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The Auberge du
Cèdre came about because a number of people from very different backgrounds all
fell in love with this beautiful house in the middle of the vineyards and shared the
dream of creating somewhere warm and welcoming...
that was back in 1988.
Although the
Auberge has grown and matured since then it’s still a hotel like no other. To
start with, the only stars to guide you are those in the dark Languedoc sky, as
our "chambres d'amis" don’t fit in with any of the usual hotel
classification systems. The house is more like a kind
of "laid-back bed and breakfast", with the atmosphere of a large old
family home, somewhere you can enjoy the simple pleasures of life with no fuss.
It’s important
to us for the Auberge to be small enough not to lose the human touch, we want
it to feel low-key but full of life, somewhere everyone has a sense of freedom
and can feel at ease and at home – even though they’re not really, of course! –
with just the essential, discreet service which is there when you need it, but
without anything conventional, ostentatious or superfluous.
So, although we
won’t be fussing over you from sunup to sundown, you will certainly find
answers to your questions. There’s a reception and a bar, both of which are
open all day, but we won’t come and serve you at the swimming pool. There’s no
bellboy to take your luggage - but obviously we can always give you a hand with
that.
We only come
into your rooms once every three days, and we ask you to be environmentally
responsible and use your towels several times. To us this feels like no more
than a kind of common sense and it also helps to keep our prices reasonable,
whilst at the same time allowing you to hang onto your privacy
The rooms don’t
have TVs, telephones, mini-bars or any other technological marvels - the
Auberge will remain as low-tech as possible. We spend so much of our time
nowadays sitting in front of screens that we feel it’s more important than ever
for there to be some places where you can stay away from the immediate,
constant demands of life tethered to information networks. But even so, you can
still check your e-mails in the library, of course!
Our half-board
package offers a set menu for the day, designed to offer a varied meal every
evening at an affordable price. Although it’s all home-made and is very
popular, it’s necessarily more simple than the restaurant menus which are
served at weekends and take more of a "gastronomic" approach. Even
so, obviously you can always top up your meal with some tapas, home-made foie
gras, matured cheeses - and dive into our amazing list of Languedoc wines!
We're very
proud of having a truly multilingual mixture amongst both our guests and our
members of staff, and their loyalty reflects the approach we take as a
responsible, human-oriented company. Even though our
business is of a seasonal nature, the bigger part of our staff members are on
year-round contracts and all profits are either reinvested or else distributed
among our employees via a profit-sharing agreement.
If all this
sounds like your kind of thing we feel sure you’ll enjoy yourself here.
So, we
look forward to seeing you at the Auberge soon!
on behalf of
the whole team & the fifty joint owners
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