Customer Reviews
Fabulous! - By: C. J. Bunney, 10 Oct 2007 
This Alastair Sawday book is absolutely fabulous. Mya husband & I never use anyone other than 'Sawdays'. You will never be disappointed & the accommodation you will never fault. It really is a super book & well worth a buy.
Stay WITH the French - By: K. G. Post, 10 Oct 2007 This book allowed us to travel through France safein the knowledge that a "friend" had recommended good places to stay.
We wanted to find places where we could travel for several hours & find a place for an overnight stay where we could also eat rather than jumpin the car again & seek out a restaurant. We found some real gems & even came home with some now trusty recipe's (Mme Poope's chickenin cider is delicious!).
If the other guides are anything like this I will certainly ensure that I have one to hand when I travel through other countries.
Indispensable guide for Francophile - By: A reader from Essex, 12 Dec 2006 I strongly recommend you take this guide with you if you are planning to tour France.
We have enjoyed travellingin France for many years & have used different guides to find small privately owned & family managed hotels & auberges, oftenin out of the way places. Others we have chanced uponin our travels.
However, Alastair Sawday's French Bed & Breakfast has introduced us to some delightful bed & breakfast establishments, which of course are not to be foundin any hotel guide. We were not aware that bed & breakfast is such an established part of French culture & it has been delightful to be effectively invited into French homes. In some dinner is also offered with the opportunity to enjoy a relaxed meal - almost as part of the family, & usually with wine!
I will mention only two of the entries, which we have liked so much that we visited them both twicein 2006 & which we plan to stay at again next year. They both have the further distinction of being attached to vineyards - another reason to return to them!
Entry number 67 is a delightful old housein the champagne area run by the English wife of the French champagne maker. The room we stayedin was very comfortable with a large comfortable bed, not always availablein France, with armchairs & a large bathroom. It is then lovely to sit outside on the terrace enjoying an excellent dinner - with champagne & good Bordeaux wine!
Entry number 85 is also a delightful old house, butin Alsace run by the fluent English speaking wife of the French winemaker. It isin a beautiful old walled town with a good choice of restaurants within walking distance. As a nice welcome you are offered a glass of wine (or two!) on arrival! The rooms are a little old fashioned. but the owner has promised that over the winter she is planning to build new en suite shower/toilets - to enable her to remainin the Alastair Sawday guide! We will be backin 2007.
We plan to use the guide again next yearin France, with trips planned to explore Alsace further & also to south west France, where Alastair Sawday lists a number of interesting looking overnight stops & bed & breakfast places to try!
Classic French homes from home - By: Ms. N. L. West, 06 Dec 2006 I can't speak highly enough of this great new guide!
This latest edition brings together the finest bed & breakfasts that France has to offer. Just leafing through the guide is inspiring! Each of the seven hundred homes gets a decent sized write up & because this is a Sawday guide you know that wherever you stay will be really special. Definitely recommend it & all the Sawday titles!
Special Places for a special treat - By: I. N. Terry, 28 Nov 2006 A new Special Places from Alastair Sawday is always a special treat to read & to savour the anticipation of Special Places to Stay. This new edition is fully refreshed with new discoveries plus old favourites & has a green/eco tinge, consistent with Sawday's beliefs. Great to hear that his company has won a Queen's Award for Enterprisein the Sustainable Development category.
