Our departing flight from Martinique was canceled, so the airline put us up in this hotel about 1/2 hour from the airport. It was on the water, and was rated at 4 stars according to the sign out front, so I was hopeful. Sadly, I was disappointed. While it was barely adequate, this hotel had some real problems. Our biggest complaint was the mustiness coming out of the air conditioning system in our room. It was near the ceiling, and you could see the black mildew on the ceiling near the vent. The sheets seemed fine, but the towels smelled awful, so I just let myself "air dry" after my shower (mildew on the shower grout, too). It was a quiet but smelly room. The other people from the canceled flight reported similar mustiness in their rooms. The elevator was terrifying. It did sort of get you to your floor with lots of jolts, but when the door opened the elevator didn't line up very well with the floor. Finally, how could the food be this bad when you are essentially in France? Yuk. Poorly cooked salmon, minute rice and frozen green beans for dinner. Not even close to croissants for breakfast---looked more like crescent rolls. The other clientele looked like business travelers. Sorry for them. I cannot recommend this hotel to anyone.

I mean, the hotel is decent, the staff are helpful and the view of the sea are fantastic.

The hotel needs a serious upgrade, some paint and perhaps this will happen with the proposed purchase by the Radisson chain (at least as the huge banners in the lobby would have us to believe).

The good points: convenient to the University, has small artificial beach with bar, pool and restaurant. Our room (a deluxe) had a huge balcony. and we got our requested king size bed.

so-so points: bath tub and sink separate from toilet so you had to leave one room to wash hands. tub (maybe an insert) did not have a flat bottom. Internet access (included in price) had some outdated log-in package that warned me of an expired certificate, so at my earliest convenience I ran a virus checker.

bad points: elevator had problems reaching the lower level (restaurant) where I frequently had climb stairs, get on the elevator and ride down to manually pry open the door to let a wheel chair get on. A repair person was present one day, but did not fix the problem.

Would I return, probably, providing I got the same rate as I did for this trip.

I really like this hotel. Yes it is old and needs some refurbishment but the rooms are clean, the atmosphere is charming and the restaurant is very good. The staff are friendly and helpful. The hotel gift shop sells unique handicrafts and jewellery. The pool is lovely and the breakfast excellent. I have always enjoyed staying here - there is no other place for me in Martinique.

The hotel was fine for a 3 * hotel but for the price I expected a better quality of room and conditions perhaps breakfast to be included!!! The beach mentioned in the description is very small and there was building work going on so it wasnt very relaxing. Noone was able to speak English to us so we struggled with communication. I do not recommend this hotel unless you need to be in that location. However it was clean and cleaned once a day and the other benefit was free wifi in the whole hotel even accessible at the beach/pool. I was very pleased we were changing hotels to a different location after 4 nights.