Our History

The Hôtel Marguerite, located on Place Dugueslin in Dinan, is among the oldest hotels in the medieval town, now a designated City of Art and History and a protected area of France. From the mid-1820s, this establishment was run by the hotel manager Jean Semery. Born in the 18th century, he was assisted by his wife, their children as coachman and housekeeper, and employed a maid and a stable boy.

In the mid-1830s, a certain Louis Leroy, a hotel manager, took over the establishment with his wife Adèle, assisted by a head waiter and a few servants. It was during the Second Empire that Jean Le Guillou took over the business, keeping it with his family, and retained it until the end of the 19th century.

 

 

Shortly before 1900, Ernest Marguerite, born in Le Havre in 1867, and his wife, Rosalie Hoguet, born in Dinan, took over, surrounded by a slightly larger staff: chambermaids, maids, waitresses and apprentice cooks.

During the Belle Époque, as tourism developed, the Hôtel Marguerite held a prominent position among the dozen or so hotels in Dinan. The establishment would remain renowned throughout the 20th century.

Under the same name, the business was taken over by Mr. Anselme Pot around 1930, by Michel Flaujac after the war and by Georges Quinton around 1960.