Fodor's Expert Review Hotel Barrière Le Normandy Deauville

This hotel—its facade a riot of pastel-green timbering, checkerboard walls, and Anglo-Norman balconies—has been a town landmark since it opened in 1912, and crowds still pack the place. A regional menu is served in La Belle Époque, the restaurant set in a grand hall which, on a bright night and after a couple of bottles of Dom Pérignon, glitters like the salons of Versailles.