This castle belongs to Emmanuelle who is a great host. She…read morewelcomes you well, gives you accurate information and has a lot of brochures to know what you can do around her place. We had the romantic room for a night, it was a very nice room, decorated with taste. The bathroom is inside the room, just separated by a screen. The bathtub is in the ancient style with 4 legs, it adds a bit of authenticity to the place. The breakfast was also lovely: fresh coffee, baguette and croissant, homemade jam and yogurt. Just the necessary to make you wait until lunch time. We also have a nice talk with Emmanuelle during the breakfast. What could be missing is the wifi, because it's in the countryside and she told us that she doesn't have internet all the time. So it's just a bit of effort to get the 5th star :)

Recently, my partner and I were in Paris for a week, and we organized mid-week to go up to the…read morePas-de-Calais, and stay at the new and improved Auberge de la Grenouillere. The property is a healthy mix of old and new architecture. We have been a fan of Chef Alexandre Gauthier since day one of him taking over the kitchen from his father, Roland. This time around, we visited to stay a night in their newly built 'huts', plus, enjoy yet another wonderful dinner experience inside their sleek new minimal dining room. If you love modern architecture and design, along with modern French gastronomy and service, this is the place to stay in Montreuil-sur-Mer. Our hut was not quite glamping or cottaging, somewhere in between, a nice combination of rusticity and luxury. The grounds around the property are painstakingly kept, yet, appearing so whimsically well, as if the huts just grew out of the ground around the charmingly old white-washed inn. The new breakfast room is white on white (connecting the new architecture with the old), affording sweeping views of the walled town of Montreuil-sur-Mer in the hilly distance. Breakfast service was fun, basically, like camping indoors, complete with a coffee thermos and other packed goodies in a basket to open up and enjoy - it made me feel like a kid again! This was such a fun outing from Paris. I do recommend using the train service from the Gare du Nord, up to Montreuil-sur-Mer, especially, if you are like me and don't care to drive when on vacation. The auberge can arrange a pick-up for you at the town's tiny train station in town, or, at a more larger train station nearby (I can't remember the name of it right now). One can always walk from the tiny town station, to the auberge (so long as you've packed lightly as we did), as it is a lovely stroll through the old town and lush green countryside on the way to the property.

Beautiful romantic bed and breakfast. If you are looking for…read moreà romantic weekend don't look further!! Very kindly owners. This is a secret treasure!!