Mood A homely, four-star family hotel in a chocolate-box Swiss village. It is run by Casi and Muriel Platzer, whose children, Casimir and Maewa, are never far away. AccommodationThere are 78 rooms, all with mountain views (weather permitting) and private bathrooms. Child-listening monitors are available.ActivitiesThe full gamut of alpine activities. My noix de St-Jacques marinees a l'huile epicee almost too beautiful to eat. Mains was cabillaud tiede infuse a la badiane, tomate confite, bayaldi de courgettes a la coriandre, with Moroccan-influenced pastilla de lapin fermier au foie gras et rosemarie for my rocker My eyes watered at mille- feuille a la vanille. Try Ma Polenta aux truffes blanches avec son verre de Corton Charlemagne 1990 (cpounds 95) or Lievre a la Royale d'apres la recette d'Antoine Careme pour le Prince de Talleyrand avec son verre Chateauneuf du Pape, Chateau de Beaucastel 1985 JP Perrin (pounds 102).PriceMenu's off the charts, but has a FFr395 (pounds 39.50) lunch.Oh yeah, and the foodRaviolis de petoncles aux courgettes for my rock-star companion. So this may be the only three-starred joint to offer great wines by the glass (see below).MenuA Booker-winner.

If you don't bring one - Cerruti has a store right next door, Ralph Lauren is opposite, and Gucci round the corner.Wine listCellars hold 45,000 bottles but, as head sommelier Jerome Moreau says, if you order just one bottle, it may match just one dish perfectly. Alain Senderens took over and won three Michelin stars.Romance factorViolet-coloured banquettes, outsize antique mirrors and carved-wood panelling make a perfect setting to give her a bijou from Faberge across the road.Snoot factorJackets and ties, even if you're Brad Pitt. He created seven salons, with a discreet rear door so politicians could slip in and out unnoticed Others entered by the front. The MPs, both Labour, are Charles Clark and Ian Gibson.ContactsBeazer 01603 700981; Bidwells 01603 763939; Watsons 01603 619916.. Location Lucas Carton, 9 place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris (00 33 1 42 65 22 90) Clientele and viewLadies who lunch - and still manage to fit into Chanel and Mugler - sit next to handsome couples nibbling each other, as immaculate, tail- suited waiters glide by, bearing food on silver trays.Design and serviceIn 1925, Francis Carton bought Restaurant Lucas.

According to the council, "if the site is all used for housing, then some 200 houses could be built. It is proposed that they should be a mix of types and sizes, with some affordable houses to be transferred to a housing association."Council Tax BandsA, D and H are pounds 545, pounds 818 and pounds 1,635. Beazer is also building Ferrer's Park, Wymondham (two-bed bungalows from pounds 72,500, and four-bed houses from pounds 97,950) and four-bed homes in Thorpe St Andrew, from pounds 98,950. Bovis is building four-bed homes in Thorpe Marriott, from pounds 99,750, and in Thorpe St Andrew, from pounds 98,950.Well-Building SyndromeIn Thorpe St Andrew, Persimmon and listed-building specialists Raven Group are jointly developing and converting Grade II St Andrews Hospital into 59 flats and houses in the converted buildings, plus 42 new homes in the hospital grounds.Norfolk and Norwich HospitalThe council has solicited public comments and suggestion for the site and is currently collating the responses. Two-bed houses from pounds 56,250 and three-beds from pounds 68,500.