The Top 10 Hotels Near Pérégrinations
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Ivy-covered stone walls and a pair of turrets rise from a hilltop in the Berry countryside, and this boutique château hotel is as composed inside as out: tall bookshelves, oil paintings in gilded frames, fires going, a baby grand in the corner. Guest rooms have parquet floors and family heirlooms, and several open straight onto gardens with a swimming pool. A handful of suites occupy the renovated outbuildings for a bit more privacy.
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A Caudalie spa, a pool, bikes waiting by the door, and a wine bar that makes it genuinely hard to leave, all inside a Loire Valley château converted into a small, quietly luxurious hotel. The rooms mix antique bones with contemporary furniture without making a fuss about it. Forests and vineyards surround the estate, so the countryside is right there whenever you need an excuse to skip the spa. Michelin gives it two Keys.
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A coaching inn from the 18th century, now a quietly charming boutique hotel spread across several old village houses in Chenonceaux, a few minutes' walk from the Loire's most photographed chateau. Rooms mix antique furniture with modern comfort, there's a heated pool and a small wellness area, and the kitchen draws from an on-site kitchen garden. The kind of place where a glass of wine before dinner feels like a reasonable life philosophy.
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Half-timbered walls and seven guest rooms in the heart of the Sologne, where the forest and Loire châteaux form the scenery and nobody is in much of a hurry. This old coaching inn runs small on purpose: floral wallpapers, dark vintage wood, rustic beams in the dining room, and a garden terrace that earns its keep in summer. The kitchen leans into local Sologne produce and Loire wines, which is exactly what you'd want here.
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A former abbey tucked beside the Prés Fichaux Garden, this hotel trades on centuries of stonework outside and entirely contemporary rooms within. The bar, Le 62, leans into whiskey, wine, and Champagne, and the bistro handles dinner without fuss. The old town center is a short walk south, the rail station just across the river. It carries the Michelin Guide selection and, by local standards, the address to match.
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A 19th-century mansion on the quiet north side of Bourges, close to the station, with an original oak staircase and stained glass that the twenty rooms and single suite quietly ignore in favor of contemporary furnishings and modern comforts. It's a small, calm hotel that reads more like a private house than a hospitality operation. The old city and the UNESCO-listed cathedral are an easy walk, and the bar serves drinks and a light menu all day.
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The hand-painted murals and grand fireplaces in this 17th-century Loire Valley château are original, and the current owners had the sense not to touch them. It's a country estate hotel where no two rooms look alike, some paneled in dark wood, others in florals, all with serious bathrooms and antique furniture that doesn't feel like a museum. A spa, two pools, and tennis courts designed by Guy Forget round out the property without turning it into a resort cartoon.
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A converted Loire Valley farm where the restaurant arrives as a dome, which is a bold architectural choice and one that more or less works. This boutique hotel pairs old stone outbuildings with two contemporary lodges whose rooms reinterpret local style through a modern lens. Chef Guillaume Foucault runs the kitchen, and the food tends to overshadow even the building people come to photograph.
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A small Loire Valley hotel sitting within easy reach of six chateaux, including Chambord, which tends to make the neighbors look modest. The 30 rooms split between a contemporary building and an old stone property from the 1700s, and both look out over thick forest. The bistro does classic French cooking on a terrace with the same view, and on cold nights the lounge bar has a fire going, which the Loire Valley has plenty of cold nights to justify.
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A 19th-century château turned boutique hotel on a 180-hectare estate in the Loire Valley, where 19 individually designed rooms split between the castle itself and a traditional Solognote farmhouse. The bar runs from morning coffee to evening cocktails, and on Monday and Tuesday nights guests eat together around a communal table. Bikes, forest laser games, and astronomy nights are all folded into the room rate, which sets the tone nicely.