Hotel De L'Abeille - Orléans

Thought there is no lift and I was on the 2nd floor the female reception staff immediately volunteered to carry my bag up themselves - and did so. I had a comfortable corner room with two double glazed doors on to the balcony. It was so quiet I could see the trams immediately outside but could not hear them. There is no air conditioning but the powerful fan supplied was completely sufficient in the middle of August. Very helpful and professional staff with excellent English. For those coming by car there are meters in the street which finish at 19.00 and restart at 09.00. Their system means that you can prepay the night before and it will clock the time from 09.00 the next morning. Absolutely brilliant.

The hotel has bags of character and has an old world charm with modern attitudes. A lovely place.

Very individuel and sympathical

No Ham etc. for breakfast

Location in a handsome street within easy walking distance of the oldest part of Orleans. Lovely old building. Amazing period decor and furniture. Friendly welcome in French and English from decorative young staff! 24 hour reception. Spotless large modern bathroom. Excellent strong hot shower with lots of space. Comfortable bed. Modern flat screen television which we did not get round to using. We had a quiet room looking into a smaller inner space which had been imaginatively painted to create a pleasant impression. We were given advice from reception about some restaurants closer to the river and had a classic French dinner at one of them (La Petite Marmite). