Château La Thuilière
Style French bliss
Setting Bordeaux winelands
Château La Thuilière hotel blends French grandeur with modern Spanish design savvy: an artful medley of stained glass, original tapis, bold hues and furniture by Philippe Starck and Mies Van der Rohe.
Need to know
- Rooms Five, including two suites.
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Rates
Double rooms from $175.23 (€140), excluding tax at 7 per cent.
Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (€140), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
- More details Rates include buffet breakfast.
- Facilities Gardens, library, billiard table and free broadband (in the hall). In rooms: flatscreen TV, preloaded iPod, Nespresso coffee machine, fresh flowers, fruit, free bottled water and Gilchrist & Soames bath products.
- Check-out Midday; check-in from 4pm.
- Children This hotel is better suited to couples - leave the children at home!
- Also Four-legged friends can come too, for €15 a day. (The owners’ spaniel, Patch, will keep them company.) Smokers can light up on the terraces.
Food and drink at Château La Thuilière
- Hotel restaurant The six-course tasting menu, served in the dramatic dining room, is €48 (excluding drinks) and includes dishes such as duck ravioli, marinated mackerel with exotic fruits, and eggs from the hotel’s hens, served on truffled potatoes. Breakfast is a generous spread of local produce, laid out on an old monastery table in the basement kitchen.
- Dress code Stays here have an element of fantasy – model the bold colour, luxurious fabric, or seductive cut that you wouldn’t dare wear back home.
- Top table Meals are a sociable affair – guests are seated around a communal table.
- Last orders Breakfast is served from 9am until 11am; lunch is between 1pm and 2pm; dinner is at 8pm.
- Room service No room service, but you wouldn’t want to spoil your appetite anyway. Bedrooms have a supply of fresh fruit, coffee and bottled water.
- Hotel bar There’s a well-stocked honesty bar in the drawing room, formerly the dance parlour. Owner Jordi rustles up delicious G&Ts.
Château La Thuilière Saint Front Pradoux, Dordogne, 24400
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Smith extra at Château La Thuilière
Bottle of champagne; for Suites XL bookings, 10 per cent off wine tasting; for stays of three nights of more in Suites XL, a two-for-one dinner (excluding drinks)
In the know
Our favourite rooms
The XL rooms are exactly that, with sweeping views of the park and grounds, and sleek ensuite bathrooms equipped with invigorating rain showers. Room 3 has a soothing neutral palette and a balcony; Room 9 is more romantic, coloured with soft honey hues.
Packing tips
Lace and silks for candlelit dinners in the restaurant; dog treats for Patch; slippers for fireside lounging.
Also
Ask in advance and the owners will organise cookery classes, tours of nearby vineyards, bike rides and other local pursuits.
From the Guestbook…
Wow. This place is absolutely incredible and we would recommend it to anyone seeking a few days in the beautiful Dordogne countryside to recharge the batteries. We have just return...
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