Dole hotels

Pros: The apartment has been cleverly converted with some style in a rather quirky old building . It was spotlessly clean and very well appointed, even a washing machine and dish washer included. Excellent shower in the bathroom. Interesting garden.

Cons: The weather!

Pros: Beautiful traditional french farm house. We stopped over night on our way to Italy from the UK. Ideal location as close to main motorways. The breakfast room is gorgeous as is the breakfast itself! We stayed in a double room called Ambre . It was simply stunning and amazing value for money! Thank you for welcoming us into your home we will be seeing you again on our next road trip!

Pros: Nice serene place in the village of Jouhe, near to the city of Dole. The B&B is very chill, very neat and very tasteful decorated. Nice cosy swimming pool in a green with colorful flowers decorated garden! The host was very helpful in determining places to visit and gave me good tips to find a good and tasty restaurant.

Pros: Friendly host, very helpful, made me breakfast the night before as I had to leave at 6.30am. Restaurant recommendation was great, lovely town, the room was impeccable. Very comfortable stay!

Cons: ... nothing to say here

Pros: Gorgeous converted farm and we had a Beautiful self contained apartment. Charming hostess who was so helpful when we thought we might be late due to travel problems, even made us a local dinner reservation. Breakfast was delicious. What a lovely spot we would highly recommend, sorry we were only there for one night!

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Beautifully restored building so tastefully decorated, with interesting pieces of furniture - lots of character and a very charming garden. Our gorgeous hostess was very friendly and helpful and even booked us a dinner table in the nearby village, which was amazingly quaint. The breakfast was wonderful, great selection of fresh pastries, cold meats and cheeses, eggs and freshly squeezed juice and coffee. Lovely place to stay.

Cons: There was nothing that we didn't like, but perhaps a fan in the room would have been nice to have in that heatwave.

Pros: Beautifully presented comfortable and super clean apartment and rooms. The most hospitable lovely host also made our stay totally enjoyable. Excellent breakfast.

Cons: Difficult driveway entrance

Pros: Amazing property, beautifully and tastefully converted. Owner was delightful and extremely helpful. A wonderful overnight stay. We will definitely return.

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: The house is a work of art, a beautifully restored farmhouse with enormous attention to detail in the decoration. The welcome was warm and helpful, the room beautiful and quiet, and the breakfast spectacular. A lovely place to spend the night, and only minutes from the motorway.

Pros: This is a beautiful home with a lovely garden. The hosts are excellent and the facilities are superior. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would highly recommend it.

Cons: Nothing!

Pros: Excellent accommodation for cyclists on EuroVelo6 holiday. Very welcoming and very helpful hosts. Facilities were very good

Cons: Very little....

Pros: Very well located on the river and adjacent to the cycle path but set high up in a modern property with lovely views. Access around the front via a side street. The hosts were friendly. Our room was below the main living area but with large balcony, canter levered over the garden and with comfortable chairs in which to sit and enjoy the view. Cold drinks are available as is a washing machine for a small fee. The bedroom was spacious with large bed and the bathroom modern with excellent large shower and separate toilet. Tea and coffee making available in the room. Breakfast was worth it with fruit, yogurt, cereal, fresh croissants, bread, preserves, OJ, cheese and ham. Highly recommend this accommodation. Just a short stroll into what is a lovely town. Few restaurants open on Sunday and Monday’s so try and book ahead if staying on one of these nights.

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: Very stylish house and a well equipped room.

Pros: Hosts generous and personable. Functional, even inspiring design and engineering. Everything worked. The peaceful location and view of the river. The big garden. The excellent breakfast.

Cons: This is not about the establishment but about how Booking.com communicated about it. An early document we have on record from Booking.com said there was no breakfast 'option' (at least at that time, of course). We received no special notice from Booking.com later that things had changed and that breakfast lately was available or that really breakfast had always been available. I mention this because I have found that with Booking.com you have to double-check the data for accuracy, not just to be up to date. Semantics and terminology on top of this are important in dealing with Booking.com. I have found proprietors as well as customers have to check carefully on how they are portrayed by Booking.com, which is a publisher, and perhaps hire an editor to do the checking.

