Gîtes de France - 55,000 countryside gîtes. www.gites-de-france.fr Logis de France. www.logis-de-france.fr  - Maporama, useful route planner. www.maporama.com
 - Slow Travel is a community of people who like to travel and experience new places! www.slowtrav.com. Also www.slowtrips.com (photos) & www.slowtalk.com (message board).
 - Say NO to 0870. www.saynoto0870.com
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About French Hotel Chains There are many chains of hotels in France offering much the same in style. From the cheapest, Formule 1 (sink in room but no shower or WC), to the more upmarket Campanile and IBIS. Things are changing though, as most chains now have holiday pricing at certain times of the year, and now charge higher rates if there are more than two people. The cheaper hotels are usually full - we suggest you book in advance and not leave it to chance. Don't overlook the Logis de France, in terms of value and ambience they remain unbeatable. Main Logis de France hotel groupings; Camping; à la Ferme - simple facilities & Municipal - better facilities & good value, Gites d'étape - hostel style Accommodation, Chambres d'hôte - Bed & Breakfast, Gites de France - Officially sponsored holiday cottages, Logis de France - Government sponsored character hotels. |
Rates are per room per night, and for hotels in Calais or the nearest town (in brackets) where the chain has a hotel. Hotels in towns close to ports are listed. Ssome hotels charge extra during the summer period - Click on the company logo to go direct to their web site.  - Accor Hotels (Formule 1, ETAP, IBIS, Suitehotel, Mercure, Novotel, Sofitel, Thalassa). www.accorhotels.comg(13959849)a(303869))
 - Envergure Hotel group. The following hotels are part of the group; Bleu Marine, Campanile, Kyriad, Kyriad Prestige, Nuit Hotel, Premiere Classe. www.envergure.fr
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Apartment hotels in France  - Adagio. Sold by Pierre et Vacances in the U.K. (Studios or apartments, mostly Paris and the South of France but expanding.
www.pierreetvacances.com French site. Tel: 0033 1 45 58 87 00. www.adagio-city.com  Citadines. Tel: 0033 825 333 332 (Studios or apartments Lille, Paris). www.citadines.com
 - Maeva - sold by Pierre et Vacances in the U.K. (Good for ski resorts). www.pierreetvacances.com
French site.
Maeva Holidays. Tel: 0033 1 58 21 55 63. www.maeva.com  - Odalys. Tel: 0033 1 58 56 56 56 (Studios or apartments Good for ski resorts). www.odalys-vacation-rental.com
 - Residences MGN - sold by Pierre et Vacances in the U.K. (Studios or apartments Good for ski resorts). www.pierreetvacances.com
French site. Tel: 0033 1 55 26 30 15. www.residences-mgm.com  - Residhotel. (in French) Tel: 0033 492 28 21 61 (Studios or apartments Good for ski resorts). www.residhotel.com
Budget Hotels (0 - 1 star) (In Calais + hostels)  - Akena Hotel * & ** (Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. Small chain). Tel: 0033 1 69 84 85 17. www.hotels-akena.com
 - B&B Hotel (1 - 2 people, 3 - 4 people. Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. NW France; Amiens, Boulogne, Brest, Caen, Calais, Dieppe (City Hotel) Lille, Morlaix, Rennes, Rouen, St. Brieuc, St. Malo). Calais Tel: 0033 298 33 75 00. www.hotel-bb.com
 - Best Hotel (1 - 2 people. France; Caen, Chambery, Dunkirk, Grigny, Lille, Lyon, Macon, Metz, Montpellier East, Montpellier North, Paris North, Perpignan, Reims, Strasbourg). Tel: 0033 328 27 46 69 (Dunkirk). www.besthotel.fr
