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SOUTHERN FRANCE
DORDOGNEAND AQUITAINE • MASSIF CENTRAL • PYRÉNÉES
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON • PROVENCE-CÔTE D’AZUR

HE DORDOGNE and the of France, has a range of
Lot, the fertile valleys hotels, from farmsteads
Tin the southwest, are and chalets to medieval
popular holiday spots. They stone-built inns and
offer a wealth of attractive elegant restaurants with
small hotels and B&Bs in old rooms. Many are very
mills, stables, manors and good value for money.
farmhouses. Further west is To the southeast of the
Bordeaux, with its incomparable region, in Provence,
vineyards, and the tree-bordered whitewashed walls and tiled
beaches of the Landes. The Massif roofs, and shady courtyards with
Central, arguably the least spoilt part wrought-iron furniture, are typical.

AIX-EN-PROVENCE AIX-EN-PROVENCE

Mas d’Entremont A cool courtyard lies at the Villa Gallici From the terrace with its deep-
heart of the hotel, a cluster of low, modern cushioned seats shaded by plane trees, to the
buildings. Their red roofs were constructed from glamorous bedrooms with fabric-draped beds, the
old materials, giving them a softer, more rustic villa is perfect – interior-decorated to the last tie-
look. Wood pillars and beams abound in both the back. Perhaps it’s a little too perfect to put you
public rooms and the bedrooms, which are completely at ease, but the restaurant excels.
furnished with country pieces. N Avenue de la Violette, 13100 Aix-en-Provence,
N Montée d’Avignon, 13090 Aix-en-Provence. Bouches-du-Rhône. Map p224 C4. § 04 42 23 29 23.
Map p224 C4. § 04 42 17 42 42. ` 04 42 21 15 83. ` 04 42 96 30 45. $ gallici@relaischateaux.com
$ entremont@wanadoo.fr 0 b,l,d. Rooms 17. 0 b,l,d. Rooms 22. zS ∂¢ Never.
z S÷ ∂¢ Nov to mid-Mar. / MC, V. ¡¡¡ / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡¡

AIX-EN-PROVENCE LES ARCS
Hôtel des Quatre Dauphins Painted furniture Le Logis du Guetteur From the outside the
graces the reception room and simple, tasteful 11th-century fort has barely changed; inside, calm
bedrooms in this good-value maison bourgeoise. modern rooms enjoy incomparable views.
N 54 rue Roux Alphéran, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, N Place du Château, 83460 Les Arcs, Var. Map p225 E4.
Bouches-du-Rhône. Map p224 C4. § 04 42 38 16 39. § 04 94 99 51 10. ` 04 94 99 51 29. $ le.logis.du.
` 04 42 38 60 19. 0 b. Rooms 13. ¡¡ guetteur@wanadoo.fr 0 b,l,d. Rooms 13. ¡¡¡
AJACCIO, CORSICA ARGELÈS-SUR-MER
Hôtel Dolce Vita The glossy hotel has an Le Cottage Seaside hotel with pleasant garden
acclaimed restaurant specializing in fish, and a and pool. Simple bedrooms, most with balconies.
glorious covered dining terrace. N 21 rue Arthur Rimbaud, 66703 Argelès-sur-Mer,
N Route des Sanguinaires, 20000 Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud. Pyrénées-Orientales. Map p223 D5. § 04 68 81 07 33.
Map p223 F5. § 04 95 52 42 42. ` 04 95 52 07 15. ` 04 68 81 59 69. $ info@hotel-lecottage.com 0 b.
$ hotel@dolcevita.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 32. ¡¡¡¡ Rooms 34. ¡¡
For key to symbols see backflap. For price categories see p217