As many of the reviews mention, the hotel is quite dated, which is it's major drawback. The staff are friendly, however, which makes a big difference to the impression that you get of a place. I'd have described the hotel as good but it's not very good so have had to select average.

The garden area which could be seen from our balcony was well kept. The area is very nice with villas and low-rise apartment blocks with well kept gardens and the marina being extremely close by.

We didn't use the pool, gym or jacuzzi area but did have a brief look around. It looked adequate.

The room facilities included a wardrobe, chest of drawers, safe, bath with shower, samsung 22" tv, free wi-fi, air con (fixed about 1C too high for me, but I could have asked for it to be changed), balcony with table and 2 chairs. Interestingly, they also had electric shutters, which are worth mentioning as it wasn't obvious how they were controlled when we first took possession of the room.

We didn't use the restaurant but it seemed surprisingly busy on a couple of occasions for evening meal, so I imagine it can't be bad. The menu in the lifts didn't give too much away as it just made various offers for set meals based on the number and combination of courses that you may want, rather than telling you what was on offer for each course.

The corporate meeting room was also well used on the 2nd floor, so clearly the hotel enjoys a good reputation with the local business community.

We didn't use the restaurant because the breakfast was offered for 13€ per person. Given that what was on offer was the usual croissant and coffee affair that the French enjoy, it seemed expensive. If you turn left when you come out of the hotel and get to the end of the road and cross over the pedestrian crossing, you arrive at Port St Lucia - takes less than 5 minutes. Here, you'll find more than 10 restaurants, a croissanterie (which sells whole chicken as well as croissants, pastries, cakes and coffee), a Spar supermarket (also has somebody selling cooked meat outside in the morning), a beach shop, a cash machine and the Best Western hotel. All of the facilities here are open from 07:30 to 19:30 daily including Sundays. There are also 2 bus stops 1 either side of the street here, if you want to take a bus to the far end of St Raphael or Frejus or Bouvouris.

If you turn right from the hotel, you'll find a pharmacy and a BP shop about 2 minutes to your right. If you cross the road, you'll then pass through a public park with children's playground (bouncy castle inflated in mornings), then there's a pebble beach, and then you get to the sandy beach. It's about a 10min walk to the sandy beach.

If you walk towards the station from the sandy beach, you'll find a couple of Kebab shops and a Spar supermarket (opposite the station).

You'll spot the Turkish looking church in the middle of St Raphael, which is the centrepoint of the town. On the street from the beach to this church, you'll find a Monoprix (similar to Marks & Spencers) on your left. You can get fresh bread as well as higher quality food here.

In the evening's, market stalls along the promenade towards the end of the sandy beach. If you turn the corner at the end of the sandy beach, you'll get to the harbour area. Here you can take sea trips. There's also a McDonalds there. That's about a 25 minute walk from the hotel.