Bon appétit!

Château de Sibra (Occi­tania, France)

Regular dinners at the long “table d’hôte”– the Château de Sibra (© Stöh Grünig) at the foot of the Pyrenees con­jures up aes­thetic soirées for body and soul in a unique ambience.

Make yourself com­for­table at chef Rachid Benchadi’s table and let yourself be cap­ti­vated by his ima­gi­native cooking skills. Share the long table d’hôte with other guests or spend a cosy evening for two or four in the Petit Salon or in the library. For unique and unfor­gettable evenings, you can also reserve a table in the centre of the action in the kitchen.

After­wards, you can retire to one of the five castle rooms, in the Maison du Métayer holiday home (up to 14 guests) or in one of the three apart­ments. Bon appetit!

Gutshaus Zarchlin (Meck­lenburg-Western Pome­rania)

Guests at Gutshaus Zarchlin (© Daniel Jo Krüger) can book one of the three guest apart­ments with their own kitchen. Or they can arrive tog­ether in a larger group and use the former manor kitchen for com­munal cooking ses­sions – with a spa­cious kitchen block and large dining table, Smeg range cooker and direct access to the garden terrace with sea­sonal vege­table patches. It is still pos­sible to cele­brate culinary feasts in the best of company (max. 18 guests in six apart­ments).

Gutshaus Landsdorf (Meck­lenburg-Western Pome­rania)

“Dining with friends” – for some time now, the hosts of Gutshaus Landsdorf (© Fran­ziska Ermert) have been offering the perfect setting for a con­vivial meal. On request and at the desired time, they put tog­ether a 3- or 4- course menu, choose the right drinks, prepare the tables and light the fire. All you have to do is get 8- to 10- people tog­ether and choose the right day.

Accom­mo­dation is either in the manor house itself (four apart­ments for 2–4 people) or in the guest house in the coach house (ten double rooms, two suites for 3–4 people).

Der Pfarrhof (Styria)

Since 1775, the Pfarrhof in Eastern Styria (© Oskar Beer) has been a venue that brings people tog­ether and connect them. Freshly reno­vated, reinvented and lovingly fur­nished, the baroque heritage home builds a bridge between yes­terday and today and invites its guests to stay over­night, cele­brate and enjoy.

On the ground floor, guests have access to a shared kitchen for self-catering, a dining room, a large living room and a snug. The maximum occu­pancy is 14 guests – in five rooms and one apartment for 2–3 people each.

Alte Fär­berei Runkel (Middle Lahn River valley, Hesse)

The social centre of the house is a 70 m² mul­ti­func­tional room on the ground floor, which can be used as a dining, living, reading, games and study room, home cinema, seminar room and party zone – depending on your mood and requi­re­ments. To turn cooking into a com­munal expe­rience, there is a well-equipped kitchen with a large cooking island.

The Alte Fär­berei Runkel (© Ingmar Kurth) can accom­modate a maximum of 30 guests. The guest house has 5 bed­rooms with double beds, two bed­rooms with three single beds and a large loft laid out with mat­tresses. The house can only be rented as a whole unit.

Les Rochers (Nor­mandy, France)

The 16th century manor house con­sists of a main house, a chapel and several barns grouped around a central cour­tyard. Up to eleven guests can be accom­mo­dated in four rooms and an apartment. The com­mu­ni­cative centre of Les Rochers (© Susanna Falk) is the Auberge. The dining and lounge area for all guests is located in the former barn and with its cosy ambience and views of the fields (and some­times of deer) invites guests to linger a while. The kitchen in the Auberge can be used by guests and is very popular with those who are pas­sionate about cooking.

Au Perier (Dordogne, France)

The pro­perty Au Perier (© Nick White) con­sists of three holiday homes for 2–6 people. All the houses have well-equipped kit­chens, as one of the owners, Anne­mieke den Uijl used to run a restaurant in Ams­terdam. Holiday guests can enjoy her culinary skills at the weekly dinners – table d’hôte – in the open barn.

Her­renhaus Bar­thélemy (Pala­tinate)

Enjoy the French Pala­tinate way of life at Her­renhaus Bar­thélemy [Bar­thélemy Manor House] (© Hans-Georg Merkel), whether enjoying a deli­cious breakfast, a table d’hôte, a wine evening or relaxing in the private baroque garden with its winding paths and sweeping views over the Rhine Valley. Your hosts offer you a choice of two rooms and a suite for two people each in the manor house or three holiday apart­ments for two people each in the coach house.