Hôtel Normandie Spa

Two night stay, fantastic value given the location, staff very helpful and friendly, even understood my school boy french. Rooms very nice, large and comfortable.

As other trip advisors have noted, the Hotel Le Normandie's website does NOT accurately reflect the decrepit condition of the hotel. After checking out the "standard" room, which was a hellhole that would not meet anyone's "standards," I paid to upgrade to a "superior" room. Yes it was a large room, but in poor condition (see photos). Broken furniture, stained carpets, and the hot water was almost non-existent when it came to bathing. In addition, the first and last meal I had at the Hotel Le Normandie was certainly the worst meal I had in several weeks of traveling throughout France, and one of the worst I've had in about 10 years of visiting various regions of France. (Monsieur Bibendum, are you listening??) I found the staff to be extremely jaded, offering poor service - except for a kindly young man who was handling the cheese cart duties. What really hurt was the 6 (!) euros I was charged for a cup of coffee (a total breakfast at the hotel ran for 7-9 euros!). I was told the 6 euro charge was because it was a "double," even though I did not ask for a "double." When I brought it up with the manager, I received no recompense or even an apology. I thought, why am I staying here and supporting this place with my patronage?? Thankfully the manager let me leave a day early, but I was still charged a full fee for that night despite getting out of there by 3:00 p.m. It speaks to the magnitude of my unhappiness that I was willing to eat a sizeable night's lodging fee to depart. I would rechristen the place Hotel Le "Abnormandie" -- not up to the Logis standards at all.

A stale kitchen smell hung around the reception and permeated the building. No lights were on and it was like entering a dark cave. I normally like quaint old hotels but this was just down at heel and dispiriting. The photographer must be very clever as the reality was dismal. The sauna was an extra 55 Euros so we didnt use it and didn't eat there as the stale smell was so unappetising. We would not have stayed except that we had booked and paid in advance.