Ibis Budget Arles Palais des Congres

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I used this Ibis hotel as my base for several days of sightseeing in Arles and the surrounding area. The hotel itself is nice enough, especially for the price. The included breakfast is well-stocked an uncrowded, and the room is clean. The air conditioning struggled a bit during the mini heat wave that settled on Arles, but it was OK. On to the not-so-nice aspects: 1) The hotel is a good 15-20 minute walk from the old town, and there are no restaurants close to the hotel. I had dinner in the hotel's dining room twice--and had nice meals--because it would have been too much trouble to get back downtown. The hotel looks closer on a map to the areas you want to be at than it really is. One of the photos I've included with this review shows the view of the city, which is waaaaaay off in the distance. I saw an exhibit at the Luma center, which required a 30-minute walk to get there. 2) Immediately adjacent to the hotel is some sort of low-income housing area, replete with tons of vehicles, trash in the streets, chickens in cages, etc. I did not feel comfortable walking by it at night. I've included a photo of the view of this area as seen from the hotel's entry road. 3) Regarding entry roads, be aware that my iPhone's mapping software kept trying to route me close to the housing area and on to a locked gate. Better to take the slightly longer route out to the Main Street. 4) I tried to get an Uber on a Sunday morning, but there were none to be found.

This hotel is 2km from Arles old city center. Its environment is poor as it's surrounded by roads and concrete - unbearable in summer. The walk to the city centre is via an ugly highway. There is a bus, but it is not reliable. The hotel is budget, and of course you understand there is no fridge nor coffee making facilities. There is a cafe/bar and restaurant downstairs. There is also a food/drinks machine. But this is not stocked except with sweet drinks, so in summertime, you cannot even buy a bottle of cold water except you have to pay at the bar.

Hotel room was pretty deficient, lack of basics in the room: hooks, gardrobe, plugs, etc. Very basic breakfast but very bad coffee. Swimming pool was quite good! Location very bad if.your plan is doing sightseeing by walk in the city center, you must cross an area which does not looks good at all

Very clean good

Really enjoyed our stay at the hotel, staff are lovely, breakfast great, dinner excellent, but a slight problem are thecroomsxare very very tired, the doors are battered and scratched, you have not even got into the rooms, suspicious looking stains on the carpets, and once inside the rooms are very dull, scruffy looking, but saying that the bed is comfy, shower hot, towels are AWFUL, but the cleaning done is excellent....why Ibis do not beleive that guests need to sit in a comfy chair in a four night stay is ridiculous, my neck from sitting on the bed is still stiff. And please 2 pillows that are at least decent, not just an inferior and cheap representation of a pillow..I would suggest you get a group of people to see just how liveable your hotel us..we were there for 4 nights working hard all day, exhausted we wanted to relax, this was not possible apart from our meal little to feel comfortable and relax for the evenings..the heating is way to inadequate too, boiling hot or freezing cold...this is not rocket science ..its the ART of comfort at an economic price, it can be done ..shouldnt be too hard..but although I criticise the room we had a good mattress and slept ok..your staff are a credit to your hotel..please please you have a great team, a good position take a look at this.

We staid in this hotel for one night, payed 57 euros. Clear room, good shower, wide parking. We got a triple room....big for two people! Not very close from the centro of Arles. There isn't hair driver. There is a swimming pool, but I don't know if it is reserved to Ibis Style cudtomers.

nice Hotel