 - Bonsai Hotel. Tel: 0033 557 25 59 00. Fax: 0033 557 25 32 47. www.bonsai-hotel.tm.fr
3 types; escalle, étape (1-3) and Relais (1-2). Avignon, Cherbourg, Dijon, Marseille Nord, Marseilles Vitrolles, Metz, Orléans.  - Brit Hotel. Tel: 0033 557 25 59 00. Fax: 0033 557 25 32 47. www.brithotel.fr
Brittany and South West France Arnage-Le Mans, Ceaux/Le Mont Saint Michel, Langueux, Lorient, Quimper, Rennes, Saint-Gregoire, Saint Herblain, Vigneux de Bretagne.  - Citotel Hotel **. Dunkirk Tel: 0033 470 98 16 09. www.citotel.com
(1 - 2 people). Aix-les-Bains, Amberieux d'Azergues, Angouleme, Annecy, Arachon, Arles, Athis-Mons, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Aurillac, Autun, Avranches, Beauvais, Bergerac, Besançon, Biarritz, Blois, Bordeaux (1), (2), (3), Bourges, Brest, Bréviandes, Bron, Cesson Sevigne (Brittany). Challans, Chatel, Cherbourg, Chinon, Clermont-Ferrand, Colmar, Compiègne, Dijon, Dole, Dunkirk, Étaples-sur-Mer, Fourgeres, Guyon, Hyères, La Boules, La Rochelle, La Roches sur Yon, Laon, Le Havre, Le Mans, Les Sables d'Olonne, Lille, Limoges, Liseaux, Lourdes, Lyon, Macon, Metz, Millau, Nancy, Nantes, Nîmes, Nogent le Rotrou, Noyons, Orange, Pau, Paris, Parthenay, Pierre Buffiere, Perpignan, Poitiers, Pontivy, Rennes (1), (2). Rochefort, Rodez, Royan, Roye, Saint André les Vergers, Sainte Maxime, Saint Malo, Saintes, Salon de Provence, Saumur, Saint Pol de Léon, St Martin de Fraigneau, Strasbourg (1), (2), (3), Tarbes, Thionville, Toulouse, Tours, Vannes, Vichy, Vitre, Wissembourg, France.  - Fast Hotel (1 - 2 people. Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. France; Avignon, Bidart (Pyrrenées), Caen, Dunkirk, Lille, Rennes, Rouen). Dunkirk Tel: 0033 1 42 35 26 00. www.fasthotel.com
 - Formule 1 Hotels (1 - 3 people. Rooms have wash basins but showers & WC's are on the landings. An Accor Group hotel). Formule 1 - Calais
 - Marmotte Hotels (1 - 2 people. NW France; Dieppe, Amiens, Granville). Tel: 0033 1 39 51 02 20. www.marmotte.fr
 - Mister Bed. (St. Omer) Tel: 0033 1 46 14 38 00. Fax: 0033 1 46 14 38 38.
(1 - 3 people. Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. Paris region - www.misterbed.frBagnolet, Cachan, Chilly Mazarin, Goussainville, Igny, Maurepas, Melun, Nemours, Torcy-Marne la Vallee. Auxerre, Berck, Bethune, Bourges, Bourgoin-Jallieu, Le Mans, Lens, Lille, Longwy, Nancy, Reims, St. Omer, Strasbourg, Tours, Troyes. France).  - Noctuel Hotels (NW France; Amiens, Le Havre.) No web site - ring each hotel
 - Nuit Hotel (Nuit hotels are no longer trading as a seperate chain). Dunkirk Tel: 0033 1 64 46 05 05.
 - Premiere Class Hotels (1 - 3 people. Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. NW France; Amiens, Béthune, Boulogne, Brest, St. Brieuc, Caen, Deauville, Dunkirk, Honfleur, Lille, Rouen, Rennes, St. Brieuc, St. Malo).
Premiere Classe (Boulogne) Tel: (in France) 0836 688 123. U.K. 0207 519 50 45  - Quick Hotel (1 - 2 people, 3 - 4 people. Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. NW France; Amiens, Caen, Rennes, St. Brieuc).
www.quickpalace.com. Amien Tel: 0033 556 34 78 33.  - Stars Hotels (19 hotels in France One each in Lille and Rouen). www.jjwhotels.com
 - Villages Hotels. (1 - 3 people. Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. Sold to B&B Hotels. A few hotels have been bought by ACCOR Group and will become part of the ETAP chain). www.villages-hotel.com
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Good Value Hotels (2 - 3 star) (in Calais)  - Arcantis Hotels. Tel: 0033 1 46 38 10 01.
