The Best Hotels Near Maison Ceronne, by the Record
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A Norman manor restored with a deliberate artistic hand, this countryside hotel two hours from Paris spread French creatives across its 17 rooms, layering frescoes, soft materials, and soothing tones throughout. The glass-roofed salon moves from afternoon tea to cocktails under hand-painted mythology. There's a restaurant, an indoor pool that opens to gardens sheltering ancient plane trees, and a spa running Holidermie treatments. The outdoor pool has a spring mosaic on the floor, which is either charming or a lot, depending on your sensibility.
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The restaurant here holds a Michelin star, but the hotel earns its keep too. This small boutique property near the center of Argentan runs bold and colorful in the common spaces, then pulls back to something quieter and more spare in the bedrooms. Normandy's countryside and D-Day sites are an easy drive, though guests seem just as happy to stay in for dinner at La Renaissance downstairs.
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A former hunting lodge in the Normandie-Maine regional park, Le Manoir du Lys keeps the exposed timbers and classic facade while the interiors run quietly contemporary underneath. It's a family-run countryside hotel with substantial grounds and an outdoor pool, the kind of place where the Norman forest does most of the heavy lifting for atmosphere. The on-site restaurant has held a Michelin star for years, which gives dinner somewhere to go.
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A grand old house on the main square, close enough to Chartres Cathedral that you can hear the bells. The hotel keeps its period bones intact while slipping in modern comfort where it counts, the kind of balance that usually gets promised in brochures and rarely delivered in the hallways. There's a spa, a restaurant open to non-guests, and the old town is right outside the door. The Michelin Guide has had it on their hotel list for as long as anyone can remember.