Pros: Very modern property with a seating area which need little to be said about but superb. The property is a short walk to the town centre which takes you along the riverside. The parking is excellent also.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Lovely view of the River Doubs with riverside walk 10 minutes into town.

Cons: Only one restaurant open on Wednesday evening and that was 25 minutes walk away and not very special. More open Thursday to Saturday in high season.

Pros: Superb location with a short stroll along the river to the centre of Dole. The room is very comfortable and peaceful with lovely views of the river. A perfect place to stop on the way to the Alps.

Pros: Chez Francoise is in a quiet location within easy walking distance of the centre of Dole. The owners, Patrick and Francoise are very friendly and hospitable. The house is very contemporary and the bedrooms are superbly equipped. The house sits high above the river Doubs and it is a very tranquil walk alomg the banks of the river into the heart of mediaeval Dole. The breakfast is outstanding with a full range of foods on offer to meet all tastes.

Cons: Nothing other than we wished we could have stayed longer!

Pros: Beautiful room just 10 minutes walk from the centre of Dole, which is so picturesque! Would highly recommend staying here!

Cons: Nothing!

Pros: A wonderful place to stay - a small chateau, with spacious grounds and swimming pool (the autumn air put me off an early morning dip!) I arrived too late for dinner but I suspect it would have been exceptional. The welcome on arrival was friendly and efficient and I was soon asleep in a large, comfortable bed. Breakfast was the best I had during my recent trip to Switzerland/ France and very attentively served by delightful hosts. Coffee, warm croissant and freshly squeezed orange juice with a bowel of grapefruit, set me up perfectly for the day.

Cons: I couldn't work out the dual remote controls for the TV but sleep got the better of me and I made the most of the large comfortable bed.

Pros: Charming and helpful staff with the personal touch. The chef was brilliant.

Cons: The shower was part of the bath without curtains so water went everywhere. No bidet either

Pros: Our overnight stay was extremely expensive and I would have expected a little more for the price. Comfortable room and decent food but nothing amazing. A shame as ideal area to stop on way to Alps. Good breakfast but would expect freshly squeezed orange juice.

Pros: Very helpful male receptionist. Showed us where to store bikes safely. Good swimming pool.

Cons: Breakfast a little lacklustre

Pros: A very spacious, clean and beautiful room and bath. Very friendly staff. We also liked the pool. A restaurant with fine cuisine. Great breakfast!

Cons: The dinner in the restaurant was very delicious - and pricy.

Pros: À very charming place, very friendly staff and excellent gourmet cuisine.

Pros: Very very friendly

Cons: No shower curtain

Pros: Breakfast was excellent.

Cons: I have stayed at this hotel before and wanted to stay again because the restaurant is excellent. We booked the rooms and requested a table for dinner. When we arrived we were told we couldn’t eat in the hotel, not even in the bar. This was annoying, we had to get a taxi back into Dole for dinner. Alternative place was excellent.

Cons: We had ants in the room.

Pros: Very design led hotel. Lovely garden and pool

Cons: Quite a way from town and lack of late night taxies

Pros: The beds are super comfy — enough pillows, good mattress. There is a lovely relaxing atmosphere and the rooms are well decorated , even when travelling with a pet. Service is wonderful, with the staff being so very accommodating.

Pros: Excellent breakfast. Swimming pool garden terrace for drinks Dinner

Cons: Very good, but expensive dinner. Still water charged at 6 Euros, which we considered a bit cheeky.

Pros: Nice house

Cons: Wifi did not work at all which is actually not acceptable for such a hotel category... especially in room nr 30

Pros: Comfortable, tasteful room with private terrace. The service we got at checking in, the lady that welcomed us was very helpful and collected some food for us as the restaurant was closed.

Cons: The woman at service at the breakfast was mainly busy with breakfast with her kids and ignored the guests. Big contrast with the night before.

Pros: Room was a good size and bathroom well appointed. Handicap facilities in bathroom

Cons: car park not by the entrance and as it was pouring with rain on arriving and leaving we were soaked. Restaurant was closed and the weather was too bad to drive anywhere. Breakfast very basic.

Pros: Excellent hotel, clean room and friendly staff

Cons: Breakfast very little choice - good for one night stay but poor if you have to spend a week there

Pros: The suite of rooms was great, kept cool in the heatwave we had been experiencing. The beds were very comfortable, the place was quiet. Breakfast was OK.

