Ibis Ciboure Saint-Jean-De-Luz

A huge thank you to all the team at the Ibis in Ciboure. Every time we stay you make us feel truly welcome. Special thanks go out to Christophe and Idoia who always go above and beyond to make our stay. Thank you. Great views, great value. Fantastic location with private secure parking!

Only stayed one night as part of a tour group. Served its purpose well, smallish but clean and comfy room with lovely bathroom pod. Breakfast was good though it struggled a bit to cope with 2 large groups. Easily walkable to the town and seafront where there are lots of good restaurants. But remember your way back - a bit tricky down dark paths.

A good couple of nights at an Ibis can often do the trick, and so it proved here. There's nothing much in Ciboure, but the Ibis is in a stylishly reclaimed residential area next to a lovely river with small boats moored along its length. The 10 minute walk to St Jean involved a quick walk under a railway underpass, up some stairs on the other side, across the river and dropping into town. It was a well trodden route for all the Ibis guests! I would guess the St Jean train station is no more 5 minutes walk from the hotel. The hotel itself looks reasonably recently renovated and we benefited from other reviewers' advice to get a larger room for a few pennies more. Well worth the cost for a room 50% bigger plus a sofa. Car parking was in a separate building adjoining the hotel with plentiful spaces and fully secure, if a bit underlit at times. All in all, a good solid choice for a few days in the area.

We had stayed in St Jean de Luz 6 months ago in September paying almost three times the cost of this Ibis as that was for a few nights and were treating ourselves. This Ibis would have been a better choice. It was far cleaner, the service more friendly, the breakfast just as good for far less cost and the parking less scary and at no additional cost (although we did hear the car behind scrape their car against the wall on the exit slope so take care). It’s a good Ibis. Ideal for a couple of nights. We didn’t hear any noise in our room from the trains (although windows were closed) and the walk into St Jean was about ten minutes. For parking go into reception for a swipe key and get instructions. I’d use again for a short stay.

The hotel staff told me that there were no trolleys for luggage at the hotel. A hotel with more than 70 rooms and a car park in a separate building needs to improve on this matter. The hotel is also next to the railway track. When I ordered a glass of wine it came in a sherry glass because “there were no wine glasses available”!! The (very heavy) door to the bedroom does not remain open to enable easy access with luggage. Apparently none of the doors have the usual ‘open door’ facility which I have found exists in other Ibis hotels.

Ibis hotels are well known for being well priced, clean have great staff, and they accept small pets, this one was no exception. We stayed for two enjoyable nights in a room overlooking the harbour. The staff were pleasant & very helpful, the room was spacious and clean. We were a 5 minute walk to the heart of Saint-Jean-de-Luz which made the stay very pleasant indeed...

After a long days travel booked in and parked up . All was very efficient and pleasant and decided to have an early night. We were in room 48. At 2015 hrs we were disturbed by a man entering our room. I confronted him and he left By the time I had put some clothes on he had disappeared. I went to reception and described what had happened and asked them to call the police. On describing the man as a tall thin black man they said he was their cleaner. They apologised and said they would sort it. I heard no more but decided to keep all our belongings in the car. Shame this soured an otherwise pleasant stay. Typical ibis budget having a small room but functional and fine for two nights. Good location and a plus having a car park'