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Le Cagnard
Haut-de-cagnes
This unusual hotel is a clever conversion of medieval houses on the side of a cliff, by the ramparts of this fashionable hill village, inland from Nice.
Domaine de Rochevilaine
Billiers
On a rocky spur of the south Brittany coast, this luxurious hotel (Relais & Châteaux) is owned by Bertrand Jaquet.
Hotel de Varenne
Paris
Close to the Invalides and the Rodin museum with its fascinating garden, this former hôtel particulier changed hands in 2002.
Ti al Lannec
Trebeurden
The Jouanny family’s handsome, white 19th-century mansion (Relais de Silence). stands in a large flowery garden (where meals are served under parasols and cypress trees).
Auberge du Bon Laboureur
Chenonceaux
‘Lovely looking and efficiently run,’ say visitors. At the château gates, this l8th century post house (Relais du Silence) has been owned by the Jeudi family since 1902.
Hotel Chopin
Paris
Philippe Bidal’s modest hotel (a listed historic monument) stands at the end of a glass-roofed 19th-century arcade with shops, near the junction of boulevards Haussmann, Montmartre and des Italiens.
Chateau St Paterne
St Paterne
“A wonderful antidote to faceless mid-Atlantic hotels”, this beautiful Renaissance château stands in its own lovely park on the eastern edge of Alençon.
From £145 per night
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L’Abbaye-Chateau de Camon
Camon
‘Just as lovely as we remembered,’ says a returning visitor to this converted 10th-century abbey, part of a castle in this lovely old fortified village, way south-west of Carcassonne.
Chateau de Villette
Poil
In the Morvan nature reserve in southern Burgundy, this 16th/18th-century château has been run for seven years
From £175 per night
La Metairie
Mauzac
In the Périgord Noir, this ‘true gem’ is run by its ‘genial’ Swiss owners, Heinz and Rita Johner.
Chateau de Verrieres
Saumur
In the glorious Pays de la Loire in a great park, in Saumur, with its ancient houses and weekly market. this historic mansion is now an elegant luxury B&B hotel and spa.
Hotel Beau Site
Talloires
The lawns of this hotel (with loungers and plenty of space for sunbathing) run down to a private beach on the shore of Lake Annecy.
Against a background of the craggy Dentelles de Montmirail, this old-fashioned hotel has a superb setting high in a wooded valley, near some of the best Côtes du Rhône vineyards."
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Les Florets
Gigondas
Against a background of the craggy Dentelles de Montmirail, this old-fashioned hotel has a superb setting high in a wooded valley, near some of the best Côtes du Rhône vineyards.
‘A lovely little hotel,’ says a visitor to Frederic and Cécile Lespinasse-Jacquemin’s quiet, friendly B&B in three buildings in the old town."
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Hotel Spa Le Calendal
Arles
‘A lovely little hotel,’ says a visitor to Frederic and Cécile Lespinasse-Jacquemin’s quiet, friendly B&B in three buildings in the old town.
Veigné
‘A lovely hotel’. The owner/managers, Anne and Xavier Olivereau, are the fourth generation of the family to run this handsome pepperpotted Second Empire mansion, set amid woods and lawns in a park.
Hostellerie le Beffroi
Vaison-la-romaine
Yann and Christine Christiansen are the owner/managers (the family has presided for over 100 years) of a conversion of two 16th/17th-century houses.
Hotel Caron de Beaumarchais
Paris
‘Well managed, charming; the location is superb,’ says a visitor regarding Alain Bigeard’s elegant small hotel in the trendy Marais district.
Auberge du Cheval Blanc
Westhalten
“What a good stop-over,” say visitors. “Super dinner, comfy room, lovely village.” Owned since 1785 by the wine-producing Koehler family (“much in evidence”), this cheerful restaurant-with-rooms stands in a “pretty, peaceful” village, amid the orchards and vineyards of the Vosges foothills.
From £110 per night
Hotel Charembeau
Forcalquier
Tastefully converted by its owners Sandra and André Berger, this group of 18th-century stone farm buildings is now an inexpensive B&B hotel.
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Le Manoir les Minimes
Amboise
Excellently situated, next to the château’, this luxurious 18th-century manor house was built on the foundations of an ancient medieval monastery.
Hotel Verneuil
Paris
‘Small and personal, with attentive staff’, this B&B hotel is in a quiet street in St-Germain-des-Prés: ‘A lovely location, close to shops and the local market,’ says a visitor.
Le Manoir Saint Thomas
Amboise
A 12th-century turreted former priory has been sympathetically restored, and is now a B&B hotel located two minutes’ walk from Amboise centre.
La Chartreuse du Bignac
Saint-nexans
In the Périgord Pourpre near Bergerac and Monbazillac, this 18th-century monastery has been converted into an elegant hotel.
Hotel Atlantic
Wimereux
In this small seaside resort, close to busy Boulogne, father-and-son Alain and Benjamin Delpierre”s “excellent” Art Deco-fronted hotel stands on the pedestrianised promenade on to which some of the sea-facing bedrooms lead.
From £147 per night
Chateau de Moulin le Comte
Aire-sur-la-lys
In a hamlet near Aire-sur-la-Lys, this graceful 19th-century mansion has been lovingly turned by its Belgian owner, Sir Francis Van der Elst, into a welcoming B&B with table d’hôte.
La Villa de Mazamet
Mazamet
In a quiet residential area this 1930s maison de maitre has been restored to preserve its original heritage while providing modern comfort and amenities.
Domaine de Terrac
Rimont
In a hamlet near Castelnau, this welcoming small B&B hotel stands in a garden facing the Pyranees; from its terrace there are wide views.
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From a ravishing 17th century chateau complete with a moat with swans in Champagne, to toile hangings and antique furniture in an area of the Dordogne, rich in geese, plum trees and pigeonniers. Head to Normandy for home grown vegetables, woodland walks and a chance to roam 16th century corridors where every painting tells a story. In Lyon you will find bohemian bliss, while Brittany offers peace and quiet, Provence has some of the best Côtes du Rhône vineyards and on the Cote d’Azur it’s about glitz, glamour and sandy beaches.
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