Rooms and Suites at Château de Bagnols, Beaujolais
The design of the breathtaking bedrooms, surely the finest hotel accommodation in France, are testimony to the exceptional talents of Lady Hamlyn in restoring the chateau so fastidiously whilst creating the definitive luxury chateau hotel. The 21 bedrooms include eight apartments (six in the château itself and two in the Residence) that bear the names of those who have contributed to the château's distinguished past: the Chambre des Seigneurs d'Oingt, the Suite des Seigneurs de Balzac, the Chambre de Madame de Sévigné and the Claude Marie Chavanais Suite.
The restoration of many of these rooms has revealed the most remarkable Renaissance and 18th century wall and ceiling frescoes. The rooms, all with private bathrooms, many of which are located in the towers and therefore circular with arrow slit windows, have been furnished with exceptional care, using soft velvets and shimmering silks and complemented by rare and beautiful antiques. They also possess the very latest telecommunications system.
Several of the suites have their salons in a corner tower, some with sofas which can convert into an extra bed to make a family suite. The influence of Italian Renaissance decoration can be seen in the work of the 17th-century painters, who included the most fashionable ideas in their decorative schemes: landscape panels, fanciful friezes and bold ceiling arabesques.
