Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay: French Bed and Breakfast. Britain's best-loved B&B guide to France is aimed at independent travellers seeking a special place to stay. Travelling the length and breadth of the country, our French team has selected 850 special B&Bs. Fall in love with a place and stay longer, change your route and stop off somewhere new there s great flexibility here. An intriguing range of places: ski chalets; châteaux; farmhouses; treehouses; pieds-à-terre in lovely old cities, and studio apartments in tiny mountain hamlets. We meet a wide variety of owners too, from those running authentic old-style chambres d hôtes to creative young couples opening eco-chic B&Bs in France. What they have in common is their devotion to making guests feel special. They can also tell you about gastronomic breaks and wine tours, painting, cookery and language courses, and give you the low down on all the best places to visit and see. 212 of these properties have double rooms for 45-75 a night, representing terrific and trustworthy value for money.