France Varades Le Palais Briau The Best Hotel Deals

One hour from the sea, overlooking the Loire valley between Nantes and Angers, the Palais Briau is an extraordinary italian villa built by a french railway engineer during the reign of Napoleon III. A glorious Palladian House lovingly restored and saved from commercial modernisation by the present owners. Bedrooms are light and large with separate dressing-rooms. Bathrooms are sumptuous and spanish-tailed.. The grounds too are fabulous; large areas are completly wilde and overgrown and contain the remain of a vast orangerie. A living museum. Breathtaking.