Cons: We had asked specifically for a restaurant recommendation as we were there a Sunday night and were told that there were some chain restaurants close by - but they were all closed :-( We went a bit further and found a great Italian restaurant.

Pros: Super kind and helpful owner. Quiet room. Nice environment at the restaurant/breakfast place.

Pros: Staff very nice and helpful. They were flexible with check-in. Thank you. Nice homemade lunch.

Pros: Very comfortable and friendly staff , breakfast good

Pros: very good access for overnight stay on trip further south. friendly staff very good pizza!

Pros: Everything

Cons: That the restaurant (Pizza) was closed again.

Pros: The old fashioned nature o the property

Cons: Dinner was not value for money

Pros: Close to the EV6 bike path. Breakfast was excellent and location perfect. Air conditioning in the room was really appreciated after a full hot day of cycling.

Pros: The staff were friendly and very helpful when checking us in especially with all of our bags from the motorbike. Great location, great room: clean and spacious. Very comfy with great air conditioning!!! This was great in the 34d heat! Good value for money and close to all the amenities.

Cons: There isn't anything bad that I can write about this hotel!

Pros: Good.

Cons: The bar, a small selection of local wines.

Pros: Perfect location at the entrance of the old city

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Great location. Very friendly staff. Good air conditioning. Nice bar

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Bed comfy , staff helpful and friendly

Cons: Nothing

Pros: The lady at Reception was very helpful and nice

Pros: Location

Cons: There were no tea or coffee making facilities and the room would have benefitted from a small fridge. When hotels are up against well kitted out AirBnb they need to up their game. We toured through France using both hotels and AirBnbs and definitely preferred our experiences in the latter due to the lack of above amenities in hotels. Also, the bar staff could only be described as surly and made no effort to serve. Several times, we had to chase them to order and this wasn’t because they were busy - just doing other things like cleaning glasses or changing shifts. Not the right attitude!

Pros: Staff was helpful

Cons: Room size a little small

Pros: The host was very nice.

Pros: Owner very helpful, good value accommodation, quiet despite being on main road. Ideal for an overnight stop on the way back from the alps.

Cons: Bed was a bit bouncy, shower arrangement a bit basic. Menu limited but adequate and homemade.

Pros: .the owner was a perfect host and couldn't have been more helpful. The food was simple, sourced locally and cooked to order with some salads, fruit and eggs straight from the garden. The strawberries were the best I've ever tasted.The bedroom was quite small but very comfortable and we had a good nights sleep in spite of a thunderstorm. Stephane puts love into everything he does.

Pros: I arrived on bike, by heavy rain and wet equipment, too early at the property. Lucky the manager was in so he let me take my room. Took care of my wet rainwear to have it dried in his laudry. As I was the only customer for the night be prepared a special dinner for me...!

Pros: Big room, nice, very friendly owner, Dole, which is a fantastic city, is very near

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Very welcoming host. Great value for money.

Pros: Welcomning place, away from city and motorway with easy access to nature and a good walk. Oldfashioned charm with modern comfort.

Pros: Personnel quite nice

Cons: Not very clean and very expensive for what it is

Pros: Location for our onwards travel. Quiet.

Cons: Very cold room when we arrived. Took a few hours to warm. Lady just pointed at the aircon unit and radiators when she took us to our room and disappeared (we turned the rads on and the aircon once we had figured it out. The floor is tiled/cold and needs a really good clean, especially in the bathroom. The food wasn't great, the lasagna was dry and the tiramisu had obviously been in the fridge for a while - also hard and dry around the edge. Wouldn't recommend staying there.

Pros: The people in the hotel and restaurant were very friendly and relaxed. The check-in was the easiest ever. They were expecting us; they did not ask to see id; we got to choose a room. Amazing. Food in restaurant was very good too

Cons: The place is a little dated and not the cleanest place I have visited.

Pros: The peaceful location

Cons: It needed updating and privacy of ground floor annex

Pros: fantastic location,dinner

Cons: probably nothing...

Pros: Fantastic room. Quality bedding. Fab bathroom. All sparkly clean and new.

Pros: It was in a great location if you want peace and quiet. Some rooms were great. Extremely friendly staff

Cons: Some rooms were not so good and some facilities were a bit run down

Pros: Room was clean and spacious. Breakfast was very simple.

