Booking a bed and breakfast in Amboise means choosing to sleep just minutes from the finest châteaux of the Loire, in a region where you take your time. At the Château de la Huberdière, you are not staying in an ordinary hotel: you are staying in a 16th-century family home, with the welcome of a guesthouse, its enclosed grounds, its table d'hôtes and the quiet of the Touraine countryside.
The château stands in Nazelles-Négron, just across the Loire from Amboise. You are ten minutes from the Clos Lucé and the royal château, and already far from the bustle. Here is what sets a château with a guesthouse spirit apart from ordinary accommodation, and how to plan your stay.
The guesthouse spirit, a short walk from Amboise
Our rooms keep the spirit of a guesthouse: old parquet floors, high ceilings, views over the grounds or the hillsides. The château has ten rooms and suites, each with its own private bathroom, and no two are alike. One looks onto the centuries-old trees, another onto the rooftops, a third opens due south. You sleep well here, windows open onto the quiet.
This variety is deliberate. Here no room is standardised: each carries a story, a piece of found furniture, a chosen colour. You do not book a category, you choose a room. To discover them in detail, with their facilities and rates, everything is on the stay at the château page.
What your stay at the château includes
It all comes down to the details and to attention. A stay with us includes far more than a bed.
- Homemade breakfast, served every morning from 8.30 am to 10.30 am
- Access to the fourteen-hectare enclosed grounds and the heated pool from April to October
- Free parking on the estate
- Wi-Fi and route tips for your outings
- The table d'hôtes in the evening, by reservation
Breakfast is a moment of its own. Pastries, homemade jams, seasonal fruit and regional produce: this is where you plan your day and swap tips on the visits not to miss. Many of our guests keep that memory as fondly as the châteaux themselves.
The château, between Amboise and the Loire Valley
La Huberdière is a private 16th-century estate, set in a wooded park enclosed by walls. You hear the birds, not the road. This is what people come to Touraine for when they dream of a bed and breakfast with character: a real, lived-in place, far from standardised formats.
The location is ideal for exploring. Amboise and its Sunday market, the vineyards of Vouvray and Montlouis, the troglodyte villages, all are a few minutes' drive away. You set off in the morning to visit, you come home in the evening to your grounds, without ever driving for long.
A home-cooked table d'hôtes
In the evening, by reservation, I prepare a table d'hôtes with produce from the market and the kitchen garden. Italian by birth, I like to blend the cooking of Touraine with that of my childhood. We dine together, around a single table, and the conversations often run late.
It is another way to travel: to meet the people who keep the place, to taste home cooking, to leave with an address rather than an anonymous booking. The table caters for vegetarian or gluten-free diets, just let us know. Full details of our dining are on the dining page.
How much does a bed and breakfast cost in Amboise
The price of a night at the château depends on the room, the season and the length of stay. A rate always includes the homemade breakfast and access to the grounds and the pool. Rather than a single price, we prefer to show real availability and let you choose the room that suits you. Up-to-date rates can be seen directly on the stay page.
For the same budget, a château like ours offers what an ordinary hotel does not: the space of a park, the quiet, a home table and the feeling of being received rather than lodged.
When to come and stay in Touraine
Each season has its character. Spring wakes the valley's gardens, Villandry and Chaumont-sur-Loire foremost, with soft light and few people. Summer calls for the pool and long evenings in the grounds. Autumn colours the Vouvray vines at harvest time. Winter, at last, has the charm of complete quiet and a log fire, ideal for a weekend for two.
There is no bad time to come, only different moods. Tell us what you are after, and we will advise on the season and the visits.
What to do around Amboise
The Loire Valley holds a density of châteaux unmatched in France. From La Huberdière you reach the best known in half an hour. To plan your visits, read our guide to visiting the châteaux of the Loire.
A few landmarks close by:
- the royal château of Amboise and the Clos Lucé, Leonardo da Vinci's last home
- Chenonceau, the château over the Cher, twenty minutes away
- the Vouvray cellars for tasting
- the banks of the Loire by bike, on the Loire à Vélo route
- Chaumont-sur-Loire and its garden festival, twenty-five minutes away
Book your stay
For a night, a weekend or a week, the Château de la Huberdière welcomes you all year round, with the spirit of a guesthouse. Check availability and details on the stay page, or write to us directly to plan your visit.
You are looking for a place with character near Amboise to discover the châteaux of the Loire in peace. You have found it.
