Two brothers - Gilles the chef, Laurent the Maitre D - and their wives run this welcoming and comfortable hotel where every care is taken to ensure your comfort. As the brothers say “it all started when granddad fell in love with Cahors”. You are here within an easy walk of Cahors centre and the Valentré Bridge (UNESCO World Heritage Site); further afield, the Cahors vineyard and the Lot Valley. The 22 air-conditioned rooms are spread over three floors (there's a lift), each individually styled and beautifully decorated, with en suite facilities, telephone, mini-bar, satellite TV. The hotel has a large terrace. Pets are not permitted.

The restaurant offers a level of comfort and service in keeping with its prestigious reputation - listed and accredited in all the best and famous food guides, including the “Bonnes Tables du Lot” and the “Tables Elégantes”. You'll find the best of Quercy gastronomy here, with dishes such as "Ravioles de langoustines poêlées, bouillon mousseux de crustacés", "Suprême de canette de Barbarie au poivre Séchuan", "Mikado de figues farcies à la pistache et rôties au Porto, sorbet amande" - to name but a few!

The restaurant is closed: all day Sunday & Monday except between 15 July & 15 September when it is closed at lunchtime on Sundays and lunchtime on Mondays.  

Available: from 02 December 2005 to 15 November 2006; minimum 2 persons

Booking reference: LLHCAHO

Price per person (sharing double room): 161€ for a 3-day/2-night stay (bed & breakfast) and with one ‘gourmand' evening meal

The price includes: your 2 nights stay with continental breakfasts from 4pm on day 1 to midday on day 3; on one evening: 3-course dinner (starter, main course, dessert) from the ‘menu carte'; the ‘Passeport pour le Lot' book of vouchers entitling you to reductions at many sites.

The price does not include: drinks; any other meals; holiday tax (payable on site); optional travel insurance including cancellation (2% of total cost of your booking); booking fee (8€ for up to 3 nights; 15€ for 4 nights or more).

Extra night bed & breakfast: 50.5€ per person (sharing double room)

Single room supplement: 34.5€ per night

To find out more and to book:

Loisirs Accueil Lot

Tel: +33 (0)5 65 53 20 90

Email: Loisirs.accueil.lot@wanadoo.fr

Web: www.reservation-lot.com

Hôtel du Pont Roupt is part of the Logis de France organisation (privately owned, owner-run hotels) in quiet surroundings just a few minutes walk from the historic centre of Mende on the Pilgrim Way to Santiago de Compostela. All 26 rooms are sound-proofed, with en suite facilities, direct telephone, TV and mini-bar. Guests are free to use the indoor swimming pool, sauna, UVA and garden. There’s a lift.The hotel also organises fishing breaks, foody weekends, and relaxing health spa treatment.
Price per person (sharing double room): half-board (bed, breakfast & evening meal) 75€ per night (single room supplement 30€)
Available: from 01 Jan to 31 Dec 2006.

[Hotel closed: 15 Feb to 15 March].

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Loisirs Accueil Lozère

Tel: +33 (0)4 66 48 48 48
Email: sla@france48.com

Web: www.lozere-resa.com

This is a totally delightful place. The 3-star Moulin de Cambelong, a beautifully restored and refurbished old water mill, is a charming hotel offering all creature comforts including an outdoor swimming pool. Rooms are individually styled. Its gastronomic cuisine is inventive, and based on fresh, local produce. It is located at the foot of the mediaeval village of Conques which is classified as one of France’s most beautiful villages (“Un des Plus Beaux Villages de France”) as well as being probably the most famous site on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela – le Chemin St Jacques.
Prices (2006): 3-day/2-night stay half-board (bed & breakfast & evening meal): from 210€ per person (sharing double room).
Available: 17 March to 31 Oct 2006.
Booking Reference: AYHCAMB

To find out more or to book:

Loisirs Accueil Aveyron
Tel: +33 (0)5 65 75 55 50

Email: sla.aveyron@wanadoo.fr

Web: www.reservation-aveyron.com

The setting is glorious, the welcome as warm and friendly as you could ever hope for. L’Auberge du Fel is classified as an “auberge de charme”; it is in a small village in the heart of spectacular countryside and overlooking the Lot Valley. The village is beautifully restored and maintained, and is becoming increasingly well known for its wines – Le Fel. Madame Asbespy’s cuisine is renowned for miles around. It is based on traditional recipes many of which have been passed down through the generations.

Prices (2006): 3-days/2-nights half-board (bed & breakfast & evening meal) from 90€ per person (sharing double room).
Available: 08 April to 15 June, and from 18 Sept to to 05 Nov 2006.

