Top 10 Council Hotels

Very nice hotel with brilliant with views along the Tarn in a amazing building. The hotel is in a great location just over the bridge to the centre of town. Big car park and free bus service outside. The restaurant has great views. Big breakfast and lovely terrace. We upgraded our room to have a view of the Tarn. It was well equipped and great AC. The reception could not have been more helpful. He was brilliant and very knowledgeable. The breakfast staff and cleaners were really good. The bar staff were a bit slow in serving drinks on the terrace and didn’t have cold Rose on a very hot day. It was my only issue with a great hotel.

We stayed here the weekend of Bastille Day. The hotel staff were very friendly and spoke good English-some excellent. The room was a good size (we were in 209) and the gym, although smallish, had a treadmill, two rowers some weighted bags and a mat. There was also a sauna and some experience showers-though we didn’t use them and we didn’t see anyone else in the gym. The room was let down only by having no kettle (we English love tea first thing in the morning!) although we were able to source hot water from reception all day and most importantly for our decaf before bed! Breakfast was absolutely delicious. Fresh bread and large croissants/pain au chocolat as well as fresh fruit, yoghurt, seeds, ham, cheese, chia pudding, eggs (scrambled and boiled to your own timing). Breakfast was a real highlight. The other thing to mention was the restaurant/bar on roof terrace-we didn’t eat there but had drinks at a reasonable price (with an excellent view) and enjoyed the company of Pierre who runs the show (one member of staff referred to him as the Headmaster!) who’s English is impeccable and spent time in a restaurant in the Surrey Hills- hugely friendly and made us feel very welcome.

The hotel is well located, being only 10-15 minutes from the train station and about the same to the old town and the cathedral. I liked that they’d made a rather plain building look prettier by planting window boxes of red geraniums. We were allotted a spacious room on the 3rd floor, (301) larger than the normal Ibis room and facing the front. Fairly quiet but we could hear a little bit of road noise and some noisy kids! There must be a school across the road. Enjoyed a complimentary welcome drink after we prompted the receptionist. Close to restaurants. We didn’t try the breakfast as there was a good bakery a couple of doors down.