Hôtel De La Cité

“Did us well”

The hotel suited our needs for a short one night stop. The bed was super comfortable and the water pressure in the shower/bathroom was excellent. The dining area was clean and well presented. All staff were very helpful and pleasant. The young lady who checked us out of our stay in the morn… more

The hotel suited our needs for a short one night stop. The bed was super comfortable and the water pressure in the shower/bathroom was excellent. The dining area was clean and well presented. All staff were very helpful and pleasant. The young lady who checked us out of our stay in the morning was super cute! It would maybe serve the hotel well to spruce up the public walkway areas and have the carpets shampoo on the stairs for example, but I expect that this is difficult to do without closing the stairway for a few days to dry, although there is an elevator.

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“Awesome location at the heart of intra-muros, clean, comfortable, but it can be noisy”

Positives: Really well situated in between plage de bon secours and plage de l'eventail. Everything intra-muros is within maximum a 5-10mn walk. The room we were in (419) had really awesome sea views, and seemed to have been recently refurbished. Good amenities in terms of coffee machine, working … more

Positives: Really well situated in between plage de bon secours and plage de l'eventail. Everything intra-muros is within maximum a 5-10mn walk. The room we were in (419) had really awesome sea views, and seemed to have been recently refurbished. Good amenities in terms of coffee machine, working fridge, hot plates (we didn't use). Super clean bathrooms, and generally spotless. Mattress and pillows were comfortable. Free wifi (but don't hold your breath on the speed, ok for messaging, email, social media, but that's about it) Not so Great: The noise. The sea facing rooms lead on to a parking lot where there is a trash compactor and a bottle recycling container. Normally, it should not be allowed to deposit trash or bottles after 10pm as this causes a lot of noise. Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of the restaurants nearby and other residents are dumping trash into the compactor and glass bottles in the bins at all hours, even after midnight. In the morning around 7am, a truck comes in to empty the containers which makes a ton of noise. Given that there is no air conditioning, it is normal to sleep with the windows open, but this will make it very difficult for you to sleep at night. This is not the hotel's fault, per se, but be advised that if you're a light sleeper, maybe go for a room that is not sea facing, or choose a hotel that's further into the town or away from a container nexus point. The towels we had were clean, but were in quite a sorry state, with a lot of loose threads and falling apart. I found it ironic that they would charge 30-40 euros for these towels should they go missing as it seems that they have seen better days (see photos). Also, our bed sheet cover had tears in it. Again the everything was clean, but there was clearly some wear and tear that you wouldn't expect for the rate. Finally, our room didn't have bed side tables, which I think is a bit strange. I have a CPAP machine for my sleep apnea which I don't want to put on the floor for obvious reasons, but was able to move the coffee table to use it as a side table, but my fiancée had to put her glasses, water and book on the floor. Easy fix, but weird nonetheless. We checked with my in laws who had a different room, and they did have the side tables, so I guess it depends on the kind of room you get, but good to be aware of this in case this kind of thing is important to you. We didn't try the breakfast, but peeked in to see what it was / on the day, the coffee machine wasn't working, but it had basic continental fare. I would recommend skipping the breakfast option and going to Bougeotte down the street about a 5mn walk for a fabulous breakfast! Conclusion: Ok experience, clean, central, but the noise levels were really frustrating, and a couple of things just got in the way of me giving this more than a 3/5 rating.

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