Best Western Hôtel de France — Hotel in Chinon

The managers of this charming period hotel bent over backwards to welcome us and optimize our stay. We arrived early and they quickly stored our bags and helped up store our bikes safely. When we returned from lunch, our bags were in our room.||Our room was very comfortably set up with coffee maker and all the tea, sugar, even cream! Comfy bed and bedding too. ||The hotel is right downtown, and our room looked onto a square with outdoor terrace restaurants, but it was perfectly quiet at night. The hotel’s terrace bar offers views of the fortress, and snacks and drinks are available late in the day.||The breakfast buffet was very diverse and full, and an express breakfast is also offered, which I appreciated as a...

A great hotel in a great location in Chinon. I was unexpectedly on crutches when we arrived but the staff found me a room on the 1st floor which i managed to navigate to. The staff helped us with luggage on arrival and departure which was much appreciated. We had expected a garage space which didn't pan out but it turned out to be no problem as we found a spot in the parking under the tunnel. The patio area in the hotel was very pleasant to sit and relax in. Breakfast was really nice with lots of choices. Sophie and the rest of the staff were just great. Rooms were on the small side but the hotel was...

The hotel was a good size and well situated in the town. We were, however, on the third floor with no lift and I (and many others that I saw) struggled to get our cases up the spiral staircase. The room was fine, but nothing special. There was what looked like a nice patio area outside on the first floor which we didn’t get the opportunity to use. Breakfast had a varied choice, but the room had been decorated with a very modern feel which didn’t really seem to fit with the rest of the hotel. All in all an OK hotel, but nothing to get too...