For most tourists visiting France, it’s all about Paris–the excitement, the lights, the cosmopolitan vibe, the wealth of choices for nightlife and cultural activities.

These are also often the travelers who arrive home needing a vacation from their vacation! For a slower pace, a warm welcome, and a really carefree vacation, there’s nothing like a countryside weekend in France.

The Loire’s green meadows raked with vineyards.  The mountains of Provence that inspired Cezanne. The quaint country towns with the thatched rooves and half-timbered houses of Normandy that look like a child’s fairy tale. All conspire to charm visitors and show them the more rustic and simple side of France.

One of the best parts of this journey of discovery weekend in France is staying in the charming French hotels and inns you’ll find dotting  the countryside, each with its own unique character. For those who love the outdoors, there are many possibilities for nature tourism for holidays in France.

One French hotel website gives tourists to France a wide range of French country hotels to choose from and book easily online. Inter Hotel is a network of 271 independent two- and three-star hotels all over France, all distinct but all adhering to the rigorous Inter-Hotel standards for quality, hospitality and regional authenticity. The hotels cater to different styles and interests and some offer special packages and deals for your countryside weekend in France.

Within the Inter-Hotel network, travelers can stay in charming French hotels all over France  and enjoy consistent and pleasing  quality and charm  everywhere they stay, without the  anonymity and monotony  of hotel chains.

Wherever you choose to spend your holiday in France, all hotels in the Inter-Hotel network follow strict standards of  service, cleanliness and authenticity. So your charming French hotel affords more comforts than just a good bed. You’ll feel right at home with the good old-fashioned French country welcome provided by your hosts.

Inter-Hotel’s easy-to-navigate website makes it fun and simple to shop around for the perfect country hotel  in France from among the network’s hundreds of member hotels. Travellers can search by region, by interest (gastronomy, sports, family, spas) and other criteria, including seeing a list of “country” hotels.  If the photos and detailed descriptions of the various properties don’t have you packing your bags, there’s another reason to book early: many hotels in the Inter-Hotel network offer an early-bird discount of 15% to guests who reserve at least six weeks in advance.

Paris and other big French cities will always be fascinating destinations, but if you’d like a vacation in France this year that is less whirlwind tour and more rest and relaxation, or if your stay in Paris or Bordeaux affords you time to take a weekend out of the city, staying in a French country hotels off the beaten track affords a breath of fresh air and a slower pace. With Inter-Hotel, the perfect French country hideaway awaits, just a click or two away.

Inter-Hotel, founded in1967, is a network of 271 independently operated hotels all over France that share the values of hospitality, regional authenticity and rigorous quality standards.