We were excited about our stay at Mas de la Chapelle based on their website however what we experienced was something less. We were looking for "French country charm" and found French country missing some charm. The hotel is difficult to find even with GPS. When we thought we had located the hotel we found a large steel gate with a key pad and a post-it note on it to call to have the gate opened, thank goodness we had a cell phone. Once the gate opened we were greeted by 2 large German Shepard dogs which either wanted to play or eat you us and my wife wasn't sure their intent. Once we got checked in we wondered the property which at one time was beautiful but now is overgrown and needs a lot of TLC. The chapel and reception area unfortunately smelled of wet dogs since those 2 pesky Sheppards would jump in the ponds and then had the run of the first floor of the hotel. The room was large and very acceptable.
This hotel has so much potential but is either in financial problems for miss managed.
- Mas De La Chapelle Arles
