Breakfast required?

We are planning a driving trip through Burgundy and Alsace-Lorraine. As we have been searching for and booking hotels, we have noticed that breakfasts are generally not included and run from 18-23 euros per person extra. Is it expected that we would have our breakfast at these hotels, or is it acceptable to go out and buy breakfast elsewhere? Am I wrong to think that the price for the breakfast is very high? We have generally been booking 3-star type places (Hotel Le Cep, Chateau Gilly, Hotel Regent Contades, etc). Thank you , Tennismom

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No you do not have to have breakfast. I never eat breakfast in the hotel as the costs are ridiculous and I do not want to eat masses. My daughter never feels like anything to eat until mid-morning so no point in her having breakfast. We often just go and buy a pastry in the nearest boulangerie and then stop for a coffee when we feel like it.

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I agree with JBart, get a pastry from a boulangerie. Pain aux raisin are our staple petit dejeuner while in France, many people prefer pain au chocolat or croissant.

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In French hotels, typically breakfast is never included (while it is typically included in %26quot;gîtes%26quot;= B%26amp;Bs).

18-23 euros seem astonishingly expensive, unless it is a 4-star hotel with a gorgeous buffet. But indeed I have noticed this trend of hotels to invoice a ridiculous price for value as for breakfast.

Since a number of French people don%26#39;t take breakfast (or just a coffee), it is perfectly acceptable to go at a nearby café for breakfast, no problem!

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