The Best Loire Hotels

on the edge of Montbrison, a friendly hotel offers rooms with a warm and cosy contemporary décor, and a breakfast featuring fresh local products

enjoy the classic rooms and a superb restaurant, at this charming, family-run hotel on the banks of the River Rhône in a town famed for its wine

a good quality hotel with tastefully decorated rooms and suites, an elegant restaurant offering creative cuisine plus relaxing spa facilities

in central France, this elegant 16th century château with gorgeous themed rooms offers relaxing facilities; it has its own golf course, spa and pool

a welcoming riverside hotel on the edge of a walled medieval town has smart modern rooms and a restaurant with a wide choice of menus

on the northern edge of Roanne, a cosy, family-run hotel with comfortable rooms, homemade food in the restaurant and a pool with a terrace

in wooded grounds, a modern hotel and leisure complex with a panoramic lift and smart rooms also offers a superb Michelin-starred restaurant

near St Etienne's airport, a well-presented, good value hotel with the modern functionality of a chain hotel, but family-run for personal service

a modern hotel near the A72 and the St-Etienne-Loire Airport offers spacious, well-equipped rooms - some with a seating area and spa bath

a former hat-maker's house, sympathetically renovated, is now a Logis de France hotel offering cosy rooms and a delicious breakfast and dinner

the dinner - with an eight- course or taster menu - is the highlight of the stay in this château, but the stylish contemporary rooms are also a draw