Hotele z: Pools w Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Hotel is about 3km out of town, it is walkable but no bus routes. Receptionist was friendly and spoke English which was helpful. We needed a taxi to get to the airport and she kindly joined us with a solo traveller, however the taxi was €25 which was expensive. The hotel reception has chairs and tables with glass cabinets full of board games with wooden games on selected tables to use. This doesn’t appear to be advertised which is a shame. The lift was very creaky, it jolted several times to go up one floor. Our room was on the 1st floor and was very compact. The window was able to be opened for fresh air but there was no way to stop anyone looking in without having the curtains drawn. The room was Clean with duvet, spare pillows, wardrobe and luggage rack, but no air conditioning. The TV only plays French tv with no way to stream anything English not even news so don’t rely on that for entertainment. Coffee facilities were there but were small paper cups and one small carton of milk per person. The bathroom was compact with a shower over bath but there were no hand rails to help you to get into or out of the bath, the bath sides were quite high so no great for anyone with limited mobility. A glass screen was at the side of the sink and the shower had to be held in your hand as no hook to put it high enough to use separately. Shower gel was a refillable container on the wall, too high to reach if sitting in the bath. The swimming pool that is advertised was closed and is unlikely to be open before June and the pool area looked neglected as hadn’t been cleaned since winter. Breakfast was continental, sweet bread, croissants, wheat bread and sliced baguette, ham and cheese, yogurts fresh fruit and a boiler for eggs. It wasn’t clear how to boil the eggs and several of us had to guess at how boiled the eggs were as no instructions to turn the water up to boiling. The bar and restaurant is next door, it has a limited menu so we went to town for dinner. There is apparently an escape room in the bar and a billiard table. This hotel is an ideal stop for the night before your flight, or if you are travelling with a car as the walk to the hotel is along a road with no proper path. There is Uber available that cost about 11€ to get to town.

🟢 The location was very convenient and easy to travel around. We parked there and then used the tramway to get around. Convenient and easy. The inside of the building looks fresh and good. The rooms were quite big so we could spread everywhere. Surprised to see the toilets and showers separated, but enjoyable. Large choice for the breakfast for 18€ but had to wait sometimes for refill. 🔴 the staff wasn't really friendly except if you were the one to do your approach and talk to them. There was an alarm early morning during our stay and no-one was at the reception to greet us and tell us if we had to evacuate or anything. When we (other clients and us) told the réceptionnist it wasn't normal she got upset and replied back instead of apologising or anything. The staff didn't know what they were supposed to do in this case. Not reassuring if there's an actual fire someday. 🟡 cleaning wasn't amazing but could have been worse so no comment on that.

We have booked 2 cottages for our family (2 adults, 2 children and 1 dong), mid Aug 2025, from the trip of Spain. This hotel has a huge garden, and field which our dog could run and walk a lot, two cottage (each having a double bed, a separate toilet and bathroom) which we have stayed met our expectation. Specially it has a small terrace which allowed us to stay outside with fresh air (our dog slept there) during our stay. A receptionist was pretty kind with good level of English. Two area for improvements if I could mention, hotel restaurant was closed on sunday (staff was on holiday), and even if official check in time is 16h, our room was not ready by 16h45 (only one room ready by 16h45, and the second room was ready after 17h30!). Due to our travelling plan, we have left 1am (stayed only for couple of hours here) heading to next destination, so it was quite disappointing to lose our time just for waiting for the key to check in!

Nathalie and David were delightful hosts and made us feel very welcome. Lovely home, beautifully furnished room, modern facilities and extremely well maintained. Spotlessly clean. Relaxed, quiet and feeling like one was living in one's own country home apartment. Quiet location in the center of the town - easy to access and free parking public parking within a one-minute walk from the residence. Private peaceful garden with nice pool which is excellent for just sitting back to read a book with a nice bottle of wine. Breakfast choice was extensive with nice touches prepared by David including freshly prepared home-made preserves. Would thoroughly recommend this wonderful accommodation as an excellent base for discovering both St Emillion and the surrounding area. Have stayed in many hotels and apartments around the Saint-Emilion area but Pavillon de Millesimes rates as one of the best. We will definitely be back.

Beautiful hotel in beautiful surroundings. Friendly staff - who didn’t make us feel uncomfortable that we didn’t speak French! Lovely spa - my son especially enjoyed the shower experience with sounds, lights and different water pressures! The food was delicious both in the restaurant and for room service.

Maison Chiberta had very lovely staff! They were doing an exceptional job in the heat!! Our room was stylish but lacked storage, but very lovely and clean and that’s probably our fault for booking a small room. The breakfast wasn’t fantastic and there were a lot of flies around the food all morning, no fly nets were used by the hotel for some reason. It feels like some of the hotel eg. The rooms, has been renovated to a very high standard. But then other areas were completely lacking. No AC or fans in communal areas and the gym for example was very hot and the floor wasn’t grippy so it was very slippy in there. I’m not sure we would stay again but we did love the area with our car. I would realistically say it is a 3 star hotel with 4 star potential.

Immaculately clean hotel with a really powerful shower, great for washing your hair! The bed was big and comfortable. Staff at the hotel were friendly and helpful. There is a secure carpark next to the hotel, which costs an additional €10. The car park is very easily accessible for any size of vehicle. The hotel is less than a 5 minute walk from the centre of town, where you’ll find riverfront bars and restaurants, and plenty of shops. A lovely place to stay if you’re visiting Bayonne.

The hotel is right next to the Wine Museum, a 2-minute walk. It's not far from the city center either; it's about a 15-20 minute ride by light rail, but walking takes about an hour. Check-in service was good, and the room was clean. However, one thing was very disappointing: for those driving, parking is available in the parking lot next to the hotel. The hotel staff clearly stated they could provide a parking discount code. When we went to pay, no one was working at the payment counter, and the machine couldn't process the payment. After explaining this to the front desk, they called the parking lot manager, saying someone would be there later, and then told us to go talk to the manager about getting a partial refund. At this point, the front desk staff seemed indifferent and offered no assistance, which was quite disappointing. The attitude of the staff at check-out was vastly different from that at check-in.

Very nice location, the rooftop with a bar, restaurant and pool overlooking the ocean, Nic place for sundowner, has dinner the the restaurant food was amazing, the seafood was very fresh and tasty. Breakfast was limited, for 23€ it was expensive. Restaurant 2 mins walk, Rocher de la Vierge and aquarium de biaritiz about 10mins walk, small cala and beach along the way. Staff are very friendly both at the reception and in the restaurants.

The bunks offer a lot of privacy. There's a 16 Euro deposit that *must* be paid by credit card. It's an 8-minute walk from the train station. The platform number isn't displayed until 20 minutes before departure. The bathrooms and showers are quite spacious, but there's no shower gel provided. There are lockers with combination locks. To turn on the lights, you first need to press a master switch with a blue light. The window faces the train tracks, so there's some noise from the road. The window curtains are very good at blocking out light. There's a small shelf with a light and charging port above the bed. You don't need to make your own bed. There's a bar on the top floor, and directly opposite downstairs, you can find places to eat with areas for kids to play. The nearby apartments and a small church have a really local, authentic vibe. It was more interesting to watch people walking their dogs, kids playing, and rolling metal balls than visiting tourist spots. I even saw an Indian little girl celebrating her birthday near the church!