Four Seasons Hotel Megève

Megève owes its identity as a chic alpine resort to the Rothschild family, who began developing the Mont d'Arbois plateau in the 1920s as a French answer to St. Moritz. The Four Seasons that opened here in 2017 sits on that same family estate, a broad larch-and-stone lodge whose arched roofline echoes traditional Savoyard architecture while housing the region's most complete year-round resort.

Interiors are warm and contemporary—leather, wool and pale timber rather than antler-heavy cliché—with large rooms and suites facing Mont Blanc across the valley. In winter the hotel offers direct access to the Mont d'Arbois slopes, gentler and sunnier than Courchevel's, which suits families and intermediate skiers; in summer the estate pivots to its own golf course, founded by the Rothschilds, and mountain hiking from the door.

Dining draws on the estate's gastronomic heritage with refined alpine cooking and an exceptional cheese-focused table, while the spa—one of the largest in the French Alps—centres on an indoor-outdoor pool aimed squarely at Mont Blanc. It is the rare mountain address that genuinely justifies a visit in any season.