What is Relais & Châteaux?
Relais & Châteaux is an affiliation, we're not a chain or the owner. Our challenge is to find hotels and restaurants – whether they're in Spain, Portugal or Japan – which represent the best of those countries locally and culturally. The best properties represent the soul of the owner or chef. We also have to be careful that Relais & Châteaux doesn't work for itself but for the benefit of the members. If you have a profit-orientated mindset, the organisation will produce things that are
