Hotel de La Paix

The owner who I am told is suffering from an illness is not too friendly, he in my opinion does not want to speak English & I know we are in France so should speak French but he has stuck signs up in English saying that he & the cleaners do not speak English, even if you try to speak a little French most will try to help you but this is not the case with this hotel. The breakfast is a self serve strange option, the coffee machine has no English instructions. They no longer do evening meals, our room on the second floor had no electric in the bedroom. When we made him aware of this he was not too helpful but we did get there in the end, but it was not an experience I would want to go through again. I need to go back to Albert but will stay at the Ibis out of town & get a taxi in as others did that we met

I needed a place to stay while visiting WWI sites and this hotel did what was needed. My room was comfortable and the double-glazed windows kept out the noise. The two men who seem to run it were friendly. I speak French so can't judge their English skills, which some other reviewers have raised. My main complaint was that I felt it was a bit over-priced for what it is, a small simple family-run French small town hotel. On the other hand, the buffet breakfast was good value. I'd also point out, that unlike many hotels of this type in France, my room had a coffee machine, a microwave and a small fridge, so you could eat a simple meal, which is not bad since this is not a particularly good food part of France. Beware that you don't have many choices in Albert. It's the center of the Battle of the Somme area and has an excellent museum, but it has very few hotel or restaurant choices. From what I gather, there's another hotel near the church that was closed the night I was there, and one modern one on the edge of town. I guess most of the many tourists I saw at the sites stay in Amiens or did day trips from Paris.

Hotel had no English speaking staff, which made coms difficult. Bathroom damaged and towels very tired, one socket in the room that had to power everything inc the fan that had one speed. Macerating toilet was very noisy. Breakfast was okay if basic but the coffee machine only dispensed hot chocolate. Croissant was fresh and there were usual preserves but no apple juice. Manager owner was polite and made us feel welcome. Did not see the city tax and was chased for €1.60