Pros: Good food and good location. Tremendous views

Cons: Bathroom was a bit small

Pros: Great one night stay on our way to southern France and Spain. Owner offered a dinner which we accepted through the booking.com web site and it was definitely an experience to remember.

Pros: We booked this late and arrived about half hour later. As we weren't expected we were unable to join the meal but were directed to nearby eateries including an enormous and very busy Buffalo Grill. The parking is on site and secure. There seemed to be very little in our immediate area. The room was large and included a kitchen and was perfectly acceptable if not luxurious. Breakfast was average with little choice. The owners were very pleasant and helpful.

Pros: We stayed only for one night on a road trip - unfortunately arrived quite late but the hosts welcomed us nicely nonetheless. Comfortable stay with a very nice breakfast!

Pros: An egg for breakfast would have been good and perhaps some fruit or choice of cereal.

Pros: Mattress was ok, so was shower. WiFi good and breakfast disorganised but fairly generous for a cheap place.

Cons: This ‘hotel’ has just been taken over and is in course of renovation. But that seems to be a quick slap of paint, not deep cleaning. Manager has no idea just makes excuses that it is a basic hotel. Even the phone number given by booking.com was the wrong one. No fascia with name of hotel. No extra cover for bed (recent heatwave is over). No tooth mug. A shambles.

Pros: Simple but functional close to town

Cons: Fine for a stopover

Pros: Friendly owner. The position of the hotel. The room was clean.

Cons: The owner had only acquired the hotel recently and it needs a lot of work done on it still. This work is in progress and the exterior of the hotel, in particular, is a bit off-putting.

Pros: Good location 10 minutes walk to the old town. As there were no other guests the night of our stay we were upgraded from a room to an apartment.

Cons: A faint but noticeable outdoor of drains.

Pros: It was a great stopover on the way back from the Alps to the Channel tunnel

Cons: Tea and coffee in the room

Pros: It was very good value and a short walk to the old town.

Pros: Spacious apartment.

Cons: Net curtains meant we all woke early. Needs thicker curtains.

Pros: Great location a short walk from the town centre. Off street parking. A comfortable well equipped apartment. Comfortable bed and good shower. Dole is a small town with an interesting 'Perching Cat' walk to point out the history.

Cons: The outside of the building and car park are a bit run down and therefore give the wrong impression of the interior. Internally the apartment has been done to a very high standard.

Pros: The fact I only stayed one night

Cons: Hotel looks derelict from outside. Room not properly finished, room giving on s treet very noisy at night.

Pros: Easy location to find. Short walk in to town. Excellent parking. Well equipped studio...very warm!!! Super charming host who took time to chat. Excellent value for money. Would stay again and Dole is a town we would visit again with good restaurant choices....and thanks to our host for his recommendations.

Pros: Very good dinner but the breakfast was not particulary good. Restaurant is very good

Cons: The bed,very hard

Pros: Used as a stop over and for that it was perfect. Yes the room and facilities are a bit basic but for the price it is impossible to complain. Room was clean and very quiet and just outside Dole which was an interesting little town and well worth a visit.

Pros: Friendly personnel (one lady) in the breakfast room.

Cons: The plastic shower was dirty, full of hair of the prior guest. We booked a room with three sleeps. A bunk bed. You had to make the high bed yourself by climbing onto it or by standing on the double bed which only worked as I am very tall. The gentleman at the reception on asking why the bed has not been made answered: That’s the way it is! Make it yourself. Also, on arrival the code to our room door did not work. It took a lot of time for someone to help and get a new code. Not what you want after an eight hours drive.

Pros: Location and dog friendly

Cons: Not enough pillows and the ones there were hard

Pros: Comfortable bed.

Cons: Room was on the small side but adequate for our needs.

Pros: Staff and location very good

Cons: Uncomfortable bed / pillows

Pros: Great location for a stop over with supermarkets just in a few footsteps. Room is very clean, relatively new and has the basic as you can expect from a budget stay. Breakfast is okay. Would definitely recommend to others for an overnight stay.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Really helpful chap on reception. Comfortable bed with a good shower. Excellent breakfast. Great price. 2

Pros: Cheap simpel, good value for money. Good for 1 night. Aircondicion nice cold.

