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THE  iHi INDEPENDENT HOTEL DIRECTORY 

A selection of independent hotels you'll love staying in



Hotels from the Alps to the Massif Central 

Independent hotels in the uplands of southern France & Rhone valley 

South of FranceA seriously selective directory of nice quiet hotels, the  iHi France independent hotel guide takes the difficulty out of finding small quiet hotels in France. iHi listings only include hotels recommended by travellers for their friendly welcome, character, calm location and/or excellent value. Many iHi-listed hotels are located in small towns or villages off the beaten track, in deepest France where time moves slowly and old traditions die hard. Others are in areas popular with tourists, such as the Alps. Some are medium sized hotels, others are very small. None are expensive for what they offer. 
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Independent hotels in other regions:
Paris hotels
Brittany 
Normandy
Loire valley hotels
Hotels in Burgundy
North East France - 
Champagne, Lorraine, Alsace 
Charentes, Aquitaine
Midi-Pyrenees
South of France
 
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Click here for hotels in area 5a.
The Massif Central, Auvergne and Limousin regions.    

From the borders of the Dordogne to the edge of Languedoc and the C�vennes, The Massif Central covers the  following departments (listed west to east): Departments and main towns.
  • 87 Haute Vienne : Limoges
  • 19 Corr�ze : Brive
  • 23 Creuse :  Gu�ret
  • 15 Cantal : Aurillac
  • 03 Allier : Moulins, Montlucon
  • 63 Puy de Dome : Clermont Ferrand
  • 43 Haute Loire : Le Puy en Velay

Click here for hotels in area 5b
the French Alps - Savoy, and Rhone valley - Rhone-Alpes region  

From the mountains of the Forez to the shores of Lake Geneva and the boundaries of Provence, the  Rhone-Alpes region covers the  following departments (Alpine departments first). Departments and main towns.
  • 38 Is�re : Alps, Grenoble
  • 73 Savoie : Alps, Chamb�ry
  • 74 Haute Savoie: Alps, Annecy, Chamonix
  • 01 Ain: Southern Jura, Dombes, Bourg en Bresse
  • 42 Loire: St Etienne - eastern Massif Central
  • 69 Rhone: the area around Lyon
  • 07 Ard�che - west of the Rhone, south of Lyon: Privas
  • 26 Drome - east of the Rhone, south of Lyon: Mont�limar

Click here for hotels in the Southern Alps


The three southern departments of the French Alps
  • 04 Alpes de Haute Provence - Digne
  • 05 Hautes Alpes - Gap  
  • 06 Alpes maritimes Nice

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* The French hotel star ranking system.
The French hotel star ranking system was updated in 2009. but it is still essentially an amenity-based system, rather than a quality based system. A hotel with all the required amenities can qualify for more stars, even when the services are quite basic. Conversely, a bijou hotel that lacks lacks certain  amenities required for a given star level (such as shower or bath in all guest rooms) will have difficulty achieving the "points" required for the star level it really merits.
   As a result, while the star ranking is by and large a measure of quality, it is not always the case, and it is quite possible to find some really good two-star hotels, and some fairly tawdry three star ones.
   There are even some well established hotels that prefer to remain ** establishments because it costs less in taxes.
Tourist information for the regions of southern France
Aquitaine: guide to the region and its sites
Auvergne web guide: travel and regional guide
Languedoc-Roussillon: a brief travel and tourism guide
Midi-Pyr�n�es
Provence-web: A traveller's guide to Provence
Rhone-Alpes
Other countries Small hotels in Spain Small hotels in Britain
Small hotels in Italy


Free hotel listings with iHi - strictly for independent hotels 
Recommend a good and calm independent hotel in France, Spain, Italy or the UK.
If you run or have stayed in a small independent hotel that you think ought to be in this directory, contact iHi-Gitelink with details.  Send an email to hotels "at" independent-hotels.info.
Maximum size: 40 rooms. City hotels: acceptable up to 75 rooms. No chains. Only independent establishments. Affiliation to a referral chain (Logis de France, Relais du Silence) is no problem.
If you are a hotel owner and have a site that presents your independent hotel or guest house, send us an email giving details. We will send you further information. iHi privileges calm hotels in a quiet environment.

Inscrire un h�tel ind�pendant � iHi :
Pour une inscription gratuite � l'annuaire des h�tels ind�pendants, envoyer un email �: hotels "at" independent-hotels.info, en indiquant l'URL. Ne soumettre que des �tablissements ind�pendants, b�n�ficiant d'un cadre calme et agr�able. L'annuaire iHi - France accepte des �tablissements ind�pendants appartenant � des cha�nes d'ind�pendants, comme Logis de France. 





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