100 hotels. Throughout France, Belgium. Angers, Arcachon, Autun, Beaune, Bellerive, Besancon, Blois, Blotzheim, Bordeaux, Caen, Carcassonne, Chambretaud, Chatelguyon, Chelles, Grenoble, Hagondange, La Chapelle St Mesmin, Lourdes, Lyon, Macon, Nancy, Neuf Brisach, Orleans, Paris, Perpignan, Pouilly en Auxois, Rennes, Saints, Saint Avertin, St Jouan des Guerets. www.arcantis-hotels.com  - Balladins Hotels. Tel: 0033 1 64 62 49 99. U.K. 0207 519 50 45.
France; Albertville, Amiens, Angers, Arras, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Auray, Avignon, Bartenheim, Beauvais, Bell ville, Besancon, Béziers, Blois North, Blois South, Bobigny, Bordeaux (1), (2), (3), Boulogne Billancourt, Bourg les Valence, Brest, Calais, Carquefou, Chambery, Champigny sur Marne, Chanas, Chelles, Chilly Mazarin, Emerainville, Epinal, Foix, Gemenos, Grenoble (1), (2), (3), La Ricamarie, Le Havre, Les Mureaux, Lille Centre, Lille Tourcoing, Lille Valenciennes, Limoges, Lyon North, Lyon South, Macon North, Macon Sud, Malakof, Malay Le Grand, Mareuil-les-Meaux, Marsannay la Côte, Matigues, Meaux, Moissy Cramayel, Montelimar, Montpellier, Montgeron, Morschwiller le Bas, Mougins, Nîmes, Noyelles-Godault, Nuits Saint Georges, Olivet, Orange, Pagny sur Meuse, Paris (1), (2), (3), (4), Reims, Rennes, Rodez, Rouen, Saintes, Saint Etienne du Bois, Saint-Genis-Pouilly, Saint Martin sur le Pré, Saint Ouen l'Aumône (1), (2), Saint Quentin, Sarreguemines, Sarcelles, Saran, Sevran, Tarbes, Torcy, Toulons, Toulouse, Tours North, Tours South, Tourville, Trans en Provence, Troyes, Varennes-Vauzelles, Vert-Saint-Denis, Vigneux sur Seine, Villeneuve-Loubet, Villiers sur Marne, Viriat, Vitrolles. Balladins Hotel / Calais  - Campanile Hotel. Part of the Kyriad brand. Tel: 0033 1 64 62 46 46. U.K. 0207 519 50 45.
380 hotels. NW France; Agen, Alencon, Allier, Amiens, Amilly, Arras, Aurillac, Auxerre, Avallon, Bayeux, Bayonne, Beauvais, Besancon, Besancon West, Bethune, Biarritz, Blois (1), (2), Bordeaux - Artigues, Bordeaux - Le Lac, Bordeaux - Gradignan, Bordeaux - Le Bouscat, Bordeaux - Mérignac, Bordeaux - Pessac, Bourges (1), (2), Brest, Caen (1), (2), Calais, Cestas, Chalon-sur-Saône, Chalons en Champagne, Charleville Mezières, Chatres, Cherbourg, Clermont-Ferrand (1), (2), (3), (4), Colmar, Deauville, Dieppe, Dijon (1), (2), (3), (4), Dinan, Dizy, Dole, Dreux, Dunkirk, Fougères, Haguenau, Hendaye, Honfleur, Issoudun, Le Havre, Lille, Liseux, Lorient, Macon (1), (2), Marmand, Mont de Marsan, Morlaix, Moulins, Mulhouse - Morschwiller, Mulhouse North, Nevers, Orléans (1), (2), (3), Pau, Pontarlier, Pujols, Quimper, Reims (1), (2), (3), (4), Rennes (1), (2), (3), (4), Rouen, Sedan, St. Brieuc, Saint Dizier, St. Malo, St. Maur, Saint-Paul-les-Dax, Sochaux, Strasbourg, Strasbourg West, Tours (1), (2), Troyes, Vannes, Vichy, Vierzon, Vire. www.campanile.com / In Calais  - ETAP Hotels (An Accor Group hotel). ETAP Hotel
 - Hotels Chalet de Tradition. Tel: 0033 874 762 415 (21 traditional style chalet hotels. Only in the following departments; Haute Alpes, Haute Savoie, Isère, Savoie). www.hct.net
