Top 25 Hotels | T+L 500 2009

#10
Domaine des Hauts de Loire (92.56)
Loire Valley, France

Elegant property housed in a 19th-century hunting manor in a wooded park, between Blois and Amboise (the perfect base for exploring the wine country), and with one of the region’s top restaurants.

Stats: 33 rooms; 1 restaurant.

Rooms to Book: No. 35, for its floor-to-ceiling windows; Nos. 17-20 for their small terraces.

Insider Tip: Book a hot-air-balloon tour—arranged by the hotel—of the region’s châteaux.

Cost: Doubles from $180.

For more details on this hotel, please visit T+L’s hotel guide

Top 25 Hotels | T+L 500 2009