Paris

Paris does not perform romance; it presumes it. Zinc rooftops and golden stone, the Seine at dusk, a balcony with the Tower framed just so. The city has been setting the scene for lovers for three centuries, and it has never once broken character.

Here the award looks to the grand maisons and the discreet hotels particuliers alike: houses where breakfast arrives unhurried, where the concierge guards your evening like a secret, and where the view alone could stand in for a proposal.