Hotel & Restaurant de France
in Chaudeyrac en Margeride
Simple pleasures to share...
happiness!
L'hôtel de France is a hotel-restaurant located in Margeride (Lozère), on the RN 88.
on the border of Ardèche and Haute-Loire. We welcome you for a gourmet break in the heart of nature, for a few hours or a few days, as you wish.
A family affair for over a century
« In the early 1900s, my grandmother Mélanie Tremoulet created the house. Originally, it was a post office and a milk collection center.
My father François took over the business after the war. My wife Nadine and I took over the hotel-restaurant in 1992. I see myself as a hard-working local who likes things simple and authentic. Around us, a small, loyal team of 3-4 people help us welcome you to Lozère. »
Our values?
Quality and authenticity
Our ambition is to offer you an authentic, simple and warm welcome. We like to share our passion for our region and help you discover its treasures, both on the plate and during your visits to Margeride and Lozère.
We're here to help you make the most of your stay in Margeride.
The three advantages of
Hôtel de France
Transport from the hotel to the start of the Stevenson tour.
Home cooking using local, seasonal produce.
Organization of family, association or business events for 50 to 1,000 people
6 good reasons to come to Margeride
For your hiking weekends
Hike in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson on the GR 70, the Stevenson Trail.
Robert Louis Stevenson was a famous Scottish writer. In 1878, he went into seclusion in Monastier-sur-Gazeille in the Haute-Loire and set out on a journey on foot accompanied by a donkey named Modestine. After 230 km, the route took him through the Cévennes to Saint-Jean-Gard. This experience inspired him to write his best-selling story, "Voyage avec un âne dans les Cévennes" ("Journey with a donkey in the Cévennes").
- L'hôtel de France, your stopover on the Stevenson Trail
Our hotel is ideally located close to the GR70 and is ideal for a stopover:
- Between Pradelles and Chaudeyrac
- Between Langogne and Chaudeyrac
- Between Chaudeyrac and Laveyrune
- Between Chaudeyrac and Notre Dame des Neiges
- Between Chaudeyrac and La Bastide Puylaurent
In the morning, we offer a service to take you to the starting point of the stage.
For your motorcycle road trips
Lozère awaits you for motorcycle tours through exceptional landscapes: Margeride, Aubrac plateaux, Lot valley, Méjean and Sauveterre causses, Cévennes.
You'll find well-maintained roads with little traffic and small villages that welcome you for gourmet stops.
We can provide you with ideas for motorcycle tours in Lozère, printable road books and other GPS circuits, and a closed garage for your motorcycles.
For your cyclo/mountain bike/ATV weekends
Lozère is a small paradise for cyclists.
On the road, there are dozens of possible circuits of all levels of difficulty, criss-crossing the Margeride, Aubrac, Cévennes and Grands Causses on good quality, little-traveled roads.
In off-road, you'll also find ideas for tours ranging from the most accessible to the most technical.
We can provide you with ideas for tours and a closed garage for your bikes.
Mushroom picking
Rule n°1: a Lozère resident will never give you the address of his good mushroom spots.
But the good news is that mushrooms grow everywhere in the right season, provided the weather has been a little favorable, and any walker can easily bring back a small dish of mushrooms.
Ceps, chanterelles, oreillettes, mousserons, and for mycologists, rarer species such as morels, oronges, tricholomes, ...
What's more, we love to cook them! And if you like mushrooms, we can also offer you our homemade dried mushrooms.
For a fishing weekend
The Lozère region boasts almost 2800 km of rivers, streams and torrents, as well as lakes such as Naussac and Charpal. And several no-kill runs.
Nature is unspoilt and fario trout are everywhere.
So if you're a fisherman, don't forget your tackle.
At the Hôtel de France, we can show you some of the nearby fishing spots and prepare a musette for your waterside lunches.
Discover nature and local produce
Lozère is a natural department par excellence. With just 76,000 inhabitants, it's France's least populated department, but with a rich variety of landscapes, from the plateaux of Aubrac to those of the Cévennes Park, via the Grands Causses, the Gorges du Tarn and the Lot valley.
You'll discover a wealth of flora and fauna during your hikes.
It's also a region that has remained authentic and unspoiled by the ravages of mass tourism.
