel in Paris, plans to open its first property outside France: Casa Monti, in Rome.

The hotel is in Rome’s Monti neighborhood, packed with cafes and restaurants, and draws inspiration from the area’s artists, encouraging guests to consider themselves artists in residence. Beyond its 18th-century facade are frescoes and 36 rooms and suites full of color and bold designs by interior designer Laura González. You are within walking distance of attractions such as the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. And when you return from a day of exploring, you can stop by the spa, stay for dinner (indoors or alfresco) at the hotel restaurant, and then watch the night fall from your perch at the rooftop bar. Prices from €450 per night.

Avant-Mar

Rising from the Greek island of Paros, this Piperi beach escape combines soft sand with Cycladic cubic-style architecture. The hotel has 38 rooms and suites, including some with private pools. If you manage to leave yours to explore the premises, you will find the wellness area, where you can receive a massage or a body massage. Outdoor treatment in a private curtained chamber. Avant Mar’s name joins the French word for “before” with the Spanish word for “the sea,” highlighting the hotel’s “seafront” location, and there is an open-air theater that can be used for yoga and Pilates upon request. , as well as a 55-meter-long Olympic swimming pool.

Back on dry land, a gin and tonic bar called Bridge plans to open later this month overlooking the Aegean Sea. And mark your calendar for July 10-13 when Japanese chef Nobu Matsuhisa will be at the hotel’s waterside restaurant, Matsuhisa Paros, for the Nobu Food Festival. (The restaurant is scheduled to open for the season on June 7.) For Greek food at the hotel, visit Thymes for breakfast, lunch or dinner poolside. And don’t forget dessert. Stop at Figs, the hotel’s pastry shop, for their traditional Greek sweets. Prices from €715 per night.

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