Marie-Eugénie and Dominique give you light-flooded rooms in their pretty half-timbered barn which looks out over a big lawned garden. Bedrooms are comfortable with much family art; there’s an inviting, books-and-magazines salon and a slick dining-kitchen where you eat.
The cooking is legendary, changing with the seasons but always with the freshest local ingredients: roasted Bresse chicken, cheese from the rugged Jura Mountains, wines from Beaune, all served around a big shared table.
Potter around Louhans’ market and count the 157 arches of the arcaded street – the longest in France – or make day trips to Brancion’s hilltop chapel, the tiny wine producing villages around Chardonnay, Tourmus’ famous abbey or Beaune’s colourful Hospice.
One of the best. Wonderful Bresse farmhouse; spend a peaceful night surrounded by fields and forest after enjoying an excellent meal featuring local ingredients including the famed Poulet de Bresse, cooked by Marie-Eugène!