“Madame La Foch’s family-run hotel could be in a quiet provincial town, set back as it is in a leafy courtyard garden where you can breakfast in summer. In traditional style, there is no sitting room and bedroom walls tend to be immodestly thin, but the place exudes an old-fashioned charm, with flowery wallpaper and lace bedspreads. Fifteen of the rooms are newer, done in toile de jouey with fresher bathrooms.”