Cons: Schouwer houder was basic. Water goes to the wal not to you. Maybe buy one for 15 eur?

Pros: A good place for someone on the road for the whole day who needs secure free parking, basic room, shower, wifi and either an onsite breakfast or a boulangerie and supermarket nearby before continuing the journey.

Cons: Everything was okay.

Pros: Easily accessible from the motorway

Pros: Easy to find off the motorway,the friendly,welcoming staff and resident cat and having a bar with really tasty food.

Cons: Nothing it was great.

Pros: Room and bed were comfy and clean

Cons: We were served frozen food in the restaurant. To be fair when we complained it was sorted very swiftly and we were not charged for the meal at all

Pros: A very concise traveller's hotel. The room and facilities was spotless, the check-in and out easy and concise, breakfast was fresh and local. Highly to the point and enjoyable stay.

Pros: for a continental breakfast it was okay .I understand not to expect "good English" in France but you can get a continental breakfast in England?

Cons: A good English breakfast not available

Pros: The perfect place for a one night stay when going to the south. Clean, nice meal in the evening, nice breakfast. Great staff!

Pros: Excellent place for overnight stay to break a journey. Close to motorway and supermarket. Very comfy beds, dark and quiet room.

Cons: Hairdryer was a bit feeble!

Pros: Good breakfast and evening meal. Usual IBIS, clean and comfortable. Just off the motorway, a bit industrial but still quiet. Good night stop.

Pros: Breakfast was excellent!

Pros: Helpful staff

Cons: Bathroom very small.

Pros: Good location

Cons: Main restaurant closed. Rather strange menu in bistro. Shower could be dangerous for older visitors as no non-slip mat available and tiles outside shower become very slippery and no hand rail. Bedside tables too small.

Pros: Very nice location with a beautiful view of the river.

Cons: Remove the grid from the window so we can see better outside.

Pros: Location by the water very pretty

Cons: Rooms quite basic

Pros: Location , efficiency and simple lay out

Cons: Nithing

Pros: Large room overlooking the river, next to the ruined Roman bridge.

Cons: The Heat!

Pros: Good service

Cons: ?

Cons: No air conditioning in the hotel. Also, nor the receptionist or the bistro personnel understood or could speak English, so it was very hard to communicate with the staff. The remote control for the TV was broken.

Pros: The room is spacious and the location is perfect, a few minutes walk from the center. The breakfast was good, they use local quality products.

Cons: There was no ventilation and no AC, thus we had to sleep with our window (very small) open to have some air. The first morning, one of the hotel staff was using a blower right under our window and we couldn't sleep anymore (8:30AM on a Saturday). The second night, we were awaken by the caravan campers rights across the river as they were lighting fireworks/firecrackers and screaming.

Pros: Lovely hotel , modern room, in a beautiful setting by the river. We ate at the bistro on one of our two nights - definitely the best burger we have had anywhere. A five minute walk into the town. Excellent

Cons: Our reception was off putting -one sign directed us to the hotel entrance, from where another one directed us back to the Bistro. Monsieur was decidedly unfriendly, demanding a code, which we didn't have - being Sunday, the hotel reception was unmanned. Note to booking.com - you stated a code was needed for arrival after 6pm - he wanted one after 3pm. In the end he sorted us out but it was not a good experience. Also, in hot weather, with no a/c they should have been able to offer a fan for the room.

Pros: Location was ok.

Cons: Only 1 towel for 2 person, value for money not realistic.

Pros: Smell in rooms are bad. Cigarett in one room, just really bad smell in the other one. 2 years in row 70 euro per room us too expensive for quality you get.

Pros: Cheap overnight stay. Value for money. Enough parking

Cons: Outdated hotel, unattractive rooms and restaurant

Pros: Basic accommodations good value for money excellent Chinese buffet 10 mins away. Good breakfast.

Pros: Clean, quiet, comfy. Secure parking. Works really well for an overnight stopover. Good value.

Pros: + Very good value for money ; + very clean room; + nice and friendly staff.

Pros: Nice food. Comfy bed but pillows inadequate

Cons: Pillows should be bigger. Window blind broken and virtually inoperable. Building tired and in need of a refurbish. Bath entry difficult without grab handles on wall. Swing shower screen inappropriate on limited space.

