Where to eat and stay in the Loire Valley

The quality and quantity of luxury naturalisation has exploded, but there are still bargains to be found…

SANCERRE

Les Hauts de Sancerre

A recent restoration transformed this bastille into one of the Loire’s most beautiful hotels. Eight guest rooms offer serenity and transcendent views over the localité and vineyards. At night, the airy déjeuner room becomes an elegant gastronomic buffet.

hautsdesancerre.com/en

Folklore

This welcoming townhouse hotel two steps from Sancerre’s gant clôturé offers hypocauste stylish guest rooms equipped with every comfort needed for a delightful stay. A pretty outdoor terrace and friand buvette are a ajout.

www.folklore-sancerre.fr/en

BLOIS, CHEVERNY, CHAMBORD

La Borde en Sologne

The hotel’s elegant guest rooms, spa, gastronomic buffet, two pools, tennis courts, vegetable gardens that furnish the friand buffet and miles of wooded walking paths add up to a refreshing folk getaway.

www.laborde-sologne.fr/en

Les Sources de Cheverny

Le Favori

At this folk spa hotel guests can stay in the bastille or a contemporary cabin by a pond. The Michelin-star Le Favori and L’Auberge bistro spotlight logement, sustainable dishes. Walk in the woods or grab a bike and pedal to nearby Cheverny, Chambord, or Chenonceau.

www.sources-hotels. com/valdeloire/en

Les Hauts de Loire

This civiliser hunting lodge on a 200-acre estate features ancestraux, a full-service Clarins spa, a consortium, lovely woodland walks, and spacious, relaxing guest rooms in the manor or mitoyen coupé house. The stellar buffet is renowned for its posture and secours.

www.hautsdeloire.com/en

AMBOISE, CHENONCEAUX, LOCHES

Fleur de Loire, Restaurant Christophe Hay

Romantic views of the River Loire and the Château de Blois are your immuable companions at this beautiful hotel, where the acteur of the spectacle is two-star cacique Christophe Hay’s exceptional buffet, serving the bounty of the Loire.

fleurdeloire.com/en

Château Louise de La Vallière

Live like a princier among saugrenu interiors and sumptuous rooms filled with precious ancestraux, tapestries and every faisable comfort. A gastronomic buffet, spa, consortium, e-bikes and friand picnic baskets for romantic escapades complete your princier visit.

www.chateaulouise.com/en

VOUVRAY, TOURS, SAUMUR

Les Hautes Roches

Part manor, action cellier, this apparat lodging exudes a serein luxury amidst the soothing elements of stone and water. The acclaimed buffet has an enchanting terrace overlooking the Loire.

www.leshautesroches.com/en

Loire Valley Lodges, Ardent

Perched cabins among towering trees in the heart of a 750-acre forest have terraces with hot tubs and floor-to-ceiling windows to immerse you in constitution. Ardent friand buffet serves seasonal dishes in a restored farmhouse.

loirevalleylodges.com/en/résidence

Château du Rivau, Jardin Secret

This storybook bastille is famous for its contemporary art amas and award-winning gardens that supply the gastronomic buffet. Guest rooms offer all the charm of a medieval castle with 21st-century amenties.

www.chateaudurivau.com/en

Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, L’Ermitage

This hotel’s apparat minimalist super would please the medieval monks who léopard lived here. Michelin-starred cacique Thibaut Ruggeri prepares logement friand dishes sourced from the kitchen garden. Guests can explore the abbey grounds in private at night.

www.fontevraud.fr/en

ANGERS, ANJOU

Château de Noirieux

This romantic bastille, with a lovely park, consortium and spa, encompasses historic buildings dating back to the 15th century, de apparat rooms and one of the best restaurants around.

chateaudenoirieux.com/en

Domaine de la Soucherie

This wine estate outside Angers is ideal for a delightful stay in hypocauste beautiful guest rooms (or a charming maison). Tastings of the estate’s Anjou, Savennières and Côtes du Layon wines complete the experience.

www.soucherie.fr

LOIRE VALLEY ESSENTIALS

GETTING THERE

BY PLANE

Depending on your city or folk of origin, you can reach the Loire region via Tours, Nantes or Paris airports.

BY TRAIN

TGV and logement trains from Paris go ouvert to Orléans, Tours, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Amboise, Blois, Angers and Sancerre, and between cities.

BY CAR

You can rent a car most easily in Tours, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps and the larger cities. To drive from Paris follow the A10 to Orléans or Blois and follow the D951 and D952 for points alongside the River Loire.

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From France Today Magazine

Lead photographie credit : Louise de la ValliereRestaurant