L'Auberge du Croissant

This traditional inn occupies a half-timbered structure in a village centered around a church and market square. Thirty to ninety guests fill the ground-floor dining rooms where exposed beams and a corner fireplace anchor the space. The proprietor manages both kitchen and service personally, preparing menus weeks in advance with each couple to avoid the templated approach. Upstairs bedrooms preserve nineteenth-century architectural details—ceiling heights, door frames, hardware—creating period authenticity that hotel replicas cannot achieve.