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- Small enough to ensure character
(minimum 6 rooms, maximum 30)
- Good unpretentious restaurant (in the hotel or short walk from it)
- Regularly renovated accommodation
- Well located for holidays and/or en route stopovers
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LONGPONT
NORTHERN FRANCE Nestled on the edge of the Forêt de Retz, the pictuesque village of Longpont looks like a retro film set and is renowned for its lovely Cistercian Abbey. Here's where to find an archetypal auberge de campagne. Gastro pub, hunting lodge, village inn and parish hall - the Hotel de l'Abbaye is all of these and more. Hearty portions, cheerful service and keen prices are the norm here. It's a place that is equally suitable for a romantic week-end or a gastronomic treat...