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The smell of cigarettes hit you in the face where ever you go.

I am pleased to say the reception manager was dressed in a more modern style of white shirt and brown trousers, which seemed to be the standard uniform of all staff. He was very polite and gave us a warm welcome and made a big fuss of my children throughout our stay.
On our arrival I was hoping that after such a long and tiring coach trip to Paris we may have been greeted with a tray of some sort of refreshment but instead we were given our keys to the rooms and directed to the lift. By the time we got there, all of us were spitting feathers we were so dry.

The reception is open 24 hours/ 7 days a week but don't guarantee getting a beverage late at night. It depends on which member of staff is working the late shift. After returning from Disney land very late on New Years day (we were dropped off by the coach at 2.30 am), we were desperate for some snack food and a drink. We were told the bar was closed and shuffled up to our rooms empty handed.

* LIFT OR STAIR CASE *

There were 8 floors in this hotel and our rooms were situated on the second floor. Bearing in mind that 48 passengers were all in the lobby area, we had a long wait for this one elevator to make its way back down.

The lift, like the hotel was quite antiquated and only 4 people could squeeze in comfortably. I am rather nervous of lifts at the best of times and I did not feel secure or safe in this tin box so opted for the stairs, leaving my husband with the cases.

Luckily the stair case was adjacent to the elevator but the fire doors were hard to open. The stairs on the lower ground were just stone and the lighting was extremely poor, making it dangerous and very unsafe. However, once you reach the first floor carpeted stair case, the lighting improves considerably.

* THE ROOMS*

All 84 rooms accommodate two people comfortably, or three at a push. The third bed is a pull out mattress underneath the main double bed. Doors are opened by the traditional method of lock and key, no swipe cards and electric tagging here.

My husband and my two boys were in the room next door and my daughter and I shared the double bed. Smoking is allowed but you can ask for a non smoking bedroom as I did at the time of booking. The corridor wreaked of smoke as did most of the hotel.

Both rooms were decorated the same, neutral colours, no lime green anywhere except in the carpet. Just like the rest of the hotel, the rooms were very dated and in need of some drastic modernisation.

They

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