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As part of our commitment to you, nos chers clients, who love hiking in France, we have selected what we consider to be the best and most appropriate accommodation options for each of our walking tours in France. They are nearly always hotels but, depending on the walking tour chosen, we may have found an alternative that offers you a better mix of comfort, convenience, facilities, independence and location. Either way, rest assured that we have visited the premises, met the owners and staff and in many cases even stayed there ourselves.
Hiking in France is one of life's great pleasures so long as uninviting and unwelcoming accommodation isn't part of the bargain. Happily, that is something you will not experience when walking in France with The Enlightened Traveller - although we may have done so ourselves as part of our selection process!
The vast array of French accommodation offers can be incredibly confusing – how do you choose between a 2-star hotel, a 3-star bastide or mas or a 4-star chambre d’hotes or residence? Do two stars mean a better rating than the equivalent number of 'ears of corn' (used by Gites de France), 'keys' (Clevacances) or 'fireplaces' (used by another marketing group)? And what happens when the same place is given a 2-star hotel rating but only one fireplace?
In France, a rating is generally re-assessed once every five years, when our experience tells us that ownership can change hands three times in that period. We know of cases where the Office de Tourisme charges to promote chambres d’hotes that they have never visited.
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