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Loire Valley Lodges - Hotel
Esvres-sur-Indre, France · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Twenty-one artist treehouses in a 300-hectare private forest: Loire Valley Lodges, Anne-Caroline Frey's 2020 retreat at Esvres-sur-Indre, lodges on stilts with hot tubs, a digital diet in the cabins, sculpture in the Douglas firs, a forest hotel. You sleep in the canopy, then cycle to the farmhouse restaurant. The door says Loire Valley Lodges.
- 21 rooms
- Opened 2020
- Neighborhood: Forêt de la Duporterie
About Loire Valley Lodges - Hotel
- Twenty-one architect-designed lodges in the Duporterie forest at Esvres-sur-Indre, Indre-et-Loire. Opened July 2020 with 18 cabins; now 21. Official: loirevalleylodges.com.
- Former art dealer Anne-Caroline Frey and her husband Bertrand built the retreat on a 300-hectare estate. Adults-only, no TV or Wi-Fi in the lodges.
- Esvres sits south of Tours, a forest stay.
History
Anne-Caroline Frey opened Loire Valley Lodges in July 2020 with 18 artist-designed treehouses on the family's Duporterie forest estate. The count is now 21 lodges around a restored farmhouse.
The setting
Duporterie forest, Esvres-sur-Indre, south of Tours.
Restaurants and bars
- Asperatus — Restaurant · Modern French
Experiences
- Golf — Listed under 'Vivre sa passion' activities.
- Châteaux — Listed under 'Vivre sa passion' activities.
- Vin — Listed under 'Vivre sa passion' activities.
- Jardins — Listed under 'Vivre sa passion' activities.
- Bains de forêt — Listed under the 'Esprit' section of the page.
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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