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Le Bon Laboureur
At a Glance
- charming decor
- outstanding food
Pros
- small bathrooms
- some rooms overlook busy road
Cons
Le Bon Laboureur Review
In 1882 this ivy-covered inn won Henry James's praise, and thanks to four generations of the Jeudi family, the author might be even more impressed today—this remains one of the Loire's most stylish and wonderful auberges, with charm in abundance. Many guest rooms are enchantingly accented in toile de Jouy fabrics, rustic wainscoting, tiny lamps, and Redouté pink-and-blue pastels. Those in the main house are comfortably sized (a few overlook the main street—avoid these if you are a light sleeper), those in the former stables are larger (some overlook a pert vegetable garden) and more renovated, but our favorites are the quaint rooms in the separate patio house near the terrace. Bag a table in the "old" dining room (not the more modern ones), whose wood-beam ceiling, glazed terra-cotta walls, and Louis XVI chairs are almost as elegant as chef Jean-Marie Burnet's turbot with fennel.
- Address: 6 rue du Dr-Bretonneau, Chenonceaux, 37150 | Map It
- Phone: 02-47-23-90-02
- Website: www.bonlaboureur.com
- Location: Chenonceaux
Contact Information
- 25 rooms.
- Restaurant, bar, pool, some pets allowed.
- Rooms have: a/c, safe, Internet.
- Rate includes some meals.
- Closed mid-Nov.-mid-Dec.
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Member Reviews
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ppugh, from california
This was just a lovely experience all around. Our suite was off a small courtyard just across from the main hotel. Filled with flowers, birds and even a well, we hardly wanted to leave. The suite was spacious and sunny and nicely decorated. Dinner in the restaurant was great and the staff was unfailingly polite and helpful
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