Le Clos d 'Aÿ

A beautiful bed and breakfast in an excellent location in the charming champagne village of Ay. Dominique and Valerie are exceptional hosts and provide wonderful accommodations. The rooms are very spacious (and super clean) and we enjoyed the towel warmer in the suite and large living area to have coffee in the morning and a glass of champagne in the evening before dinner. Breakfast is very good with local breads, croissants, cheeses, yogurt, and meat, along with perfectly prepared soft boiled eggs in a traditional french setting. Thanks to Dominque’s recommendation, we spent most of the day exploring the champagne houses of Hautvillers and Ay and stayed away from crowded Epernay since we like local family run wine houses. If you are a hiker, there is an exceptional 4 mile loop hike up into the vineyards to the village of Mutigny and back which was amazing. Le Clos d ‘Ay is perfect place to unwind, explore local villages, and stroll in the vineyards hosted by warm and gracious hosts. Highly recommend. Could have stayed another night or two!

The bedroom and bathroom were beautiful and huge. I’d go as far as to say magnificent! Breakfast was very nice too, served in a lovely panelled room. In better weather you can eat in the garden I think. The owners are lovely - they don’t speak English but were very patient with my terrible French and helped me book ‘degustations’. Ay is a rather lovely place brimming with exclusive champagne ‘maisons’ if you wander, although dining is extremely limited so book ahead.

Lovely B&B. Quite expensive but well worth it. Lovely safe secure parking. Pretty garden. Double bed not huge by today's standards but OK. Really good breakfast and a charming concierge who greeted us. The fridge in our room was brilliant.