We stayed at the Loges du Parc for a 3 night stay at the end of May - 3 bikes, 4 people. We choose the hotel because it had a lock-up garage for security and place turned out to be a good choice. The hotel staff/management were also very friendly and helpful and spoke excellent English.

The hotel is undergoing some modernisation, but we had rooms overlooking the park at the front of the hotel that were typically old-style French - carpets on the walls and dark brown suite in the bathroom! However, the beds were very comfortable with high quality Egyptian cotton sheets.

Strangely, there is no bar or restaurant in the hotel, but a very large breakfast room with plenty of choice. The lack of bar was not much of a problem as there is one just 50m down the road (the Neptune) which slaked our thirst after our ride-outs!

Gerardmer is a funny place - a bit like a French Blackpool - all chavs, stag and hen parties and too many fast food snack-bars. One decent restaurant (the Perle) but the rest were just mediocre... However, it is a great spot for riding the Vosges roads as there are awesome roads in just about all directions.