Mr & Mrs Smith

Le Logis de Puygâty

Poitou-Charentes, France

Le Logis de Puygâty is a 15th-century manor that’s more regal than rustic, where farmers’ tools sit alongside crystal chandeliers and luxurious linen. Old troughs double up as sinks, hay racks act as headboards, and stable doors provide tabletops, all lovingly restored and re-interpreted by design-dons and owners, Pierre and Max.

Need to know

• Rooms Four rooms, including a suite, and a one-bedroom cottage.
• Rates Double rooms from $206.46 (€154), excluding tax at 7 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional local city tax of €1.00 per person per night on check-out and an additional room tax of 2% per room per night on check-out.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (€154) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates exclude Continental breakfast, €12.50.
• Facilities ardens, library, including DVDs and CDs. Daimler limo taxi service for guests (transfers and short journeys only). In rooms: free WiFi, flatscreen TV, CD/DVD, kettle, fridge and minibar.
• Poolside Surrounded by boxwood and close to the woodland path, there is an outdoor, unheated pool, tiled in limestone, at the back of the main building.
• Check-out 11am, but flexible subject to availability. Late check-out is free for Mr & Mrs Smith guests. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
• Children The pool is unsupervised, and some of the farm tools scattered around the property are not child-friendly, but youngsters aged 12 and up are welcome.
• Also Owners Pierre and Max have three dogs among their menagerie. They therefore prefer guests canine-free, but occasionally make exceptions, charging a dog fee of €15 a day. No smoking inside – ashtrays are left on the terraces.

Food and drink at Le Logis de Puygâty

• Hotel restaurant The Logis offers a flexible table d'hôte, with owner Pierre rustling up French and international dishes. Give 24 hours’ notice and you can have a three- or four-course feast for €50, with wine included. Sample dishes include duck breast with soy sauce and sweet potatoes, and Lebanese aubergine and beef lasagne.
• Dress code After all Pierre’s efforts, it’d be churlish not to scrub up. Match the hotel’s design quirks with a smart shirt or a tea dress.
• Top table For privacy, take a table in the bar. If you feel sociable (and provided you’re staying more than one night), you might dine with your hosts, around their whitewashed wooden table overlooked by dramatic paintings.
• Last orders Breakfast is served between 8.30am and 10.30am, dinner between 8pm and 8.30pm and the bar stays open as long as guests stay thirsty.
• Room service You can opt to enjoy breakfast or dinner in your room.
• Hotel bar Drink like a thirsty farmer, with an ice-cold beer in the barn/bar/boutique, Sorti de Grange. There’s also a cocktail menu to explore: the Cocktail Puygâty is a blend of cognac, sirop and freshly squeezed lime juice.

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• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Le Logis de Puygâty ., 16250 Chadurie