Sublime Monts du Cantal views and stone-and-wood rooms are reason enough to stay at this welcoming mountain inn, 16km west of Murat (towards Puy Mary). Four-course dinners (€23.50), served in front of a blazing fire, feature local flavours with dashes of reinvention, like melon and beef carpaccio, garlic lamb, spiced plums and (of course) plenty of Auvergnat cheese.
A worthy breakfast spread costs €9.