Note: for period 16 June to 17 Sept 2006, price is 100€ per person.
Booking Reference: AYHFEL

To find out more or to book:
Loisirs Accueil Aveyron
Tel: +33 (0)5 65 75 55 50
Email: sla.aveyron@wanadoo.fr

Web: www.reservation-aveyron.com

Capdenac overlooks the Lot Valley, close to Figeac and Conques. Its history dates back well before Roman times to about 3000 BC. The old heart of this beautiful little ‘city' is a delight to explore. Your 3-star hotel is on the main square with its medieval keep and a cluster of 15thC houses. Isabelle and Bertrand, both locals, run the hotel. Their welcome is always warm and friendly. There are just 11 rooms of varying sizes, all quiet and comfortable, with TV, telephone, desk, hair dryer, and en suite facilities. The relaxing lounge has a large period fireplace - it's a pleasure to sit and read here, to play parlour games, or study the many reference books that your hosts supply to help you plan your visit to their area. The old ‘café' is now the breakfast room. The restaurant gives on to a summer terrace; cuisine is traditional, based on fresh local produce and regional specialities such as “la poule à la soupe”, “le foie gras chaud poëlé sur mique”, “le feuilleté aux ris d'agneau” and “la croustade aux fruits de saison”. Pets are not permitted.
Available: 01 January to 31 December 2006; minimum 2 persons.
Booking reference: LLHCAPDE
Price per person (sharing double room) for 3-day/2-night half-board (bed & breakfast plus evening meal) from 4pm on day 1 to midday  on last day: 118€ from 01 May to 30 Sept. 108€ all other times.
The price includes: accommodation, buffet breakfast, evening meal; the ‘Passeport pour le Lot’ book of vouchers entitling you to reductions at many sites.
The price does not include: lunch; drinks; holiday tax (payable on site); optional travel insurance including cancellation (2% of total cost of your booking); booking fee (8€ for up to 3 nights; 15€ for 4 nights or more).
Price per child sharing parents' room: 16€ bed & breakfast; half-board (2-12yrs old): 36€ from 01 May to 30 Sept, 32€ all other times.

Single room supplement: 16€ per night.

Supplementaries per person (sharing double room) per night: extra night half-board: 59€ from 01 May to 30 Sept, 34€ all other times; extra night bed & breakfast:: 37.5€ from 01 May to 30 Sept, 32.5€ all other times.

SPECIALS! from October to April - STAY 2 NIGHTS (half-board) AND GET A THIRD NIGHT (bed & breakfast) FREE.

ALL YEAR: STAY 6 NIGHTS (b&b or half-board) AND GET A 7th NIGHT (b&b) FREE

To find out more and to book:
Loisirs Accueil Lot
Tel: +33 (0)5 65 53 20 90
Email: Loisirs.accueil.lot@wanadoo.fr
Web: www.reservation-lot.com

Your 8-room Logis de France (owner-run) hotel has been run by the same family for five generations now. Patrick and Evelyne are hugely hospitable, proud of their region, and keen to make your stay as enjoyable as possible - swimming pool, bar and terrace, table tennis, pétanque pitch, table football for the enjoyment of all. There are 24 comfortable bedrooms, all with en suite facilities: 8 on the first floor of the main building, all been recently refurbished; six have a private terrace or balcony, and two are in the former dovecote; and 16 in the annex overlooking the stream. The bright and pleasant dining room has a shaded terrace giving on to the swimming pool. Local produce is at the heart of the varied, tasty cuisine, with a good choice of dishes; children’s meals comprise the same dishes as adults’ - it’s just the portions that are smaller! This is an excellent position from which to explore the surrounding countryside and sites - St-Cirq-Lapopie, Puy l’Évêque, Cahors, the Pech Merle caves at Figeac, Rocamadour, the Padirac Gulf, etc. Pets are welcome (free).

Available: from 26 March to 06 November 2006; minimum 2 persons
Booking reference: LLHVERS2
Price per person (sharing double room): 2 nights half-board (bed, breakfast, evening meal) 76 Euros in low season (26/03 to 30/04 & 25/09 to 06/11); 84 Euros in mid-season (01/05 to 07/07 & 21/08 to 24/09); and 92 Euros in peak season (08/07 to 20/08/2006)
The price includes: your 2-night stay in a 2-star hotel, with evening meal (excluding drinks). Free use of the swimming pool and the hotel’s other amenities. The ‘Passeport pour le Lot’ book of vouchers entitling you to reductions at many sites
The price does not include: drinks. Holiday tax (payable between 01/05 and 30/09). Booking fee (8 Euros for a stay of up to 3 nights; 15 Euros for stays of 4 or more nights. Optional travel insurance including cancellation (2% of total cost of your booking)
Additional costs - per person/per night: Single room supplement: 17 Euros; 22Euors (peak season).

