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Hotel La Chaumière
HonfleurOwner Marie-Pier’s parents transformed this late 17thC estate in Honfleur, Normandy, into a hotel in 1993 – she subsequently took over in 2011 and runs La Chaumière alongside her three children. The hotel consists of the main half-timbered house, the pretty stone Manoir de la Plage, and five hectares of beautiful grounds. There are nine… Read more »
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Ti al Lannec
TrebeurdenThis handsome hotel on the pink granite coast of Brittany stands high above the sea with a path running down to the beach, offering unbeatable views over the bay of Lannion. The beautiful turn of the century home was opened as a hotel in 1978, and the same family still runs it today. Ti al… Read more »
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Petit Chateau Vercourt
VercourtEverything we like. It’s a charming oasis opened 2023 by Hadrien and Alexia in a handsome 19thC grand bourgeois mansion. The essentials are all in place: super-comfortable beds; gleaming contemporary bathrooms; stylish-yet-unpretentious furniture and decoration; easy chairs and a table for the laptop. He is French, she is Austrian but English university educated. They came… Read more »
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Hôtel Chopin
Definitely one of our top two-star hotels, with perhaps the most charming façade of all. It stands at the end of Passage Jouffroy, one of the 19thC glass-and-steel roofed arcades which thread this no-frills shopping and theatre neighbourhood, and as you approach you may worry that it will be a tourist trap. Not at all…. Read more »
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Les Florets
GigondasThis ticks most of our boxes. The hotel stretches across 80 hectares of the Vaucluse, among Gigondas vineyards at the foot of the Dentelles de Monmirail. Expect delightful views of a narrow valley, looking out over hills and vineyards. It has been in the hands of the Bernard family for four generations, and dates back… Read more »
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La Villa Leopoldine
GrenadeIf you are an enthusiast for off-piste, perhaps whacky hotel experiences, try this place conveniently located in a large but peaceful village 20 mins from Toulouse Airport. It describes itself as a hotel confidential – which means you wouldn’t recognise it immediately as a hotel. For sure, from the street it looks at first glance… Read more »
