Forest bath
le 11 Dec 2025
Some people hug trees and talk to them. You don't have to go that far, but nothing beats a long walk in the heart of the forest, whatever the season. Nothing beats the pleasure of falling asleep to the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves, birds singing, or deer bellowing. So, are you ready to dive in with us? Allez Hop has selected six houses for a full-scale immersion in nature!
Allez hop off to Saints-en-Puisaye, chez Kanèle Gendron & Caroline Houdart
If Puisaye seems to have been Colette's lost paradise (Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye) and Jean d'Ormesson's too (Saint-Fargeau), it is also undoubtedly the paradise regained for Kanèle, Caroline, and their guests. From this astonishing...
For up to 14 people, from €1,300 for a weekend and €2,500 for a week (minimum 3 nights for long weekends)
Allez hop off to La Couture-Boussey, chez Augustin Zeller & Mathieu Kerdraon
Imagine yourself as Robin Hood, listening to the murmur of the forest, watching it wake up at dawn, watching it shake off the end of winter. That's what Augustin Zeller and Mathieu Kerdraon wanted for Youza Ecolodge. A total of 18 lodges, perched...
14 lodges for 2 people and one child (extra bed) and 4 lodges for up to 4 people, from €180 per night
Allez hop off to Soustons, chez Caroline & Julien Escande
The Landes region is a vast pine forest, dotted here and there on the outskirts of villages with clearings featuring a few oak trees, maritime pines, and above all several buildings, houses, barns, and outbuildings. It's called...
7 bedrooms and a dormitory, for up to 29 people, prices on request
Allez hop off to Tourouvre-au-Perche, chez Anne-Christelle Roussel & Bertrand L’huillier
It was from this somewhat remote corner of Normandy that many hungry farmers left... many Quebecers are now their descendants. It is here in the Golden Triangle of the Perche Regional Nature Park that we find...
3 maisons, dont une pour 4 personnes et 2 pour jusqu’à 7 personnes, avec chacune sa piscine extérieure privée et chauffée (toute l’année), à partir de 210 € (2 nuits minimum)
Allez hop off to Valojoulx, chez Nathalie Manet-Carbonnière
Built in the heart of an oak forest in the Vézère Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this house could only serve the nature in which it wanted to be part of. A challenge perfectly met thanks to the talents...
4 bedrooms, from €120 per night
Allez Hop à Poigny-La-Forêt, chez Alix & Arthur Schildge
Forty minutes from Paris. That's all it takes to reach Terra, the first house in a new hotel concept called CASAMAAS, launched by a couple who have made their mark as entrepreneurs (and continue to do so) in the fashion industry...
From €210 per night for 2 adults and 1 child under 10
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