- Wine Tour Destinations
For full accommodation details, please contact us. We have selected a range of smaller hotels and châteaux for this tour. The properties are all located outside the large cities, either situated in their own parkland or vineyards, or in small French villages. The hotels proposed all meet our standards for ‘Elegance’ grade accommodation. These are characterful hotels and whilst usually 4* hotels, some of the hotels may lack the facilities to receive the official rating (for example they may not have a lift if it is a historic château). We work with a very wide range of hotels in all of our featured regions, therefore we are happy to look at alternatives if there is a hotel that you would prefer, or if you would like to upgrade some / all of the package to 5* accommodation.
Château d’Étoges (Champagne) – 4*
The beautiful, 17th-century Château d’Étoges is a truly elegant base from which to explore the prestigious Champagne region. Long ago, it provided a welcome stop for Louis XIII first, and then his successor, the Sun King, Louis XIV, on their travels across France. Today, the hotel boasts 29 delightful rooms and suites and 19 hectares of parkland dotted with fountains, a kitchen garden and orchard, and even a moat. Its gourmet restaurant, L’Orangerie, proposes wonderful French cuisine in an elegant and convivial setting.
A la Cour d’Alsace (Obernai) – 4*
The A la Cour d’Alsace hotel, set in beautiful gardens, is the former home of the barons of Gail and nestles against the old ramparts of the small town of Obernai. Expect exposed beams in this delightful, half-timbered building which sits centrally in the heart of this beautiful town.
The hotel boasts two restaurants; the gastronomic Jardin des Remparts, a refined dining room, offering seasonal, traditional recipes, where the Sommelier will be happy to recommend wines to accompany your meal and Le Caveau de Gail, a more relaxed, cosy ambiance, with hearty Alsatian recipes to tempt your taste buds. The Spa offers many different treatments, and the hotel also benefits from a hammam, sauna and swimming pool. The large garden, with its beautiful lawns and trees, offers a very peaceful area to relax in, with a glass of wine. A la Cour d’Alsace has 53 comfortable, modern rooms, furnished simply, yet elegantly with traditional styled pale wood furniture.
