The Best Hotels Near La Table de Jean, by the Record
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A 12th-century château perched above Creissels, the rooms dressed in careful antiques but feeling more boutique hotel than castle bedchamber. The rooftop pool looks straight out at the Millau Viaduct, which is either very dramatic or very French, probably both. Dinner runs through the old guard room and vaulted stone cellar, with seasonal local fare that takes its sourcing seriously. A Michelin Selected Hotel.
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A family-run boutique hotel in an Art Deco building near the heart of Albi, where the interiors mix bold, saturated color against monochrome in a way that feels more big-city than sleepy southern France. Rooms are quietly well done, with proper soundproofing and bathrooms that don't ask you to pretend. The restaurant, designed by the Lyon firm Les Héritiers, serves regional cooking in an elegant setting that holds its own against the rooms.
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A nine-room boutique hotel in a late-19th-century private home that still feels, convincingly, like someone's house. The salon, the terrace, and the backyard pool keep the scale intimate, and the owners are the kind who'll spend twenty minutes mapping out what to eat and where to go in Béziers before you've even set down your bag. Modern furniture sits alongside the bones of the original building without either side making a fuss about it.
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Six rooms in a 19th-century Andalusian villa set on a private park in the center of one of France's oldest cities is already a lot, and La Villa Guy layers on Moorish gardens, a billiards room, a library, a pool, and a small but properly lavish spa. This boutique hotel leans hard into the eccentric, mixing bold contemporary design with old-world romance in every corner. No restaurant, but the staff will tell you exactly where to eat in Béziers.
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A three-room boutique hotel in a late 19th-century villa on the edge of the Canal du Midi, with turret reading rooms, a mother-of-pearl chandelier, and a clawfoot tub that takes up more space than most Paris hotel rooms. The Moorish billiards hall, all stained glass and domed ceiling, now serves slow food, and the English garden has a natural swimming pool. Small, romantic, and clearly run by people who find antique travel trunks an obvious choice for wardrobes.