3rd person sharing room (half-board): free for children under 2 yrs (including cot); children 2-6: 17 Euros; children 7-15: 20 Euros; aged 16 and over: 25 Euros.

Additional night half-board per person (sharing double room): 38 Euros (low season), 42 Euros (mid-season), and 46 Euros (peak season).

To find out more and to book:
Loisirs Accueil Lot
Tel: +33 (0)5 65 53 20 90
Email: Loisirs.accueil.lot@wanadoo.fr

Web: www.reservation-lot.com

This delightful little Logis de France (owner-run) hotel is in the village of Montsalvy in the heart of the ‘Châtaigneraie’ of Auvergne - an area famed for its chestnut forests, its beautiful landscapes and outdoor activities, and legendary gastronomy. Your hotel has just seven comfortable and charmingly decorated bedrooms, all with en-suite facilities (WC and choice of bath or shower), direct telephone, TV and hair-dryer. The chef will treat you to tasty gastronomic meals in which local produce play an important part.

Available: 14 Feb to 31 Oct 2006 (closed 25 Sept to 03 Oct); peak season: 01 July to 31 Aug 2006.
Price per night per person (sharing double room): you have the option of bed & breakfast (28.50€ or 34.50€), half-board (48.50€ or 54.50€) and full-board (60.50€ or 66.50€); peak season: add 2€ per night to these prices.
Extras (all times of year and whatever option you take): single room supplement: add 8€ per night.
The price does not include: drinks; cancellation insurance; booking fee (13€); holiday tax (if applicable).
Reductions: child sharing parents’ room: free accommodation for under 2 yrs.

To book and find out more:
Destination Cantal - Green France
Tel: 00 33 (0)4 71 63 85 15
Email: cantal@greenfrance.com
www.cantal-tour.com

Your 3-star hotel is a charming, welcoming historic building with just eight individually styled bedrooms, all with en suite facilities (choice of rooms with bath or shower), TV, telephone and hair-dryer. There is a bar and tea room. Enjoy breakfast - or even afternoon tea - in the lounge with its fireplace or on the terrace in the interior courtyard. As you browse through Salers narrow lanes you will come across panoramic views over the Cantal Mountains and magnificent architecture. This is one of the most beautiful villages in France, with stone-roofed houses typical of the area. Pets welcome.

Available: 01 Jan to 31 Dec 2006
Price per night per room: Rooms with en-suite shower & WC: double (58€), twin (72€), family of 4 (138€); rooms with en-suite bath & WC: double (82€), twin (77€), suite (92€).
The price does not include: breakfast (8€ per person per day); cancellation insurance, holiday tax (if applicable), booking fee (13€).

To book and find out more:
Destination Cantal - Green France
Tel: 00 33 (0)4 71 63 85 15
Email: cantal@greenfrance.com
www.cantal-tour.com

If it is relaxation you want, this is your ideal choice - a Logis de France hotel (owner-run) in its own huge wooded park in the fabulous little village of Vitrac, surrounded by footpaths and within easy reach of stunning sites like Conques, Salers, Rocamadour, the Padirac Gulf, and the volcanic Cantal Mountains. There are 15 elegant, comfortable bedrooms with en-suite facilities, direct telephone, TV and hair-dryer. Facilities include a restaurant and private parking - but the pièce de résistance is the ‘Espace Relaxation’ with sauna, hammam, jacuzzi, jet showers, and heated indoor swimming pool. It is up to you to choose how long you wish to stay and indulge!

Available: 01 April to 30 Nov 2006 - prices vary per season.

Price per night per person (sharing double room): half-board (bed, breakfast, evening meal). Low season (April, Oct & Nov): 58€; mid season (May): 64€; peak season (11 July to 31 Aug): 75€; other times (01 June to 10 July, and all Sept): 69€.
The price does not include: drinks with meals; admission charge for the "Espace Relaxation"; holiday tax (if applicable), cancellation insurance, booking fee (13€).
Reductions: child sharing parents’ room: free accommodation for child under 2 yrs; 50% off normal tariff for child aged 2-6; 25% off normal tariff for child aged 7-12.

To book and find out more:
Destination Cantal - Green France
Tel: 00 33 (0)4 71 63 85 15
Email: cantal@greenfrance.com
www.cantal-tour.com

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Where to stay: Boating holidays | Places with river views | For fishermen | Stay as a family guest | Self catering

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