Driving in France.

[jacko500]

Can anyone recommend a hotel as a stop over about 4 hours into France from Calais in the Annecy direction? Also my plastic headlight filters fell off last year are there better options?

[Edt]

Dont get a hotel - get Alasdair Sawday's (sp?) B&B guide from your local bookshop - you'll have a far nicer time (and cheaper too I expect)

See here...

www.freeweb.telco4u.net/theoptician/tvr_1/html/

Regards
Ed

[AlexR]

The "Rough Guide to French Hotels & Restaurants" (in a bookshop near you) has very good coverage, including cities and more out of the way spots; some of the hotels listed give discounts if you brandish the guide book when you arrive.

We stayed in Colombey-les-deux-Eglises, which would be about 4 hours by Calais at motorway speeds, and is just off the A5 / A31 heading down towards Dijon; a couple of possible routes to Annecy from there.

There's a couple of places in Colombey: l'Auberge de la Montagne, a Michelin 1* "restaurant with rooms", closed Mondays & Tuesdays though. Tel [phone]. Alternatively, Hotel des Dhuits (3*) is open all week, not as quaint as l'Auberge but adequate and very quiet (not in the Rough Guide, we found it in Michelin). Tel [phone]. Both places have parking; des Dhuits has a garage too.

Hope this helps - have a good trip!
Alex.