The Best Hotels Near Auberge du Pont, by the Record
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An antique Loire farmhouse converted by architect Patrick Bouchin into a 15-room hotel, with a glass-walled three-star restaurant next door that most guests quietly consider the real reason they're here. The rooms are luxurious without advertising it, neither rustic retreat nor design-hotel showoff, which is a harder balance than it sounds. The Troisgros family has held culinary fame for generations, and the lodging keeps pace without apology.
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The wrought-iron arched doorway and mosaic floors set the mood before you've even checked in: this is a properly Art Deco boutique hotel in Chamalières, just outside Clermont-Ferrand. Rooms are quiet and monochromatic with the occasional color note, and a few have separate sitting areas. The continental breakfast, with fresh-squeezed juices and house-made jams, is the kind that makes leaving feel rude.
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Swans on the pond, roses in the garden, and a 12th-century Knights Templar castle overhead: Château Saint-Jean sets an unfair standard for what a hotel stay can look like. Rooms in both the original towers and the newer wing mix old stone bones with a contemporary polish. A restored chapel on the grounds holds a Michelin-starred restaurant, though the grounds alone give the place plenty to argue with.
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The childhood home of the chef who now runs its gastronomic restaurant, this riverfront hotel in Charolles sits in what the locals call Little Venice, a village of canals and footbridges that earns the nickname. Rooms have original wood-beamed ceilings, king beds, and bathrooms that lean spa-like, some with freestanding tubs. There's a full spa, a pool, and a Jacuzzi on the grounds, plus Burgundy wine country outside the door.