The Top 14 Hotels Near Mercure Figeac Viguier du Roy
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A converted private residence in the medieval river town of Figeac, this boutique hotel wraps a stone courtyard, toile wallpaper, and a classic bistro around rooms furnished with antique writing desks and calligraphy murals, the literary theme doing most of the decorating. Stone and wood details keep things grounded, bikes are on loan for the cobblestoned streets, and a pool opens when the Lot Valley obliges with weather. Selectively listed in the Michelin Guide.
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Five rooms, each named for a flower, tucked into a Dordogne valley hotel where the chef grows most of what ends up on the plate. The name means "the act of picking fruit," which tells you exactly where the kitchen's priorities lie. Original stone architecture stays, but the interiors run bright and boutique-luxe. It's a food-and-wine destination first, with rooms that happen to be very nice places to sleep it off.
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A sixteenth-century chateau cantilevered over the Dordogne, surrounded by forest so deep you half expect a hunting party to emerge from the treeline. This is a hotel that leans into its fairy-tale setting without the frostiness that so often comes with the territory; the staff are warm rather than ceremonial. Tower rooms survey the valley, a terrace restaurant hangs above the river, and there's a helipad for those keeping up appearances.
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A small hotel in central Aurillac that commits hard to black and white, which either sounds like your kind of thing or it doesn't. The 23 rooms are comfortable, and a small pool and sauna make it feel less like a city pitstop than it has any right to. The bistro dining room, which spills onto a green terrace and runs from breakfast through a proper Sunday brunch, is the detail that tips the balance.
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Perched above the Lot river on foundations that have been here since the early Middle Ages, this luxury hotel occupies a castle that spent centuries housing the Bishops of Cahors before the Vigouroux family turned it into somewhere you can actually sleep. Stone walls, exposed timbers, ornate antique wardrobes, and a Michelin Key distinguish the rooms. The family's Cahors wines age in the cellars below, which sets a certain tone for dinner.
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Five rooms inside a weathered stone manor on ten acres of the Dordogne countryside, where the hosts spent two decades restoring the place before anyone could check in. It reads like a boutique hotel inside, antiques and contemporary pieces side by side, but it runs like a house party you were lucky to get invited to. There's a sauna, an outdoor hot tub, and space for yoga. Breakfast is daily; dinner appears on certain nights in summer.
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Volcanic stone, slate, and wood construction places this boutique hotel firmly in the language of the Auvergne, right on the edge of Tournemire. The dining room terrace faces the medieval Château d'Anjony, and rooms come with private terraces over the Doire Valley, split between rustic-chic wooden floors and floral-wallpapered romanticism. An indoor pool and hammam round things out for days when the scenery stops being enough.
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An infinity pool looking out over the Dordogne valley sets the tone at this château hotel on the edge of Périgord Noir. The 40 rooms and suites run to floral textiles and private terraces, there's a Nuxe Spa, and a bistronomic restaurant keeps you from having to go anywhere. Not that staying put is easy: Sarlat's medieval market, cave paintings, and the river are all close enough to fill several days without repeating yourself.
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Thirteen rooms of stone and glass sit on the Aubrac plateau, each one opening floor-to-ceiling onto meadows that run to the horizon. The architecture echoes the old buron shepherd huts, but the execution is closer to a meditation retreat for people who eat seriously. A Michelin Selected Hotel, it's where you sleep after dinner at Sébastien Bras's two-star restaurant downstairs, assuming you have the foresight to book both.
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Two streets back from the Arcachon waterfront, this boutique hotel threads the line between urban chic and beach house ease, which turns out to be exactly the right needle to thread in a bay town. Rooms are fitted out like ships' cabins, quietly nautical without the captain's hat energy, and some look out over the bay. Breakfast and an late-afternoon aperitif are included; dinner, you'll find easily on foot.