Easily locate French bed & breakfasts, holiday rentals, chateaux and hotels throughout France. The Hotels & Gites directory lists countless gites (vacation rentals), chambres d'hotes (bed & breakfasts), Hotels, and Chateaux (high-end bed & breakfasts / hotels). With the Hotels & Gites easy to use zoom map or sortable table interface, the holiday or business traveller can find a french accommodation anywhere in France.
In French a bed & breakfast is called a chambre d'hotes or a table d'hotes. A table d'hotes is a bed & breakfast that includes lunch and/or dinner. To make things easier here, we'll stick with the term bed & breakfast. Most French bed & breakfasts are part of people's homes so the traveller will most likely get a taste of true French life. Bed & breakfasts can be located throughout France, from the green valleys of the Rhone-Alps to the flat plains of the Ile-de-France. There is no better way to see France than by staying at a French bed & breakfast.
You may ask: "What the heck is a gite?" Fair question because most travellers outside of Europe have never heard of the term gite. In short it is a French vacation rental or, for the more British among us, a French holiday rental. A gite (French vacation rental) is usually a home or apartment complete with kitchen, dishes, utensils and linens. The only thing the vacationer needs to supply is the food. Check with the owner of the gite (holiday rental) to see what is included. A Gite (French vacation rental) is usually rented for a period of several days and rates are quoted by the weekend or the week. The prices listed in the Hotels & Gites Directory are averaged per day for the average length of stay.
A chateaux in French is a castle. France is full of chateaux, some ranging from the fortress-like structures of the medieval period to the more elegant palaces of the Renaissance, pre-revolutionary and post revolutionary periods. Most of the larger chateaux in France are museums owned by the state and open to the public. Many of the smaller chateaux are owned by private individuals (some of the larger estates as well) and have been turned into grand hotels or elegant bed & breakfasts (chambres d'hotes). A stay in a chateau can be a memorable experience and the traveller, whether on business or holiday, should attempt to stay in one at least once during their visit.
Hotels in France are everywhere and cover all budgets and tastes. As in most industrialized parts of the world, there are chain hotels in every mid to large sized town. These range from very inexpensive road-side traveller hotels to the top-end corporate establishments. France also has an abundance of privately owned hotels. These also cover a varying range of budgets and tastes from hostels to grand chateaux.
The hotels and gites directory is a free directory of hotels, chateaux, gites, bed & breakfasts, chambres d'hotes, and vacation rentals throughout France. The various holiday and vacation accommodations can be browsed in an interactive map of France or through an interactive table. Both methods allow the traveller to visit a brief information page for each hotel, chateau, gite, chambre d'hotes and vacation rental listed in the directory. (Annuaire in French). Also available in the directory are maps of France, including regional and departmental maps, specialty maps and a map dedicated to every chateau, gite, chambre d'hotes, hotel and vacation rental in the directory. The directory is free of charge for both travellers and owners of holiday establishments. The directory / annuaire is maintained thanks to the help of site sponsors and advertisers.
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