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With its terra-cotta tile roof, whitewashed walls, and dark-green trim, L'Auberge Basque doesn't look much different from the neighboring farmhouses that dot the cornfields and lush pastures of this tranquil valley a few miles inland from Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Step inside, though, and this 11-room inn shows its true colors as an edgy mix of urban good taste and farmhouse Basque. The bath vanity is dark-gray stone quarried in the Pyrenees, floors are waxed oak, and framed black-and-white photos of the Basques and their region hang on the walls. Lamps are nickel silver reproductions of thirties models from the stylish Belgian home-furnishings shop Flamant, which supplied all of the furniture. Chef-owner Cédric Béchade, who previously worked at the Hôtel du Palais and the Plaza Athénée in Paris, also runs the excellent open kitchen downstairs. On a warm afternoon, it's a delight to have dessert in the shade of the surrounding trees, listening to cooing doves.
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