Next to the Château de Versailles, Waldorf Astoria Versailles - Trianon Palace is steeped in aristocratic lore. The Treaty of Versailles was drafted in its gilded Salon Clemenceau. A sparkling redesign has brought forth an elegantly subdued color palette with brilliant bursts of purple, gold and apple green that accent the checkerboard marble floors and crystal chandeliers. Phenom Gordon Ramsay heads his Michelin-star namesake restaurant, his first in France. There’s a Guerlain Spa with a Grecian-style indoor pool, and Louis XIV's château lies just beyond the wooded parkland.