Chartres Hotels

Access was difficult, road works in the area meant diversions. Parking was not easy.

The location

Location close to the centre of Chartres

Chartres is a very walkable town and this hotel was within walking distance of a main shopping area and the cathedral. This hotel is located near the main train station which draws a large number of undesirable people. We did not feel completely safe in this area walking with a toddler in tow.

tranquility, near to centre of the city

Yes, absolutely No

Good location near station. No onsite parking and but of an odd traffic pattern but parking setup at walking distance garage was OK. Courteous staff. Smell from bathroom in room. Room pretty basic for price but not much option apparent in Chartres.

The hd tv! Really noisy on friday and saturday nights...bed was fine...pillow was lumpy. everything was clean yet I still felt kinda sketchy about the whole thing. the only thing this hotel had going for it was the location....RIGHT Across the street from the train station and like 5 mins away from Chartres cathedral.

Good food, spacious room, quieter than a city centre hotel. Have stayed at various hotels in the Novotel Group and know that their standards are good and can be relied on.

Menu very good The hotel corridors smelt very strongly of cigarette smoke which we found obnoxious.

Very Clean & Fresh Restaurant

Location. Air conditioning is regulated by hotel stuff and it was too hot for me in the room.

Clean, modern and efficiently run. Restaurant very handy for our one night stopover on way from South of France to Calais and the food was excellent. French menu was not very well translated into English but it gave us a good laugh!

We stayed for two nights with a view to visiting the cathedral and old town at our leisure, so the location was ideal. The hotel is of interesting character, where uneven floors and doors which don't quite fit properly are all part of its quirky charm. Our room, Les Louis, was warm and comfortable, with a novel shower and a surprise kitchenette in a cupboard. Internet access was fine. We were given a friendly reception by the proprietor, and we enjoyed reasonably priced, unpretentious meals on both evenings. A plentiful, traditional breakfast was served. On arrival, we had to unblock the sink in the bathroom. The lighting was dim, making it difficult to read. Not the hotel's fault, but parking is at a premium in Chartres. We could possibly have used the nearby underground car-park, at the hotel's expense, but chose not to risk it because of our vehicle's height. Luckily, we found a space just outside, but feeding the meter was not cheap.

Interesting decor, comfortable bed. Very close to cathedral No tea/coffee facilities or glasses. No soap or shampoo.

Great location, excellent room, very good breakfast, value for money. But see below. We booked a room for the night of 16 December 2010. We went out to dinner in the evening. When we returned, at about 9.30pm, the hotel was locked and there was nobody there. It transpired that we were the only residents and the staff had left for the night. It was raining very hard and extremely cold. After much banging at the front door, which was fruitless, we went to a neighbouring restaurant. An extremely pleasant young man there (at Le Bistrot de la Cathedrale) contacted the Parvis staff who told him we should use our room key. Long story short, the key did not work. Finally the staff member turned up and let us in, acknowledging that it was the front door lock which did not work. It was by now sub-zero temperature. Not happy.

We were unable to access the wifi service. It was not only disappointing but difficult as we needed to make important business contacts.

location and quiet No tea coffee making facilities in the room. My debit card was pre-charged and I wanted to pay in cash thus avoiding a bad exchange rate.

visited The cathedral and town no

Nice clean modern hotel with friendly reception staff The room was very hot, despite air conditioning, in the night we couldn't sleep because it was so hot and asked someone to come up to the room to check it was working properly, they just said all was as it should be despite the fact that we were all so hot.

I am english. I thought that it was a good hotel and very good food the dirty babies nappy that we found under the bed!

Staff were excellent, very helpful and thoughtful. Accommodation was good ~ Stairs a little difficult for those with slight physical disabilities who are mobile. Access to Chartres had to be by vehicle.

Tea making facilities in rooms good. Selection for breakfast excellent. Noisy people upstairs. Otherwise no complaints.

Ease of parking. Location. Quite a way out of town and not really walkable.

When finally got there, good basic accomodation and enjoyable meal. Signposts to the hotel were practically non-existant. One signpost and then nothing to tell you whether you were on the right track or not, so had to stop twice to ask.

Stopping off on route to the sun

Very helpful and friendly staff. Ground floor rooms next to car park have normal windows which can be seen through from the outside, so we had to have curtains closed all of the time. Poor selection of draught beers. Only Leffe available which was no to our liking. Restaurant prices very expensive, so we ate out in the town.

The Hotel was lcean and tidy but the breakfast was a big dissapointment and not worth the money!

No parking

We especially liked the shower unit and wish to know the make so that we can instal one at home 1): No drawer space for, for example, underclothes. 2): the movement detector light which caame on when the bathroom was visited