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Prestigious hospitality guide Michelin has unveiled its first list of exceptional hotels in France, using 鈥榢eys鈥� instead of its famous restaurant 鈥榮tars鈥� to rate their quality.

The new scale is:

• One key: A singularly good stay

• Two keys: An exceptional stay

• Three keys: An extraordinary stay

France the first

The guide for France - the first in the new series - was released on Monday, April 8. It seeks to highlight the best, 鈥渁way from all labels, tourism ratings, or existing quotas鈥�, it said.

In France, it awarded: 

• One key: 127 hotels

• Two keys: 38 hotels

• Three keys: 24 hotels.

Just as they do for restaurants, Michelin inspectors for the new hotel guide made several anonymous bookings and stayed at some of the best hotels across around 50 countries.

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Three keys in France

Three-key establishments in France include - perhaps unsurprisingly - most of the 鈥榞rand palaces鈥� in Paris, including the Meurice, the Plaza Ath茅n茅e, the Saint-James, and the Ritz. The high-end ski resort Courchevel also has two: the Cheval Blanc and the K2 Palace.

Also with three keys are:

• H么tel du Cap-Eden-Roc (Antibes)

• Les Sources de Caudalie (Bordeaux)

• Villa La Coste (Le Puy-Sainte-R茅parade)

• Domaine Les Cray猫res (Reims)

• La R茅serve (Ramatuelle) 

• Airelles-Le Grand Contr么le (Versailles)

The H么tel de Paris Monte Carlo in Monaco (pictured, below) - which is included in the French guide - was also awarded three keys.

Two keys in France

The hotels awarded two keys are a little more spread across the country, and include: 

• H么tel du Palais (Biarritz, pictured, above)

• La Mirande (Avignon)

• Chais Monnet (Cognac)

• Castelbrac (Dinard)

• Les Pr茅s d'Eug茅nie (Eug茅nie-les-Bains)

• Ch芒teau de la Ch猫vre d'or (脠ze)

• La Ferme Saint-Sim茅on (Honfleur)

• Casadelmar (Porto-Vecchio) 

• Ch芒teau de Montcaud (Sabran). 

Major Paris hotels in this category include the Royal Monceau, The Peninsula, and the Shangri-La.

One key in France

One-key hotels include: 

• Les Haras (Strasbourg)

• Les Hortensias du Lac (Soorts-Hossegor)

• Clarance (Lille)

• Ch芒teau de Berne (Lorgues)

• H么tel des Berges (Illhaeusern)

• La Maison des t锚tes (Colmar)

• Chez Laurence du Tilly (Caen)

• Loire Valley Lodges (Esvres-sur-Indres)

• Au C艙ur du village (La Clusaz)

• Ch芒teau de Maubreuil (Carquefou) 

• Manoir de Lan-Kerellec (Tr茅beurden). 

Around 20 hotels in Paris also come under this category.

International editions

After France, new hotel guides are set to be announced for: 

• United States: April 24 

• Spain: April 29 

• Italy: May 7 

• Japan: July 4

Other destinations will follow throughout the year.