Luxury B&B in Abbeville France near sea, incl dinner and spa

Whether it’s for a luxury stopover B&B near Calais or your base for a blissfully longer stay, sleeping and relaxing at a townhouse blessed with a sense of history and also a beautiful garden (with outdoor heated pool!) makes your stay at ‘Les Myrrhophores’ more than memorable.

Tucked away in a little street at the very heart of Abbeville town centre, it’s the home of your host Eric, and you’ll straight away notice a uniquely warm and characterful feel, perhaps not surprisingly given that it dates back to 1712! Formerly inhabited by nuns who provided education for Abbeville’s least privileged children, it’s now been magically brought to modern day life as a stunning Maison d’Hôte (that’s shorthand if you like for a posh B&B!) mixing touches of interior design (Kartell lamps, Baccarat crystal…) with statement pieces of period furniture.

Animal lovers too will delight at the bed and breakfast’s resident animals – namely hens and the B&B’s wee dogs and cats who potter about in the lovely garden surrounds.

In your room – the Princesse Louise, the Belle de Crécy or the Thisbé – every detail, every choice of colour, every fabric has been carefully curated by Eric – and with luxury bedding, organic cotton robes, soap, tea and coffee, it’s safe to say that you’ll feel more than looked after.

Included in the cost of your stay is an hour’s use of the indoor hot-tub and sauna, a complimentary half bottle of champagne and of course a generous, varied and locally sourced French breakfast, with both sweet and savoury goodies. And the best is yet to come: dinner for two is nothing short of a sumptuous experience to match any high-end gastro restaurant, with the likes of scallops, salt marsh lamb and foie gras gracing your plate. Dishes can also be adapted according to your dietary requirements and you can trust Eric to deliver on dessert too: he’s a trained patisserie chef who learned his trade with the best at Michelin-starred restaurants.

The B&B is only a 15-minute drive to the magnificent Somme Bay. Here you’ll find all the very best things that the Hauts-de-France coast delivers: supernatural sands, pine forests, dunes and the chic coastal towns of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Le Crotoy. Closer to the B&B, borrow bikes from Eric to enjoy a little freewheeling adventure on the Somme tow path.