Hotel · Cordes-sur-Ciel · 19 km from Gaillac
Auberge de la Halle
An inn-restaurant on the Place de la Halle, at the top of Cordes-sur-Ciel. 13th-century stone walls, regional cooking, and a terrace facing the half-timbered houses.
The Auberge de la Halle sits where Cordes is at its most distilled: the Place de la Halle, with the 114-metre well, the Gothic houses all around, and the bastide falling away steeply on every side. It is an inn in the old sense — you eat here, you sleep here, you have a drink in the evening when the square is empty.
The building is one of the oldest in Cordes. The rooms are carved from raw stone, with beams that are not trying to be decorative — they have held the ceiling for eight centuries. The furniture is antique, the fabrics are chosen with care, the atmosphere warm without being polished. This is a long way from a boutique hotel, and that is the point.
The restaurant serves straightforward South-West cooking: cassoulet, duck breast, generous salads, homemade chips. The vaulted dining room with its medieval tapestries has character, but it is the terrace that makes the difference — eating outdoors on the square, facing the lit half-timbered houses, with a jug of Gaillac, is the kind of evening you remember.
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5 rooms (doubles and family) · Restaurant with regional cuisine (cassoulet, duck, salads) · Terrace on the square · Bar · Continental breakfast · Pets welcome · Parking below the village · Wi-Fi · No air conditioning.