 - Kyriad Hotel **. www.kyriad.fr
 - Kyriad Prestige Hotels. Tel: 0033 1 64 62 48 48. U.K. 0207 519 50 45. www.kyriadprestige.com
218 hotels. NW France; Aix en Provence, (2), Albi, Amiens, Amilly, Angers, Angouleme, Annecy, Antibes, Arcachon, Argenteuill, Arles, Avignon, (2), (3), Bayeux, Beaune, Beauvais, Bergerac, Besancon, Le Blanc Mesnil, Le Bourget, Bordeaux, Bourges, Bourges en Bresse, Bourg les Valence, Brest, Bron, Caen, Caen Sud, Cahors, Calais, (2), Cannes, Carcassonne, Carentan, Chalons sur Saone, Chantilly, Chelles, Cherbourg, Clerment-Ferrand, C-F Centre, Le Coudray-Montceaux, Creteil, Deauville, Dijon, (2), (3), Dijon Centre, Dijon East, Dijon Sud, Dinard, Dunkirk, Epinal, Esbly, Evreux, Le Ferté Bernard, Fréjus, Genève St-Genis-Pouilly, Guingamp, Grenoble, (2), (3), (4), (5), Joinville-le-Pont, Labastide-Murat, Landivisiau, Lannion, Le Havre, Le Mans, Lille, (2), Limoges, Lons, Lyon, Lyon Centre, (2), Macon, Marseilles, (2), (3), (4), (5), Meaux, Mérignac, Metz, Montauban, Montelimar, Montpellier, Mulhouse (1), (2), Nantes, Nevers, Nice, (2), (3), Nîmes, (2). Noisy le Grande, Odos, Olivet, Paris (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), Paris Disneyland, Paris Le Bouget Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, (2). Paris Orly Airport, (2), Poissy, Pont l'Eveque, Reims, Reims Centre, Rennes, (2), Rouen Centre, Rouen North, Rungis, Saran, St. Brieuc, Saint Genis Laval, St. Malo, St. Paul les Dax, St Thibault des Vignes, Strasbourg (1), (Centre), Toulon, Toulouse (1), (2), (3), Tours, (2), Torcy, Vaulx en Velin, Verrieres le Buisson, Villeneuve la Garenne, Voiron.  IBIS Hotels (An Accor Group hotel) IBIS Hotel
 - Inter Hotel 2 & 3 *. Tel: 0033 1 42 06 46 46 (NW France; Antibes, Berck, Biarritz, Chambery, Étaples, St. Omer, Dieppe, Goussainville, Haudemont, Le Havre, Caen, Cherbourg, St. Malo, Vittel). www.inter-hotel.com
 - l"hotellerie. Tel: 0033 153 00 14 04. "Group of independent hotel operators, L'Hôtellerie Familiale presents you 405 character and tradition hotels for economical stays in a "family house" spirit". www.lhotelleriefamiliale.com
 - Les Pieds dans l'Eau (A travel agency but with a nice theme). www.lespiedsdansleau.com
 - Medhotels (Spain and France). www.medhotels.com
 - Medhotels can also be booked via HolidayHotels. www.holidayhotels.com
 - Median Hotels (6 hotels in France, 1 in Geneve. Paris and Evian included). www.jjwhotels.com
 - Silence Hotels. www.silencehotel.com
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Quality Hotels (3 - 4 star) (In Calais)  - Amarante Hotels (5 hotels in France. Mainly in Paris and Cote d'Azur). www.jjwhotels.com
