French Country Inns Ch Teau Hotels

Provides information on the facilities, rates, and season of French inns, lists addresses and telephone numbers, and suggests eleven travel itineraries

Over 250 tantalizingly lovely, hugely appealing places to stay throughout France -- each one special in some way. The places in this book, by no means all hotels, are owned by remarkable people, often passionate about what they do and about the area in which they live. Travelers can find a railway station with an old Pullman train, castles, ancient dwellings, and a few eccentricities.

Find chacirc;teaux, manors, farms, domains, abbeys, inns, and mills converted with panache and imagination. Sleep and dream in a canopied four-poster or a former nunnery, in rooms from the suave to the baroque, under sumptuous silk or simple white linen. Enjoy a wine tasting, a ramble, a bike trip, a cooking course, or a hunt for mushrooms--all are possible with the help of Alastair Sawday. The accommodations in this book include wonderful values. All are inspected--and worth a long visit. Each entry has full-color photographs, regional maps, and precise directions.