Hotels & Restaurants
Relais & Châteaux is an exclusive collection of 500 of the finest charming hotels and gourmet restaurants in 60 countries.
From the vineyards in Napa valley to the beaches in Bali, from the olive trees in Provence to the lodges in South Africa, Relais & Châteaux offers all the stops on the finest route for discovering each special place and country.
Vézelay was marked by the Crusade: St-Bernard preached the merits of the second crusade at Vézelay and Philip-Augustus and Richard the Lionheart met there for the third. As a testimony to this rich past, the medieval town has Saint-Madeleine’s Basilica (masterpiece of Romanesque art), the former church of St-Etienne and numerous other medieval, Romanesque and Renaissance buildings. Set on a hill in the midst of the vineyards, its pastoral nature has captivated many poets and writers (Jules Roy and Max-Paul Fouchet to quote only two) who lived and were buried there.
