French Holiday Homes – Alastair Sawday’s Special Places to Stay
Description
Like other Sawday guides, this book is about people, for it is the people who mould the amazing houses in which you’ll stay, and whose characters, eccentricities and generosity will make your holiday special. There’s a huge variety to chose from, from tiny pigeonniers and medieval watch-towers for two, to sumptuous châteaux (one with a four-poster bath!), and water mills where running rivers will lull you to sleep. There are stone farmhouses where you can walk out of the front door and into the mountains, village houses tucked under the ramparts, and chic city apartments from where you can stroll to some of France’s finest restaurants. Whatever you are looking for, more likely than not it will be within these pages.
Vast or small – we have ski chalets and sumptuous châteaux, a pigeonnier, an old convent, a bakery, a 30s Riviera villa…
We have visited every entry and write our own prose. Each place is here because we like it and many cost under €150 per person per week
Imagine… roll-topped baths, open fires, saltwater pools, local markets, fresh mussels, family dinner in the orchard. And, sometimes, meals cooked just for you
These places take special care of people, and we try to take care of the environment – with ‘green’ and social policies, and an eco-office
