Hostellerie la Poularde Montrond-les-Bains  

In the heart of the Forez Plain, between Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand, this beautiful hotel attracts gourmets to its vast, well-lit apartments with their contemporary décor, rooms with balneotheraphy baths and four-poster beds. Small summer swimming pool on the 100m² terrace and large dining area for guests to enjoy the sophisticated cuisine prepared by Gilles Eteocle, the owner. Fine choice of cheese sourced both locally and nationally, prestigious, well-stocked cellar with some 11000 bottles managed by the wine waiter David Goirand who also displays the same loving devotion to running the hotel’s oenological shop.