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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel

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The futuristic looking hotel, with a dramatic sunset.
Hotel l’Essenciel is set in quiet Brittany countryside. Photograph: PR

A hotel from another planet lands in rural Brittany

There are many places where you expect to see jaw-dropping architecture, but the quiet Brittany countryside isn’t one of them. As we walked toward Hotel l’Essenciel (not a typo, ciel means sky) with its 36 rooms, or “nests” suspended around its central structure, with the flying-saucer shaped restaurant La Table des Pères at its foot, I had to wonder if I’d stepped into a parallel universe or on to another planet.

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