Au Bon Gîte

Local folklore is celebrated by waiters in traditional costume and a characteristic wooden Vosges decor. In a lively, yet sophisticated atmosphere, you will be treated to tasty, copious regional preparations: sauerkraut, veal kidneys, sweetbread and bouchées à la reine. The food is as heart-warming as the rooms, the grounds and the hotel’s magnificent spa facilities.

In the upper reaches of the village of Steige in the picturesque Villé valley, this old farmhouse inn is the canvas on which chef Yannick Guth expresses his creativity. With a focus on local ingredients (like the herbs and flowers he picks himself), the chef also works with fish from the lake (pike, zander, whitefish). Examples: whitefish in seaweed with a chickpea rouille sauce; cromesquis of pheasant, mountain lovage, parsley and mushrooms… His ingenuity can sometimes surprise, but the striking, consummate result is always succulent. The terrace (for pre-dinner drinks and coffee) overlooks a

After a visit to the hotel spa, why not treat yourself to a meal in the chic natural setting of Le Chêne? The refined menu features a concise range of tempting proposals: seasonal vegetable gazpacho with preserved vegetables on crispy bread and black garlic vinaigrette; prawns with fresh thyme, a vibrant bisque, house-made tagliatelle with Taggiasca olives; cheesecake with Alsace cream and fruit compote.

In a hamlet a few kilometres from Fouday, a couple who worked at Auberge du Bœuf (Sessenheim) have renovated this village house with a spruce green façade. With sincerity, passion and a lack of pretentiousness, Antoine Huguenin (kitchen) and Nadège Monna (restaurant floor) champion cuisine that is in touch with the seasons and draws extensively on the large vegetable garden that stretches out behind their restaurant. The restaurant boasts ultra-fresh vegetables, while fermentation, dehydration and salting help to get through the winter. The clarity of the explanations given by the lady of the