If creativity was defined by a hotel, it would look something like Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris. Based just five minutes from Arc de Triomphe, Le Royal Monceau is part hotel, part artist studio, housing outrageous, yet wonderful objects of art and its very own art gallery. Graced by models and actors, film directors and fashionistas, the hotel is well-known for being seriously cool. Public décor is adventurous whilst the rooms, suites and presidential suites remain decidedly classic, albeit with creative touches from Phillippe Starck – it’s a hotel of luxe-chic creativity.