Fourteen years of experience have gone into creating this trusted guide, one of the favorites of the independent traveler. This seductive collection of over 350+ hotels, ch?teaux and auberges - beautiful, unusual, individual - has been selected and inspected in the best Sawday's tradition; these special places are here because we like them. Hotels from all over France are included, from catered ski chalets in the Pyrenees to beachside retreats on the C?te d'Azur, chosen for their character and warmth, great hospitality and fine wines and food.