www.viafrance.com
www.lechineur.fr - Useful site for events in French Towns. www.francecom.com - Camping.
www.fuaj.org - Youth Hostels.
www.campingfrance.com - Camping, 11,000 pitches.
www.gites-de-france.fr - Gîtes de France - 55,000 countryside gîtes.
www.logis-de-france.fr - Logis de France.
www.franceconnections.co.uk - France Connections, the car sharing site.
 - www.hostelworld.com. Book a hostel worldwide. (Book a local tour).
 - 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.
www.pierreetvacances.com
French site - www.adagio-city.com Tel: 0033 1 45 58 87 00 | Apart’hotels - studios or apartments | Mostly Paris and the South of France but expanding. | 
Citadines - www.citadines.com
Tel: 0033 825 333 332 | Apart’hotels - studios or apartments | Lille, Paris | 
Maeva - sold by Pierre et Vacances in the U.K. (www.pierreetvacances.com
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French site - www.maeva.com Tel: 0033 1 58 21 55 63 | Apart’hotels - studios or apartments | Good for ski resorts | 
Odalsys - www.odalys-vacation-rental.com
Tel: 0033 1 58 56 56 56 | Apart’hotels - studios or apartments | Good for ski resorts | 
Residences MGN - sold by Pierre et Vacances in the U.K. (www.pierreetvacances.com
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French site - www.residences-mgm.com Tel: 0033 1 55 26 30 15 | Apart’hotels - studios or apartments | Good for ski resorts | 
Residhotel - www.residhotel.com (in French)
Tel: 0033 492 28 21 61 | Apart’hotels - studios or apartments | Good for ski resorts | | Budget Hotels (0 - 1 star) (In Calais + hostels) | | Chain (Tel: Central reservations) | Prices | Where (click to book) | 
Akena Hotel * & ** - www.hotels-akena.com
Tel: 0033 1 69 84 85 17. | Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. | Small chain | 
B&B Hotel - www.hotel-bb.com
Calais Tel: 0033 298 33 75 00
| (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.
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Best Hotel - www.besthotel.fr
Tel: 0033 328 27 46 69 (Dunkirk) | (1 - 2 people) | France; Caen, Chambery, Dunkirk, Grigny, Lille, Lyon, Macon, Metz, Montpellier East, Montpellier North, Paris North, Perpignan, Reims, Strasbourg, | 
Bonsai Hotel - www.bonsai-hotel.tm.fr
Tel: 0033 557 25 59 00
Fax: 0033 557 25 32 47 | 3 types; escalle, étape (1-3) and Relais (1-2). | France;
Avignon, Belfort, Calais, Caen, Cergy-Pontoise,
Cherbourg, Colmar (Alsace), Dijon, Marseille Nord, Marseilles Vitrolles, Martiguez, Metz, Nancy, Orléans, Rennes, Saint Brieuc, Saint-Emilion (Gironde), Toulouse, Vienne, | 
Brit Hotel - www.brithotel.fr
Tel: 0033 0825 000 460 Fax: 0033 296 28 24 80 | - | 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 ** - www.citotel.com
Dunkirk Tel: 0033 470 98 16 09 | (1 - 2 people) | France
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, | 
Fast Hotel - www.fasthotel.com. Dunkirk
Tel: 0033 1 42 35 26 00
| (1 - 2 people, 3rd)
Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. | France; Avignon, Bidart (Pyrrenées), Caen, Dunkirk, Lille, Rennes, Rouen. | 
Accor Hotels - Formule 1 - Calais | (1 - 3 people)
Rooms have wash basins but showers & WC's are on the landings. | An Accor Group hotel | 
Marmotte Hotels - www.marmotte.fr
Tel: 0033 1 39 51 02 20 | (1 - 2 people) | NW France; Dieppe, Amiens, Granville | 
Mister Bed - www.misterbed.fr (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. | France;Auxerre, Berck, Bethune, Bourges, Bourgoin-Jallieu, Le Mans, Lens, Lille, Longwy, Nancy, Reims, St. Omer, Strasbourg, Tours, Troyes.
Paris region - Bagnolet, Cachan, Chilly Mazarin, Goussainville, Igny, Maurepas, Melun, Nemours, Torcy-Marne la Vallee. | 
Noctuel Hotels
No web site - ring each hotel | - | NW France; Amiens, Le Havre. | 
Nuit Hotel - Dunkirk
Tel: 0033 1 64 46 05 05
| Nuit hotels are no longer trading as a seperate chain. | - | 
Premiere Class Hotels - Premiere Classe (Boulogne)
Tel: (in France) 0836 688 123
U.K. 0207 519 50 45
| (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.
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Quick Hotel - www.quickpalace.com. Amien
Tel: 0033 556 34 78 33 | (1 - 2 people)
(3 - 4 people)
Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. | NW France; Amiens, Caen, Rennes, St. Brieuc.
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Stars Hotels - www.jjwhotels.com | 19 hotels in France | One each in Lille and Rouen | 
Villages Hotels - Villages - Calais
NOW PART OF the B&B CHAIN Calais 0033 321 00 97 70
Tel: 0033 380 60 92 70. | (1 - 3 people)
Rooms have WC's with wash basins & showers. | NW France; Calais, Caen, Le Havre, Lille, Rennes. |
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| Chain (Tel: Central reservations) | Prices | Where (click to book) | 
Arcantis Hotels - www.arcantis-hotels.com
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. | 
Balladins Hotels - Balladins Hotel
Calais 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. | 
Campanile Hotel - www.campanile.com
In Calais 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. | 
Accor Hotels - ETAP Hotel | - | An Accor Group hotel | 
Kyriad Hotel ** - www.kyriad.fr. Calais
Kyriad Prestige Hotels - www.kyriadprestige.com
Tel: 0033 1 64 62 48 48
U.K. 0207 519 50 45
| 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. | 
Accor Hotels - IBIS Hotel | 596 hotels | An Accor Group hotel | 
Inter Hotel 2 & 3 * - www.inter-hotel.com
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. | 
l"hotellerie - www.lhotelleriefamiliale.com
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." | 
Les Pieds dans l'Eau (agency) - www.lespiedsdansleau.com | - | A travel agency but with a nice theme. | 
Median Hotels - www.jjwhotels.com
| 6 hotels in France, 1 in Geneve | Paris and Evian | 
Silence Hotels - www.silencehotel.com | - | - |
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Amarante Hotels - www.jjwhotels.com
| 5 hotels in France | Mainly in Paris and Cote d'Azur | 
Best Western Hotels. Tel: 0800 393 130.
www.bestwestern.com | 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 | 
Blue Marine Hotels *** - www.kyriadprestige.com
Tel: 0033 1 64 62 46 46.
U.K. 0207 519 50 45.
| Now part of the Kyriad Prestige chain | NW France; St. Malo. | 
Charme Hotels - www.charmehotel.com | - | NW France; | 
Comfort Hotels - www.choicehotels.com
 (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, |
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