“Quaint B&B, quiet and beautiful location, noisy building, cluttered rooms. Overated”
This is very quaint place, very quiet, but in our opinion overrated. The owners seemed to be nice enough though. The building has been carefully renovated by the owners (they showed us photos of how dilapidated it used to be). Each bedroom has a theme. We had "Voyages", which contained suitcases, photos of trips, and general travel bric-a-brac. But this was one of the problems with the room. It contained huge quantities of what many people would say is junk. There was so much of it that the owners had not provided a wardrobe for guests. This is a basic requirement and a major omission for what purports to be a luxury B&B. The only place to hang anything was a hook in the bathroom. The bathroom was an odd shape; the toilet was a separate room, which was not very convenient. With careful room planning at the re-building stage, the WC and bathroom could have been one room, which is much more convenient for guests. The TV did not have Sky, only French channels, which was disappointing. A tea/coffee tray was provided in the room. We were not offered any snacks when we arrived mid-afternoon; we'd been on the road for 6 hours (from the south of France) and the offer of a light snack would have been welcomed. Use of the swimming pool was offered to us, but we declined as it didn't look that inviting and it was not warm enough. We went for a short walk in the grounds, which was very nice. We had dinner at 8pm, shared with other guests, with whom we were forced to make polite conversation as there was a shared dining table. The other guests (an older couple) were French, and as we didn't speak much, and they didn't speak much English, conversation was strained. Throughout the meal, the owners tended to gravitate to the French guests and speak French to them, rather than speak to us much in English, but it's understandable that they would probably prefer to speak French in their own country! Dinner was a set menu of 3 courses. The starter was a vegetable dish, with huge amounts of garlic, some of which had not been crushed as we unexpectedly bit into a large piece of it (not nice!). Main course was Salmon, which was tasty. Dessert was pleasant enough. We were offered wine of the region but it was served lukewarm. We retired to bed after dinner. Then another problem arose. We could clearly hear the older couple in the room next door. We could hear their footsteps, hear them going to the toilet (which was right next to our room) and hear them talking. The owners had obviously not thought of sound insulation and sound transmission through this old building when they renovated it. It was awful at 3am when the guest next door went to the toilet; we could hear every last drop of his pee! Breakfast was toasted French bread, jams, cheeses, yoghurt, juice and tea/coffee. But we only ate the toast. The location is wonderful and quiet. The rooms are unnecessarily cluttered, poorly planned and noisy. The owners are pleasant. The food is average. But we would not recommend this place.
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