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Article: Midweek travel: ROOM SERVICE - CHATEAU DE FLOURE, CARCASSONNE, FRANCE
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 31, 2002
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A strange collection of Air France posters and Chinese figurines
is not what you'd expect to find gracing the stairs of what was once
a very stately French home. But then Chateau de Floure delivers one
surprise after another. Instead of positioning its grand suite on the
top floor, with a view across the formal French gardens, the owners
have tucked it away to one side. And rather than let a cosy,
atmospheric bar snuggle beneath the vaulted ceiling of a separate
12th-century wing, it's been uprooted and plonked in a modern
conservatory to make way for a new reception.
Having said all that, the chateau has a definite shabby charm and
rural tranquility. The main reason for coming here is the ...
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