Domaine de Barive

Picardy/Ardennes/Champagne, France
500 hectares of tranquil parkland, bought by the Veuve Cliquot champagne house in 1928 and was a stud farm for 60 years before becoming a hotel in the early 1990s.
0800 171 2160
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  • Prices are per person, based on two sharing and include two nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast
  • Competitively priced travel packages by ferry or Eurotunnel are available. Please call us on 0800 171 2160 for a quote or to book
  • We offer routes direct to Calais, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Normandy, Brittany and northern Spain
  • We can arrange flights to 19 regional French airports or travel with Eurostar to Lille or Paris and onwards using France's fast and efficient TGV network. Please also ask for details of our comprehensive car hire rates
  • The hotel does not have a lift.  There are a limited number of ground floor rooms available. If a ground floor room is essential please make this clear at time of booking.
  • Hotel closed on Saturdays 1 Apr – 31 Oct, (except for stays of four nights or more).
  • Hotel has no lift. There are rooms on the ground floor, subject to availability.

Any other price related conditions
  • Supplements apply for single occupancy or child beds.
  • For superior menus or à la carte dishes (if available), the appropriate supplement should be paid direct to the hotel.
  • The Domaine de Barive has free, secure parking.
  • Pets are accepted at a supplement, payable directly to the hotel.
Standing in 500 hectares of tranquil parkland and originally owned by an 18thcentury Légionnaire d’Honneur, the Barive was bought by the Veuve Cliquot champagne house in 1928 and served as a stud farm for some 60 years before becoming a hotel in the early 1990s.

ROOMS
The 22 rooms and suites are situated over two floors (no lift) in the main château and in the former stable block. Each is unique in terms of size, style and décor, with exposed beams and sloping ceilings adding character.

RESTAURANT
Recently renovated to a high standard in contemporary style, the restaurant, Les Epicuriens, looks out over the parkland at the rear and offers a set menu with choice.

IN THE AREA
Hilltop Laon, dominated by one of the oldest Gothic cathedrals in France. The Chemin des Dames, still bearing the scars of WWI. Historic Vervins, capital of the Thiérache with its winding, cobbled streets. Reims, capital of Champagne.

At a glance

Included in the price

Bed, breakfast and dinner (menu value 38€)
Services and Facilities
Heated indoor pool

Sauna

Gym

Tennis courts

Table tennis

Two comfortable lounges
When to go
All year round

Hotel closed Saturday 2 Apr – 31 Oct, (except for stays of four nights or more).
Distances
18 miles/30km NE of Laon

153 miles/246km from Calais

320 miles/515km from Cherbourg

238 miles/384km from Caen