This is a family-run small "boutique" hotel in a very laid-back part of France, away from the normal tourist haunts. The hotel itself is a converted manor-house type chateau with only about 20 rooms - each one sylishly interior-designed. There has been some real care and attention gone into this renovation. We were lucky enough to have a duplex with a mezzanine floor - easily sleeps 4.

This pretty hotel is set in very private gardens with a good-size modern, clean pool (although not heated) and is the perfect place to go if you want a more relaxed atmosphere.

Probably one of the best aspects of the hotel, though, is its restaurant. Built as a conservatory-type building next to one of the very old outbuildings in the garden, the quality of food and the hospitality we received was fantastic!

To cap it all, because this is an "unfashionable" (for now) part of France it was good value.

Every time I go to south of France, I am used to goingin this wonderful castle, where you can drink Armagnacs and gastronomic meals, use the swimming pool and sleep in 17 totally different rooms. They have a website : ...