Historic Hotels in Central France: Loire, Poitou Charentes, Auvergne

Period and historic accommodation in Pays de la Loire

Angers

Château des Briottières. Privately owned 18th century chateau set amid over 120 acres of parkland. Tripadvisor

Chateauneuf sur Sarthe

Chateau de la Buronniere. Magnificent privately owned castle dating back to 1684. TripAdvisor | LateRooms

Le Mans

Château de la Barre. Nr Le Mans. Highly rated accommodation in a splendid country house built and extended over several centuries. Tripadvisor

Saumur

Chateau de Verrières. Napoleon III mansion situated in the town known as “the Pearl of Anjou”. Tripadvisor | LateRooms

Hotel Anne d’Anjou. Attractive 18th century mansion. Tripadvisor

Le Prieure. A part 12th and part 16th century structure which formerly served as a Benedictine monastery. Tripadvisor

Period and historic accommodation in Centre

Amboise

Chateau de Chissay. More than a fair few notables have visited this splendid chateau, Charles de Gaulle among them. Book online with Alpharooms

Chinon

Best Western Hotel de France. A sixteenth century building at the heart of splendid Chinon, and close to the historic Rue Voltaire. Tripadvisor | Hotel Site

Chateau de Marcay. (Near Chinon). A genuine medieval chateau offering 34 guest rooms. Tripadvisor

Luynes

Domaine de Beauvois. Long favoured as a retreat by the rich and famous, the hotel is situated within a manor house dating from both the 16th and 17th centuries. Book online with GTA Hotels or Tripadvisor

Saint Symphorien le Chateau

Chateau d'Esclimont. Four-star accommodation in a truly magnificent 16th century chateau. TripAdvisor

Tours

Chateau De L'Aubriere. (Near Tours) An attractive chateau dating back only to the mid-1800‘s but located on the site of earlier buildings. Tripadvisor

Château de la Bourdaisière. (Near Tours). Famous sixteenth century country house, built by Francis I for his mistress Marie Gaudin. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say about Chateau de la Bourdaisiere

Les Hautes Roches. (Near Tours) Unusual, but certainly historic, accommodation comprising a seventeenth century villa and rooms carved from the chalk cliffs. TripAdvisor

Vernou sur Brenne

Chateau de Jallanges. Superb 15th century country house within its own parkland. Tripadvisor

Period and historic accommodation in Poitou Charentes

Mirambeau

Chateau de Mirambeau. Renaissance-style chateau close to both Cognac and Bordeaux. Tripadvisor

Niort

Le Logis Saint-Martin. Attractive seventeenth century country house hotel with restaurant. Tripadvisor

Saint Martin de Re

Hotel de Toiras. 17th century house offering four-star accommodation close to the entrace to the port of Saint Martin De Re. Tripadvisor

Saintes

Chateau de Crazannes. Fascinating and truly historic chateau built during the 11th and 16th centuries. Former guests include The Black Prince (1362) and King Francis I (1519). It is also said that a former owner was the inspiration for the central character of Charles Perrault’s Puss in Boots. TripAdvisor

Château Mouillepied. Part 15th and part 18th century country house offering 8 guest rooms. Tripadvisor

Vouille

Chateau de Perigny. Late sixteenth century country house close to Poitiers. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say about Chateau de Perigny

Period and historic accommodation in Auvergne

Busset

Chateau de Busset. Impressive medieval castle. Tripadvisor

Montlucon

Chateau Saint Jean. A hotel since 1925, the building was once the property of the Malta Order Knights of Saint Jean of Jerusalem. Tripadvisor

Moulins

Le Clos de Bourgogne. 18th century country house hotel. Tripadvisor

Randan

Chateau de Maulmont. Formerly the property of the sister of the King of France, the present building dates back to the mid-1800‘s. Its history, however, can be traced back to the 13th. TripAdvisor

St. Arcons d’Allier

Les Deux Abbesses. Tres Unique. Tripadvisor

Ygrande

Chateau d’Ygrande. Grand. Tripadvisor

Vezac

Chateau de Salles. Built in 1476, destroyed and then rebuilt a century later, this former watchtower overlooks the splendid Cere valley. TripAdvisor

Period and historic accommodation in Limousin. Coming soon.