Hostellerie Abbaye Des Vaux De Cernay - Cernay-la-Ville, France     

The site and "museum like" elements are amazing. cistercian crypt and ruins, the fountain where supposedly saint louis went, the tons of elements of the Rothshild family history with the abbaye.. I spent a week end cut from the world in the park and castel. No tv, piping dating from probably years ago, in an authentic and old-fashioned room with high ceiling. Like if I was in a family estate. I loved the fine dinner. The service outside the restaurant is a bit weak for drinks or check out but I felt like it was a fair tribute to this week end in the classy past.

Really spectacular location in the grounds of a semi-ruined Abbey. Some rooms are fantastic and some are quite poor (small, little light...). The quality of the food and wine is excellent but the service is very slow indeed and it's expensive. The accommodation is quite spread out. We arrived when it was dark and they weren't keen to help us take our bags to our room despite it being up 2 flights of stairs and far from reception in another building somewhere else in the grounds. They did give us a map though! We stayed for a wedding and the room rates were very good (90 euro/night).