Le Barn for le weekend, anyone? The idea behind the resort is to put urbanites “immediately in touch with the changing seasons, the outdoors, and the local wildlife.” Situated in the Île-de-France forest of Rambouillet, 30 minutes by train from Paris, the hotel is set on a 500-acre estate that’s home to an elite equestrian center. Both are owned by Franco-American businessman and horse-lover William Kriegel who teamed up with hotelier Edouard Daehn and Studio Be-Poles to transform the barns into down-home guest quarters of the most glamorous sort. In addition to horseback riding, there’s biking, hiking, fishing, mushrooming, a restaurant set in a greenhouse, and a very stately spa. Come see.
Photography by Nomades, courtesy of Le Barn.
![surrounded by an oak forest, the spa occupies a converted \19th century water m 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-1a-733x1100.jpg)
![the be poles team turned existing barns into hotel quarters that combine &# 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-1b-733x1100.jpg)
![the be poles designers say their aim was to rethink the traditional frenc 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-2-733x1100.jpg)
![an extra wide sofa for lounging in the library area. 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-3-733x489.jpg)
![a detail of the hotel\2\17;s rust and sage palette and framed botanicals. 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/le-barn-pillows-france-733x419.png)
![a tiled stove stands in front of the bar which is also the check in/concierge d 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-4a-733x1099.jpg)
![the restaurant is set in a conservatory. 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-4b-733x489.jpg)
![farm to table. 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/le-barn-restaurant-france-733x413.jpg)
![thonet bentwood era chairs (in a rarely seen natural finish) are mixe 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-5-733x1100.jpg)
![one of the suites, with olive walls and ceiling. note the pegs for hangin 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/le-barn-suite-france-733x457.png)
![the rooms—7\1 in all—have a palette of whites and rusts set off b 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-6-733x489.jpg)
![beds are set against cork lined walls ideal for displaying art. 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-7-733x489.jpg)
![our favorite detail: le barn\2\17;s built in desks that double as kitche 31](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-8-733x1100.jpg)
![the bathrooms are stylishly detailed with classic (and inexpensive) four by fou 32](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-10-733x1100.jpg)
![the be poles team gathered much of the hotel\2\17;s art at flea markets. 33](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-11-733x489.jpg)
![horses are visible from just about every vista. for more details and reservatio 34](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/le-barn-hotel-france-photo-nomades-12-733x489.jpg)
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