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Stay, and play, in The French Ardennes

 As you would expect of any popular holiday destination, The French Ardennes offers its visitors a wide choice of accommodation.

What it is just as keen to highlight now, however, is how easy it is tocombine a stay at a guest house, B&B, small hotel, boutique hotel, arthotel, luxury hotel and campsite with a different activity.

 A little north of regional capital Charleville-Mézières, guest house LeTemps des Cerises in Nouzonville for example, is not only located onthe Trans-Ardennes Path, but is also a „Les Ardennes à Vélo‟ registered accommodation - meaning it is also possible to rent, or fix,bicycles here. Further details can be found at

http://gb.ardennes.com/die-denis-le-temps-des-cerises-ch107c/nouzonville/tabid/22644/offreid/d0443d80-1aff-428e-9ceb-0a5f8a581f5a/detail.aspx.  Rooms start from €70 per night. 

Further north still, B&B Le Repos du Berger, meanwhile, is ideallyplaced to explore Hierges - widely recognized as one of the mostattractive villages in The French Ardennes, as well as the legend-filledMeuse Valley. Full details are at http://gb.ardennes.com/chambres-d-hotes-le-repos-du-berger-ch-067/hierges/tabid/22644/offreid/39b0b938-4232-471d-b4a9-20dcad2f802e/detail.aspx; and rooms start from €60 a night. 

Hotel Ferme-Auberge du Malgré-Tout, in the middle of the ArdennesForest is a centre for eco-tourism, with a dining room in a renovatedstable block, and hiking and mountain biking available from thedoorstep. Further details are at http://gb.ardennes.com/auberge-du-mont-malgre-tout/revin/tabid/22642/offreid/5031f036-55d7-49ab-bc1a-a038cc36e506/detail.aspx ; with prices starting from 55€ per room pernight.

The village of Williers, in the far north east of the region and on theborder with Belgium is a now a destination in its own right for anyonein search of a luxury accommodation and fine dining. Chez Odette isfeatured in the Mr & Mrs Smith line-up, while the equally boutique OSixième Sens helps to bring a “sixth sense” to any short break. Fulldetail are at http://www.osixiemesens.com, and rooms are pricedbetween €150 to €195 per night. 

 As art hotels go, Le Dormeur du Val Hotel in Charleville-Mézièresoffers high-design and poetry in equal measure. Doffing its cap toone of France‟s best known and much loved poets, Arthur Rimbaud, itis named after one of his most famous poems, „The Sleeper in theForest‟. For fur ther details, visit http://hotel-dormeur-du-val.com/. Rooms here cost between €124 and €150 a night, with a €13€supplement for breakfast.

 And for anyone looking to combine some authentic history with a nightor two in a luxury hotel with a notable restaurant, there are few placesin Europe which can match the sheer scale on offer at the HôtelChâteau Fort, in Sedan. Self-guided trails around the largest fortress

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in the Northern Europe are available, as is accommodation in the fourstar luxury hotel within the walls of the castle itself. Prices range from

 €105 to €165 a night with a €13 supplement for breakfast. 

Finally, the camp site Domaine de la Motte is ideally placed foranyone in search of one of the most authentic experiences in thewhole of France - hiring, and driving a Citroen 2CV through the quietcountry lanes of The French Ardennes, courtesy of nearbyRetroscapde (http://www.retroscapade.com/en/). Full details of thecampsite can be found at www.domainedelamotte.eu/ , and the value-for-money cost of staying here is €4 a day for adults per night, €2 aday for children, and €15 a day for a motorhome. Electricity is €4extra per day. For those staying in the on-site caravans, sheets andpillows are provided; and there is unlimited access to the swimming-

pool and the leisure centre.

Further details of all accommodation in the region is featured in the2014 edition of the Discovery Guide to The French Ardennes whichcan be ordered by emailing info@ardennes.com, or by telephoning+33 324 56 06 08.

For further information, visit http://gb.ardennes.com. Ends

For press information, contact:Djamila Daoud T: +33 3 24 56 67 77 E: daoud@ardennes.comor,

Ian Weightman T: 01782-680963 E: ian.iwms@virgin.net