Hostellerie Pierre du Calvet

Frommer's Review

Step from cobblestone streets into an opulent 18th-century home, with broad dark-wood floors, stone walls, beamed ceilings, copious numbers of Oriental rugs, plush velvet curtains, gold-leafed writing desks, tapestry tablecloths, and four-poster beds made of teak mahogany. This wildly atmospheric inn transports guests to an elegant Breton manor in France, and if you've ever watched Masterpiece Theatre and thought "What I wouldn't give to live there!," this is for you. Public rooms are furnished with original antiques, not reproductions, and the voluptuous dining room, Les Filles du Roy, suggests a 19th-century hunting lodge. Some bedrooms have fireplaces and room no. 6 even has a stone-walled shower stall. New flatscreen TVs are as discordant as Victoria Beckham at Versailles but will be removed upon request. Door locks are awfully rickety; grin and bear it and imagine them as romantic period pieces. An outdoor courtyard with stone walls and a small fountain was converted in 2006 into a terrace for lunch and dinner; it's a wonderful little hideaway. At press time, plans were underway to turn the adjacent parking lot into a star-shaped vegetable garden just off the terrace.

Facilities:
Restaurant (French); laundry service; dry cleaning

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.

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