 - Best Western Hotels. Tel: 0800 393 130 (220 hotels. NW France; Albert, Amiens, Annecy, Archamps, Avignon, Bayeux, (2), Bayonne, Beaune, Bollwiller, Bordeaux, Bourg en Bresse, Le Bugue, Caen, Calvi, Cannes, (2), Carcassonne, Carnac, Chambery, Chamonix, Chartres, Colmar, Courbevoie, Dijon, Dinan, Epernay, Epinal, Figeac, Gemenos, Gordes, La Grande Motte, Grenoble, Le Havre, Hyères, Jons, Juan-les-Pins, Lourdes, Lyons, (2), Marseilles, Marseilles Airport, Menton, Nantes, Nice, (2), (3), (4), Nîmes, Paris, (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), (34), (35), (36), (37), (38), (39), Pau, Peyreleau, Poitiers, Pouligny-Notre-Dame, Roscoff, Rouen, (2), Les Sables d'Olonne, St. Malo, Saint Maurice, Saint Raphael, Sanary sur Mer, Sancy-les-Meaux, Sarlat La Caneda, Saumur, Strasbourg, (2), Le Touquet, Thionville, Toulon, Toulouse, Valbonne Village, Vence, Villard de Lans, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Also in Dover).
www.bestwestern.com  - Blue Marine Hotels ***. Tel: 0033 1 64 62 46 46. U.K. 0207 519 50 45 (Now part of the Kyriad Prestige chain. NW France; St. Malo). www.kyriadprestige.com
 - Preferred Boutique Hotels ****, part of the Preferred Hotel group (Paris and Cap Ferrat). www.preferred-boutique.com
 - Charme Hotels. www.charmehotel.com
 - Comfort Hotels, Choice Hotel group (124 hotels. NW France; Aix en Provence, Annecy, Arles, Bayonne, Begles, Besancon, Beaucouze, Bezons, Bondues, Bonchamp-les-Laval, Bretigny sur Orge, Bron, Cagnes sur Mer, Cannes, Carnac, Chambery, Champs sur Marne, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Chateauroux, Chelles, Cherbourg, Le Coudray, Dijon South, Eragny-sur-Oise, Evreux, La Farlède, Gaillard, Gemenos, Gennevilliers, Gond-Pontouvre, Grenoble, Lagny sur Marne, Lille, (2), Lons-le-Saunier, Lourdes, Lyon, Macon, Massy, Meaux, Moissac, Mons-en-Baroeul, Montpellier, Nice, (2), (3), (4), Paris, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), Perigueux, Perpignan, Plougastel-Daoulas, Poitiers, Pont a Mousson, Rennes, La Rochelle, Rosny-Sous-Bois, Rouen, Rouen Centre, Saint-Laurent du Var, Saint Victor, Saran, Strasbourg, Starsbourg Centre, Toulouse, (2), Tours, Tremblay-en-France, Vannes, Vierzon, Villeneuve d'Ascq).
www.choicehotels.com  - Concorde Hotels (Luxury hotels throughout France). www.concorde-hotels.com
 Golden Tulip Hotel chain **** (A few hotels in France). www.goldentulip.com
 - Hilton Hotel chain (Has a few hotels in France). www.hilton.co.uk
 - Holiday Inn ***. Tel: 0800 897 121. (61 hotels. NW France; Annecy, Arras, Bussy Saint Georges, Caen, Calais, Coquelles, Dijon, Joinville-le-Pont, Lille, Metz, Paris (1), (2), (3), (4), Troyes, Holiday Inn Coquelles. Tel: 0800 414 741).
www.ichotelsgroup.com  - Latitudes Hotels. Tel: 0033 1 55 26 30 14. (Some attractive hotels scattered around France). www.latitudes-hotels.com
 - Lucien Barriere Hotels. Tel: 0870 460 74 54 (U.K.) Tel: 0033 142 86 54 00. (Not many hotels but what they have look very worth visiting). www.lucienbarriere.com
 - Marriott Hotels. www.marriott.com 
 - Millenium (Two hotels in Paris). www.millenniumhotels.com
 - Mercure Hotels (An Accor Group hotel). Hotel Mercure
 - Minotel Hotel (France; Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Bordeaux, Caen , Cannes, Carvin, Evian, Grenoble, Lyon, Marseilles, Menton, Nice (1), (2), Orleans, Paris (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), Rouen, St. Malo, Tours).