Pros: The hotel is absolutely fine for an overnight business stop. Good breakfast.

Pros: Location for what we wanted it for

Cons: Breakfast not included in price

Pros: Good comfortable room Owner and staff very helpful and friendly

Cons: Room was very hot - no air con so we had to leave the windows open ..... the locals decided to sit on the tables and chairs outside the hotel even though the bar shut at 8pm and were screaming and shouting and drinking from 11pm to 3am. Dreadful nights sleep due to the noise and the uncomfortable room

Pros: The location was really good, very close to the old quarters!

Cons: Old building smelling of mould.

Cons: No air conditioning

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: They're is a nightclub on the corner a few doors up. The roons don't have aircon. So we had to have the windows open. Very very noisy.

Pros: Beds very comfy. The room freshly renovated and in style.

Pros: The staff and the clealness

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Location, a few minutes walk to town.

Cons: Our room (no1) was small, didn't resemble any photos on website and felt like budget student accommodation. The room was stuffy and airless during hot weather. No choice of breakfast, we noticed other guests looking for the buffet.

Pros: The location was close to the old town centre.

Cons: The room was very basic. The door was difficult to open and close. The button that operated the water for the shower had to be continually pushed to maintain water flow. It was very noisy.

Pros: Great location with very clean and quiet rooms. Excellent breakfast and coffee. Superb value for money. WE thoroughly recommend it.

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: The staff in reception very friendly

Cons: The smell in the room is really bad The clean in general

Pros: Nice hotel nice room

Cons: The area was a bit industrial

Pros: Simple and easy

Cons: The swimming pool is not in function for the second year in row

Pros: The owner was a very nice person bringing a good atmosphere in the lobby. Wish everyone was like him :-) The room was just perfect for a good sleep on my long way home: comfortable bed, clean and not noisy. The location was not far from the highway. The arrival and departure went very efficiently.

Cons: nothing

Pros: Staff were friendly and helpful

Cons: No coffee or tea making facilities. Blankets on beds were threadbare. Had holes in them

Pros: Host was very friendly

Cons: Very outdated hotel. Swimming pool very poor.

Cons: Very dated. No food available outside of breakfast. All of our rooms had a bad smell. Stale odour. Rooms very old. Furniture broken in parts. Pool filthy

Pros: Location for stop over on route to Italy, swimming pool added bonus after long day . Friendly staff and nice breakfast. Hotel showing it’s age and is very dated .

Cons: No air conditioning

Pros: Swimming pool. Great.

Pros: Good breakfast

Cons: Paper thin walls meant any noise in the corridor or other rooms carried into your room. There were a number of kids staying and it often sounded like they were right outside our room. The double beds are very small and the bathrooms cramped. The hotel is located in an industrial estate a long way out of town.

Pros: Good basic motel in great location for autoroute south. All normal facilities, if a little basic and tired. Location on industrial estate a little soulless, but as a comfortable stop for the night, just the ticket. Very helpful and friendly staff. Handy to have car parked just outside room in the classic motel sense.

Cons: Shower a bit basic but hot and towels a little tired. Slightly irritating rules about not eating in rooms when there were no other obvious nearby options for eating.

Pros: Perfect for overnight stay on way to ski slopes. Room was clean and bed was comfortable.

Cons: Property is “not new”. It’s quite basic. But is perfect for an over ivy.

Pros: The hostess is really friendly and helpful

Cons: Just a bit tired, nothing faulty.

Pros: Very nice and very kind employee

Pros: Cheap clean family room stopover off the autoroute.

Pros: Absolutely ideal place to stopover during your trip to the South of Europe. A bit dated, but clean, and everything you may need for such an occasion is there. The lady in the Reception is extremely helpful and nice. American style lodging, with a car park in the front. Suprisingly comfy bed.

Cons: N/a

Pros: Good place for car travelers: actually this is motel - every room has parking slot just near entrance door. Welcoming hostess, comfortable rooms, supermarket nearby

Pros: Perfect location for a shot journey stop. Car parking just in front of your room windows, feels safe. Recomended!

Pros: Parking is outside your door

Cons: Restaurant was closed in the evening and you have to drive a couple of miles to town