French equivalent of German Gasthaus
 

In Germany we like to stay in small family owned gasthauses or gasthofs that have some rooms upstairs and a restaurant downstairs. What would be the equivalent in France?

Chambres d'hote

For somewhere with a restaurant, you may be better looking at some of the smaller Logis de France, or alternatively one of the chambres d'hote which offers table d'hote as well.

Here's the website of Gîtes de France: http://www.gites-de-france.fr/eng/index.htm

We found a big time-saver was to look for the chamber of commerce tourist bureau in most towns -- usually with a sign: syndicat d-initiatif. All sorts of help for free.