Guest User
September 2, 2023
We stayed in a duplex room in Hotel Cantemerle at the end of August for three nights and we completely enjoyed our stay there. The duplex room comprised one main floor plus a gallery floor. The lower floor had comfortable sofas with a coffee table, a balcony, bathroom, separate toilet and additional single bed underneath the staircase for our 8 years old daughter. The hotel had put a small parcel of games and chocolate in our daughter’s bed before we arrived. It was very thoughtful. The duplex room was very clean and the breakfasts were good. We used both the outdoor and indoor pools in the late afternoon when the temperature was too high to do anything else. The hotel was completely full while we were there, but we were always able to use either the indoor or outdoor pool without feeling they were too congested. The jacuzzi was overlooking the trees and was in a very beautiful setting. We had three meals in Vence (10-15 minutes walk or 5 mins drive from the hotel). The restaurant called Le Pigeonnier was very good and we tried some really authentic local dishes there. We also visited Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul de Vence, which had some good collections of modern art paintings and sculptures. Their sculptures were especially interesting. It is worth to visit for a couple of hours during a hot day when you are in the area. Saint-Paul de Vence village was very touristy. We only looked at a few art galleries and didn’t spend too much time there. We also visited Tourrettes-sur-Loup on a Friday morning, which we found to be a much nicer place to visit as it is smaller and less touristy. The ice cream shop in the old part of the village (sells violet flavoured ice cream) was not opened until 2:30pm in the afternoon and the cafe inside the old part of the village was also not open during our visit. I guess there are many old hilltop villages around Provence, so the smaller ones don’t always get the attention that they deserve!