That day I had travelled from Caen to Granville (a marvellous old heap of a town that you learn to love), taking-in the Bayeaux Tapestry (Bayeux had super-organised parking) .. and thinking that they could have woven it yesterday), then - TIRED! - from Granville, I sped, easily on the well-signed main roads, to Le Moulin de Ducey.
If you lke a chatty owner this place is heaven: but the owner and his wife are charming, and the quiet village, with the resplendenlty romantic river racing beneath the old mill building, will suit both a retired couple, or a brace of Newly Weds. If you are travelling with friends, this is the perfect "off the beaten" venu.
There is no restaurant, TAKE NOTE: but the owner directs you to a nice hotel one minutes walk away (drink what you like - no need to move the car from the DEDICATED Moulin de Ducey car park). In this allied hotel the food is good, well served, as the place is well managed. It's by the river, so - on a fine evening- you can take your coffee etc. outside.
The rooms at Le Moulin are slightly old fashioned but clean, with the soothing sound of the mill race for most of the rooms. It is all very civilised, and the breakfast is traditional with a marvellous window overlooking the ancient bridge and the river.
You are half an hour from Mont Saint Michel, a easy 70 minutes from St Malo, and the elegant delights of Dinard.
When I say that the owner is "chatty" - what I mean is that he is "convivial" - a lovely couple - just the sort you wish to chat with on a relaxing holiday [they are fluent in a nukmber of European langauges]. If you are on business: the hotel is a great place to unwind - I never use the expression 'Chill Out' - I feel like a chunk of farmed salmon!

Stopped here on the way back from Brittany. It's a very nice little hotel. Our room was one of the more basic ones right at the of the stairs. It was pretty small but perfectly adequate. Ducy itself has everything you'd expect of a small French town. Good meats, good cakes, good bread... Also, not that I really had time to explore, the town seems to be very cyclist friendly with lots of routes of varying difficulty mapped out.

We stayed for 5 nights in August and were delighted with the Hotel location beside the River Selune and the 17th century bridge. Great for touring the area. We were able easily to go to Dinan, St Malo, the Normandy beaches and Mont St Michel(only 20-30 mins). Even Ducey was a delight with some interesting buildings and walks with three places to have dinner. The service in the Hotel was really good and the hosts were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast has a good choice - wonderfully fresh bread, croissants etc and if they had a restaurant for dinner that would have been even better. We can certainly recommend it and if in the area again we will return to Le Moulin de Ducey.

My second visit here (though the last was 18 years ago!)- great place in a quiet village about 20 kms from Mt St-Michel, so you can avoid the tourist madness while still being close. Hotel is an old mill, and you fall asleep to the soothing sound of the millstream. service excellent, owners very helpful. Rooms clean & very comfortable, well looked after, good variety at breakfast. Location picturesque and relaxing.
Ma deuxieme visite- endroit tranquille dans un vieux moulin, pres du Mont St-Michel, mais assez eloigne pour ne pas etre derange par la foule. Chambres confortables, tres propres, ambience charmante du vieux moulin et de la petite riviere. Excellent petit dej. Proprietaires sur place, tres sympas. Ils ont recommende un excellent resto au Mont (la Ferme St-Michel- agneau presale cuit au four a pain- delicieux!)