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Auberge de l'Abbaye, Le Bec-Hellouin
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Manoir du Butin, Honfleur
Country Hotels
Manoir du Lys,
Bagnoles-de-l'Orne
A stylish and well-
appointed former hunting
lodge, with two pools
(one indoor), a talented
chef, and a smart dining
room (with fair-weather
terrace). A huge log fire
warms the bar in winter.
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La Croix Gaulthier, rte de
Juvigny
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Map D5
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02 33
37 80 69
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www.manoir-du-
lys.fr
•
€€€
Le Petit Coq aux
Champs,
Campigny
Helicopters arriving here
in the wooded Risle
Valley (and some do) look
for two thatched roofs
joined by a modern
extension. The decoration
and superb food are also
fusions of old and new,
and every bedroom has
its own character and
style. d
La Pommeraie-
Sud
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Map H3
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02 32 41
04 19
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www.lepetit
coqauxchamps.fr
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€€€
Auberge de
l'Abbaye, Le Bec-
Hellouin
This half-timbered 18th-
century inn with five
comfortable, cottage-
style bedrooms sits
opposite the entrance to
the abbey of Notre-Dame
du Bec. Run by the same
family for more than 40
years, it radiates friendly
efficiency and offers
meals both formal and
informal, inside or out on
its terrace. d
pl Guillaume
le Conquérant
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Map H3
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02 32 44 86 02
•
€€
Auberge du
Terroir, Servon
Like most houses in
Servon, the front of this
former presbytery looks
onto the village, the back
over open countryside.
Three bedrooms share
the main building with
the excellent restaurant;
the rest are in the former
schoolhouse next door.
Mont-St-Michel is a scant
half-hour away.
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Le
Bourg
•
Map B5
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02 33 60
17 92
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aubergeduterroir
@wanadoo.fr
•
€€
Verte Campagne,
Trelly
Although recently
modernized, this ivy-
festooned 16th-century
Norman farmhouse in a
peaceful hamlet retains
its charming beams and
bare stone walls. If the
thoughtful, well-presented
menus downstairs tempt
you to stay overnight,
the bedrooms are very
comfortable.
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Map B4
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02 33 47 65 33
•
€€
Manoir du Butin,
Honfleur
Most of the good-sized
rooms in this small,
relaxed manor - round
the side of a hill, minutes
away from the hurly-burly
of Honfleur - look out
over the Seine estuary.
Each room is styled
individually, and residents
have first call on the
attractive restaurant
downstairs.
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Phare du
Butin
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Map F3
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02 31 81
63 00
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www.hotel-
lemanoir.fr
•
€€€€
Le Gué du Holme,
St-Quentin-sur-le-
Homme
Michel Leroux is probably
the best chef for miles in
any direction, and any
thought of driving on
should be dispelled by
the quietly comfortable
rooms - most of them in
a modern wing overlook-
ing the rose garden.
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14
rue des Estuaires
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Map B5
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02 33 60 63 76
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www.le-
gue-du-holme.com
•
€€
Le Mesnilgrand,
Négreville
In the deeply rural setting
of an old Norman cider
farm is this well-regarded
restaurant-with-rooms -
now under new (English)
ownership. Well-placed
for Cherbourg. d
Map B2
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02 33 95 09 54
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www.le
mesnilgrand.com
•
€€
Le Pavillon de
Gouffern, Silly-
en-Gouffern
To the east of Argentan,
this handsome, well-
dressed 18th-century
hunting lodge is set in its
own extensive wooded
park at the source of the
River Orne.
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Map E5
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02 33 36 64 26
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pavillonde
gouffern@wanadoo.fr
•
€€
Château de la
Rapée, Gisors
A real Gothic mansion at
the end of a rutted forest
track. Spacious rooms,
fine furniture, pleasing
views, excellent cooking.
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Bazincourt-sur-Epte
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Map
K3
•
02 32 55 11 61
•
www.
hotel-la-rapee.com
•
€€
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