Nope - you won't find any such hotels in this off-the-beaten-path part of Normandy. Instead, we stayed at a 300+ year old B&B known as the "Farm of the Cats" (Ferme aux Chats, in French). Boasting all of 4 rooms (each named for a breed of house cat) but with managers with hearts the size of lions, this place was a marvelous find. The breakfasts included a half-dozen home-made jams and preserves and in the evening you could count on tea, a library full of books and magazines about D-Day, and the more-than-potent local booze, known as Calvados. Supposedly, it's made from apples, but at about 90 proof, I'd swear it's made from aviation fuel. They also had 6 cats (hence the name), geese, ducks, and even an eerie pet cemetery (complete with ancient-looking headstones). Should you make it to this neck of the woods, look for Fermigny on the map, only 3 miles from the famous U.S. D-Day cemetery.
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