Grand Barrail

St-Émilion


Grand doesn't even begin to describe this immense five-star chateau-hotel, built in 1850, with its 46 antique-dressed rooms, spa, stone-flagged heated swimming pool, vast park and helipad on the front lawn. Undoubtedly the best seat in its gastronomic restaurant (menus €50–85) is the corner table framed by exquisite 19th-century stained glass.

Find the castle 3km from St-Émilion village, signposted off the D243.


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