Weekend break in France - can you recommend a Chateau?

[adi]

Next month we are planning a Friday to Monday 4 day break somewhere not too far, as my wife is 33 weeks pregnant, the only choice I can see is a driving trip over the channel and a few nights in a luxury French Chateau (we've done this a few times down Epernay way and it was a great trip!)

Any recommendations from fellow PH'ders as to a good spot en France to spend a few nights as a last trip before mini-me appears? Thanks in advance!

[DBSV8]

Hi , if your looking somewhere close , this place may fit the bill close to Ferry routes in St Omer.

sorry i havent been myself



www.driveline.co.uk/greatgetaways/hotel-details.aGreat for: Chateau Tilques is ideal for anyone who wants a place with a unique touch of class. Chateau Tilques proudly radiates elegance and provides the perfect backdrop for a peaceful break.
Location: Chateau Tilques is near to St Omer.

Rooms: As with many of our chateaus in France, some reflect a contemporary style; others reflect the hotels heritage. Most are en suite and have a TV and a phone (some rooms in the modern wing have a balcony).

Pleasures: Relax in the stylish restaurant (based in a converted stable house) and sample the food - Chateau Tilques offers some of the finest in the region.

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good luck with the nipper

cheers

DBSV8

[andygo]

Try the chateau de cocove near Calais. Brilliant food, good service. We have stayed there a few times, bit rustic, but all the better for it.

[JimNoble]

Seconded. Been a while since we went there, but it was very nice.

www.chateaudecocove.com/

Jim

[maxf]

This was lovely: www.le-castel-normandy.com/contact.asp

[bga]

There's lots of places here: www.sawdays.co.uk/titles/fbb/index.html

[diddyman]

Not a chateau as such but a truely fabulous hotel: www.labriqueterie.com/

Near Epernay, so good for Champers and not too far to drive. And Rheims is just oop tut road if you want some old Grand Prix history...

The web site is crud BTW...

[cinque]

I can recommend this one www.lachartreuse.com/ stayed there last oct for 2 nights. Food & countryside fantastic.

Try the www.symbolesdefrance.com website for really nice places to stay. Im off to St Emilion in the spring & staying in one of their Chateai

[adi]

Thanks for all the help folks - that's given me plenty to look into!

Cheers

[johnniem]

My recommendation is to try Les Trois Mousquetaires in Aire Sur La Lys; but an hour and 30 mins from Calais along an excellent motorway (by excellent I mean empty!). You can choose rooms with four poster beds and the restaurant, for a hotel, is excellent (or was when I took my pregnant wife there!). Whilst there, take Madame for a romantic and very chic meal at Les Crayeres. An hotel restaurant in Reims owned by chef Gerard Boyer, one of Frances most famous. A three star michelin restaurant with food to blow you away. It'll cost a few quid (£300 ish for the pair of you) but it will be an experience to last a lifetime. You could do a trip around the cellars of Pommery champagne whilst you are there, it is only across the road! Bon appetit!