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If you thought the Merovingian era was a thing of the past, a stay at Les Îles de Clovis in Puy du Fou will take you right back. With its stilted huts made of timber framing and thatched roofs, this is the most water-focused hotel at the park. Open since April 2010, it mirrors the lifestyle of the Middle Ages and promises a complete change of scenery.
The rooms prove the point. Their rustic style, featuring granite sinks, oak beds, faux animal-hide bedspreads, and wooden furniture, transports you to the first millennium. Do not worry, you will not have to get by with candlelight or wood fires for warmth. All rooms, measuring 280 square feet, feature 21st-century amenities like free Wi-Fi and cable TV to keep your stay cozy. This applies to all room types, as the property features 50 huts with rooms for 4 or 5 guests. The hotel also offers accessible rooms for guests with reduced mobility or disabilities.
As for food, you can rest easy. You will not need to fish for your own dinner in the 9 surrounding ponds, which are filled with thousands of carp. Here, the fish are not for eating. They are carefully managed to eat mosquito larvae. Guests simply head to the Banquet de Mérovée, a restaurant in the main building, for an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet or a dinner buffet featuring a wide selection of regional appetizers, entrees, and desserts. It all happens in a 100 percent Gaulish atmosphere, where an open-air bar is available for those who want a final drink while listening to the crickets and frogs that fill this lakeside village.
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Stilt houses, with all the modern comforts. The surprise effect wears off pretty quickly, though. In the end, you don't really get to enjoy the setting all that much. It probably would have been better to have more isolated houses, with private terraces, to really feel the immersion.