La Petite Auberge de St-Sernin
Toulouse
No-frills but friendly, secure and great value, this backpacker-filled hostel offers boxy dorm rooms of four, six and eight beds. The decor's plain –…
Must-see hotels in France
Avignon
As its name suggests, this efficient hotel is right in the heart of things, smack bang beside the main thoroughfare of rue de la République. It's modern…
Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
It is actually quite astonishing that a no-frills, budget hotel such as this longstanding two-star address still even exists in this impossibly sleek and…
The Jura Mountains
Family-run Hôtel Étoile des Neiges has bright, well-kept rooms, including great mezzanine family rooms. There’s an indoor pool, a sauna, a tiny fitness…
Alsace
Harking back to 1807, this B&B is housed in an enticingly cosy half-timbered building, which once belonged to a vintner and cooper. The place creaks with…
Montmartre & Northern Paris
Right on the banks of Canal St-Martin, this 12-room boutique hotel has a warm, minimalist design and a long list of extras including iPads, filtered water…
Troyes
The sister property of La Maison de Rhodes is every bit as pretty, straddling several half-timbered, ivy-swathed houses near the cathedral. The rooms are…
Languedoc-Roussillon
It's worth paying more for a waterfront pitch at this well-spaced beachside campground, which also has chalets and cabins sleeping up to five people, and…
Bayeux
Run by the affable ex–French first division footballer Eric Pean, this terrific 46-room old town place by the cathedral has very decent accommodation with…
Rouen
This sweet little hotel, built in 1850, offers 12 smallish but pleasant rooms that get cheaper the higher you climb (there’s no lift), while two spacious…
Sète
As its name suggests, this 19th-century harbourfront hotel is grand, from the gleaming marble lobby, filled with palms and modern art, all the way through…
Béziers
Disguised by a pale yellow townhouse exterior overlooking classy place Jean Jaurès is this slick, stylish and faultless hotel. The 12 rooms are bright,…
Reims
Outclassing most of Reims’ midrange options, this contemporary, Best Western–affiliated hotel is just off cafe-lined Place Drouet d’Erlon. To mellow out,…
Lyon
Le Boulevardier is a bargain 14-room hotel with snug, spotless rooms. It sports quirky touches such as old skis and tennis racquets adorning the hallways…
Alsace
For a dose of old-fashioned romance, check into this 17th-century half-timbered pile. A spiral staircase leads up to spacious, homey rooms in warm tones,…
Montpellier
This haven is 1km southeast of the train station. The three rooms, with their own entrances, are glossy-magazine standard: Tulipe Noire is minimalist and…
Auberge de Jeunesse et Camping de l'Ermitage
Yonne
For thrifty visitors who don't mind a short trek into town, this well-maintained venture 1km south of Vézelay is manna from heaven. After recent…
Bayeux
This three-star municipal campground in the north of Bayeux has 140 pitches pleasantly located near the River Aure. There's free access for campers to the…
Yonne
In sleepy riverside Vaux, 6km south of Auxerre, this family-run B&B offers impeccable rooms and plenty of peace and quiet. Friendly owners Catherine and…
The Luberon
This house on the edge of Bonnieux makes maximum use of its hillside location to provide panoramic views, best appreciated with something ice-cold next to…
Languedoc-Roussillon
This modern Logis de France hotel in the the middle of Florac is a reliable choice, with three room categories – the best ones are the Florales, which are…
Lyon & the Rhône Valley
This renovated three-star venture not far from the town hall is the nicest choice in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, with 25 comfortable, light-filled and modern rooms…
Les Chambres au Coeur de Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Run more like a small boutique hotel than a chambre d'hôte, the Heart of Bordeaux has five rooms dressed in a Bordeaux-appropriate mix of old and new…
Gorges du Verdon
Around 12km west of Castellane, this excellent-value chambre d’hôte run by Nancy and Pascal resides in a former schoolhouse with gorgeous mountain views…
Normandy
Located 1km northwest of the tourist office, this excellent, 99-bed hostel is housed in the French navy’s old archives complex. Rooms have two to five…
Île de Ré
With weathered-looking ships' timber floors, pastel colour schemes and quality, arty furnishings, the 11 individually designed rooms at this enchanting…
Giverny
This two-star 10-room hotel dating back to 1880 and evocatively called the ‘Idler’ is set amid a lovely garden less than 100m northeast of the Maison et…
Lille
Hôtel Brueghel's 1930s-styled wood-panelled lobby has charm in spades, as does the tiny, old-fashioned lift that trundles guests up to 61 quiet rooms with…
Paris
The 50 rooms at this contemporary hotel play with the building's Revolution-era roots, with rustic curtained headboards, vintage wooden stools, and…
Lille, Flanders & the Somme
Run by Bernard, the mayor of Pozières, and his wife, Marie, this well-tended B&B on their family farm has six individually decorated rooms with themes…
Brittany
Campers can set up their tents at this rural campground, 800m north of Paimpont and the lake, where 90 pitches are available. There are also chalets…
Montmartre & Northern Paris
Book months in advance to secure one of these five stylish and intimate apartments, all with kitchens and private entrances. Just around the corner from…
Normandy
This good-value and friendly three-star port-side hotel enjoys a great central location across from the marina, providing pleasant modern rooms, with…
Antibes
This stone-walled former coaching hotel has a great location opposite a small park and square on the edge of the old town. Rooms are rather charming,…
Montmartre & Northern Paris
This 'boutique hostel' is perched on the backside of Montmartre, beyond the tourist hoopla in a real Parisian neighbourhood. The rooms are in decent…
St-Malo
With efficient, friendly service and comfortable albeit smallish rooms (appropriately enough for the name), this super-central two-star abode offers…
Yonne
In a late-18th-century farmhouse just above Fosse Dionne, this delightful hostelry has a salon de thé (tearoom) and antique shop. Owners Marina and Gérard…
Lyon
This four-star venture ideally positioned southwest of place des Terreaux is fair value, especially if you can score a promotional deal online. It offers…
Chamonix
One of the Chamonix-Mont Blanc Valley's long-standing family concerns (this one's been handed down from Chamel to Chamel since 1889), the Hôtel du Buet…
Strasbourg
The high-ceilinged, wood-floored rooms here are nothing fancy and the cheaper rooms have shared bathrooms, but you can't beat Hôtel Patricia for value…
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