Chambre d'hotes & Gîte Vichy : Château de Charmeil — Hotel in Vichy

I normally don’t write reviews, but I had to share my recent experience at this hidden gem! I spent two nights here with my parents and it wasn’t long enough. The grounds are breathtaking. We loved taking a stroll around the property and taking in the beautifully maintained landscape. The pool is covered and warm in a spacious indoor area with a foosball table and plenty of seating space. The owners were gracious enough to keep the pool open for us after pool hours since we arrived late our first evening.

We ended up dining at the chateau last minute and were pleasantly surprised at the quality AND quantity of our meal. The three of us shared the foie gras platter and the charcuterie board and we could barely finish it all! The local cheeses and charcuterie were delicious and the presentation was lovely as well.

Breakfast included fresh viennoiseries , two types of juices, cereal, fruit and yogurt. Not to mention various cheeses and ham. I’m so glad we found this place and we are already talking about coming back here with the rest...

During the 2025 Ironman 70.3 of Vichy, we stayed at Charmeil with a group of 7 (5 adults and 2 kids). From the location, to the pure character of the building and the beautiful surrounding park and huge pool, it has been absolutely wonderful. The best part however has to be the hosts. They have been simply amazing. From suggesting great places to eat out to assuring we had all we needed for carb loading prior to race day (fresh pasta straight from the market + homemade bolognese sauce, yum!!) AND making delicious overnight oat for our 5am breakfast on race day. All of that has been organized in a super easy-going atmosphere and they continuously made sure that we had everything we needed. Safe to say we have been blown away by the kindness of the owners, who have a particularly cool story about how they've gotten there. I fully recommend this place and sincerely hope to be staying there again in the future. Thank...

Our stay here was absolutely phenomenal! The property is beautiful and very calming. You can go on nice walks in the morning after breakfast. Their morning breakfast was one of the best we’ve had at a Bed & Breakfast - a very nice spread with good options. We stayed there for a few night attending a wedding party and it was so convenient and nice to be able to closely walk back to our room afterwards.

The pool room is beautiful. Perfect for events - it’s a huge open area where we all ate dinner at. When there aren’t events, guests are free to use the pool which is great.

The rooms were lovely. Nice, big, and very clean. Location is perfect, you’re a 10 minute drive from town. The hosts are very kind — showing us a tour when we arrived and checking in. This place had everything we needed and we will definitely come back to stay next time...