The best youth hostels France

In the heart of the Pilat Regional Nature Park, located in an old barn built by the Carthusian monks of Sainte-Croix, the Auberge de la Jasserie features a curious bell tower that the monks used to ring to guide potential travellers lost in the fog. Jean-Jacques Rousseau stayed there to herbify. Today, it is an institution in the region. The inn, located in the huge building of the old farmhouse, far from any habitation within a radius, is a real mountain lodge. The hostel's terrace offers a very pleasant break for hikers. And in winter, it is the perfect refuge, after a walk in the middle of the snowfields.

Go to Auberge des Remparts if you want to enjoy a good plan. Opened in May 2012, the hotel is brand-new and chose to invest in the "touristic and social accommodation" at affordable prices crenel. You can for example count 27 € per person for a night, with breakfast included. Needless to say, with such rates, Auberge is ideal for groups: friends on holiday, sporting delegation, company for a seminar, or family for a birthday party or a wedding, but its assets do not end there, it has dining, television and meeting rooms, a relaxation area with a bar, individual bathroom and WC in all the rooms... Auberge has gotten the Clef Verte, Ethic Etapes and Tourism et Handicap labels for its ecological equipment and its facilities for disabled guests. A good plan indeed!

Sleeping on its two ears for only a few euros, only five minutes from the historic heart of Chartres, is possible. The youth hostel welcomes you in one of its 16 rooms from 4 to 6 beds. You can also do the kitchen yourself. A small grocery store is available as well as a barbecue. An ideal address for the groups and very popular of the pilgrims of Santiago de Compostela.