Tag: France

Rivers and Tides

Artists Have Always Come to Ferme Saint-Siméon

If you’re looking for the Chateau Marmont of France, or the Chelsea Hotel for 19th-century Impressionist painters, you’ll find them in Normandy at the 400-year-old Ferme Saint-Siméon.

Moveable Feast

15 Unforgettable New Hotels in Paris

There’s no single city in the world with more hotels in the Tablet selection than Paris. We tell you why, then we show you the fifteen most impressive hotels we added in the past six months alone.

Half a World Away

R.E.M. Reveal Their Favorite Hotels in Europe

What do you do after being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame? You talk to Tablet, of course, and you tell us all of the most memorable European hotels you stayed in during your peak years of international touring.

Blank Canvas

Works in Progress at Toile Blanche in Provence

Behind the walls of what appears to be — and certainly is — a classic farmhouse hotel in southern France, is something more: a place for artists to live, work, and exhibit, all courtesy of the Leroy Brothers.

Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes

Nature Adores a Freestanding Cubist Cabin Hotel

Nature abhors a vacuum, but it loves a picture window. These self-contained, geometric accommodations get you right up against the wilderness, putting the view above all else.

Hotel des Dunes

Oysters and Sand in the South of France

There’s a case to be made that one of the most quintessentially American surf-shack motels isn’t in Malibu or Montauk. It’s in Cap Ferret, France.