Room for Romance - France: The Ultimate Guide to Romantic Hotels - Softcover

North, Mike; Cotter, Mairiona

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953174662 ISBN 13: 9780953174669

Publisher: Riva Publishing Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

Couples heading for France can check out 120 of the country’s most seductive places to stay in Room for Romance – France. Packed with luscious photographs, the glossy new 164-page guide features 120 ravishing properties perfect for a romantic getaway à deux.

Lovers looking for a sumptuous château in the Loire, an intimate auberge in Provence, a hedonistic hideaway in the Alps or a chic townhouse on the Rive Gauche will find a mouthwatering choice of places to stay everywhere from Picardy to the Pyrenees.

Hotels perfect for falling into temptation range from grand turreted châteaux to former troglodyte caves. There are dreamy castles in the Dordogne, rustic Breton manors, Mediterranean villas and even a hip Camargue ranch. Some of the places featured boast sybaritic spas, others are on islands, while yet more have played host over the years to stars, kings and royal mistresses.

Bedrooms, needless to say, get plenty of attention from the guide’s authors. Some are pure Liaisons Dangereuses: expect to find peachy décor, four-posters swathed in silks and velvets, bathtubs for two and sensual bathroom treats. One suite comes complete with chains and handcuffs, while others range from a 1920s Romany caravan to a poolside dovecote perfect for midnight dips.

Foodies will also find plenty to appeal in the pages of Room for Romance – France. A number of properties serve Michelin star cuisine, while others offer award-winning regional French dishes ranging from Burgundian to Basque.

The guide’s style is fresh and witty, with suggestions for fun things to do in each part of France. Entries are sprinkled with both French words and franglais, with headings such as C’est si bon! – just what makes the place ideal for l’amour. There’s even a glossary of decadent extras should guests want to order anything from champagne on ice to bowls of strawberries.

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Review:

Room for Romance France lists 120 hotels across the Channel where sweethearts can happily while away a holiday... -- The Daily Express, June 2004

Francophile romantics should get their hands on Room for Romance France - sexy suites, aphrodisiac dining in hideaway hotels... -- Evening Standard, June 2004

Packed full of gorgeous pictures, it offers a selection of some of France's ideal destinations for lovers -- French Magazine, August/September 2004

From the Publisher:

Falling in love with France is rather like falling off a log – it’s impossible to resist. France seduces the senses, and the allure of this fabulous country is as strong as ever. In short – and as the French will tell you with a knowing smile – La Belle France is made for lovers. Go there not simply for wonderful food and wine, sublime countryside and a wealth of history, but for terrific places to stay.

Lovers love wonderful hotels, and you’ll find the crème de la crème between these covers – whether you’re heading to France for a fleeting weekend or a long, unhurried holiday. The 120 hand-picked properties that have made it into these pages range from the stylish and sybaritic to the intimate and bijou. If you and your grand amour are hankering after a sumptuous château in the Loire, a delectable auberge in Provence, a hedonistic hideaway in the Alps or a chic townhouse on the Rive Gauche, you’ll find it here.

Some of our properties are decidedly au courant, others are grandly traditional, while yet more are true originals. Bed down in a troglodyte cave, slumber in canopied splendour in a château seemingly straight out of a Proustian novel, live like a prince and princess in the châtelain’s own home, stay at a charming maison d’hôte that won’t break the bank, or check into the plushest of palaces for the ultimate in indulgence.

While all the properties here are different in terms of style, location and price (and we say vive la différence!), we have picked them because they share not only a passion for great hospitality, but the flair, feel and philosophy that’s tailor-made for a getaway à deux. Whichever places to stay you select – and we trust there will be many – we hope you’ll love them as much as we do.

No matter whether you are falling for France for the first time, or whether you’ve had a long-standing love affair, you don’t need an excuse to go. We hope the places to stay in Room for Romance – France inspire you to visit very soon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Riva Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0953174662
• ISBN 13: 9780953174669
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164