www.minotel.com  - New Hotels ** - **** (Brussels. Arles, Marseilles (1), (2), (3), Montpellier, Nîmes, Paris (1), (2), (3), Toulon (1), (2)). Tel: 0033 491 59 93 93.
www.new-hotel.com  - NH Hotel chain **** (Just opening in France, hotels in Spain and throughout Europe).  www.nh-hotels.com
 - Novotel Hotels (An Accor Group hotel). NOVOTEL Hotels
 - Pullman Hotels. www.pullman-hotels.com
 - Radisson SAS Hotel chain **** (A few hotels in France). www.radissonsas.com
 - Ramada Hotels (There are no Ramada hotels in France). www.ramada.com / U.K. only. www.ramadajarvis.co.uk
 - Scandic Hotels (Belgium and the Netherlands). www.scandic-hotels.com
 - Sheraton Hotels *** (A few hotels in France). www.sheraton.com
 - Sofibra Hotels (None in the North, but many in the West of France). www.hotel-sofibra.com
 - Sofitel Hotels (An Accor Group hotel). Sofitel Hotel
 - Sterling Hotels (part of the Preferred Hotel group) in Disneyland Paris and Paris. www.sterlinghotels.com
 - Summit Hotels (part of the Preferred Hotel group) Hotels in Cannes, Nice, and Paris. Brussels. www.summithotels.com
 - Suitehotel (An Accor Group hotel). Suite Hotel ***
 - Thalassa (An Accor Group hotel). Accor Thalassa
 - Warwick Hotel chain *** (A few hotels in France). www.warwickhotels.com
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Traditional - more information For more specific information about Logis & Gîtes de France in the regions around channel ports, please click here  - Logis de France Reservations Centre. Tel: 0033 1 44 24 08 74.
 - Gites de France Central reservations. Tel: 0033 1 49 70 75 75.
 - Guide de Charme. www.guidesdecharme.com
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Hostel Accommodation in France - more France has two chains of youth hostels: FUAJ and LFAJ. Both offer low-cost, basic but comfortable sleeping accommodation, with washrooms, recreation rooms, etc. suitable for cyclists, walkers, hikers and anyone travelling on a budget. You can buy breakfast and evening meals, or cook your own. They offer very good value for groups, and often have good conference/ teaching rooms. Group organisers will get good rates and every assistance for bookings outside the peak holiday season. Hostels are also suitable for independent travellers, and generally offer special facilities for families. You will need to be a member of your national association to use one. International web site. www.hihostels.com |
Quality Labels - what they mean  - The label "Tourism Quality" was unveiled on December 1, 2004 by the French Minister of Tourism. www.qualite-tourisme.fr
Sectors concerned Companies of the professional sectors in the heart of the tourist service: - Lodging - hotels, camp-sites, furnished, Residences of Tourism, rooms of host, vacation villages - Restaurants, bars, brewery - Promotion - travel agencies, Tour operators, Tourist Offices - Transport - coach companies, car hire companies - Tourism for businesses - conference This logo will only be given to companies concerned with and filling five conditions: - To complying with the rules of hygiene and safety - To be in conformity with the lawful classification of the activity - To follow a quality procedure based on external control - To answer national engagements of quality - To ensure a procedure to deal with complaints of customers. |
Offers Especially out of season, there are special offers to be had in France. A good place to start is the local Tourist Office. An example is the "Week-end en Villes", which runs from November 1st to March 31st most years, extending to about 30 towns. In this case you get two nights for the price of one. Many towns have this offer on all year including Dunkirk, Le Havre, and Lille. |
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- TIM Hotel group. 
- Room 4 Romance.