This is a beautiful old hotel with a great deal of history and well situated in a convenient part of Macon with free parking. On the other hand, it is, as other reviewers have mentioned, fallen on hard times.

The lobby is nicely maintained and there is an elevator, but the rooms themselves are rather shabby and in various states of repair, so of unequal quality. I had a room facing the courtyard. While it smelled strongly of perfume (or insecticide?), it was simple, relatively clean (except for the comforter), and quiet.

On the other hand, my colleague's room was infested with bedbugs, so I would be careful of making sure that they have proof from fumigators before staying there (two rooms were OK--facing courtyard on 2nd French floor--and the offending one was room 11, toward the front). I would hope they would have taken care of the problem by now.

Another important point: they lock the doors to the garage area at night and there is no one at the front desk after 10 or 11 pm (I can't remember which), so make sure you do not leave anything in the car since one cannot access it.

As with others, seemed like an ideal place to stop off on my way to Italy. Room smelt (probably insecticide). On return from restaurant, at about 11.00pm, found we had left kid's medicine in the car, but we were refused access to car park! If so worried that we might break into other cars, perhaps they could have escorted us. So disgusted, cancelled return stay. Emailed to confirm cancellation, but they refused to refund money (see booking conditions). Should have persued it, but just glad not to have to stay at that place ever again!

The negative reviews about this place are very polite in that it is a truly appauling hotel. On arrival the lady behind the desk was generally rude and surly (I do speak French and the attitude was apparent in both languages) and threw the keys at us. The building is very grand but totally delapidated and has not seen any decoration or modernistaion for at least 50 years. The rooms are basically crap with poor decoration, basic tired bed linen and just falling apart - a broken lighbulb was in its socket with the terminals poking out, the taps leaked more water than they dispensed and there were tiles missing and holes in the carpet. Cleanliness was not good either with tissues on the floor and a general grime eveywhere.
Breakfast is also a delight to behold - you pay essentially for a cup of coffee with limescale in it and some bread - lovely! I was very grateful to leave this tawdry fleapit and hope that no one else has the misfortune of ever staying here (better to sleep on a park bench - it is cleaner)

A stunning old building with a rich history but such a pity that it is so neglected. Even the most basic of things aren't maintained. If you're happy to put up with taps that hang from their fixtures, broken bathroom fittings, windows that can't open because the curtain rails are hanging from their fittings and barely warm water and heating then do stay here but personally I can't recommend it.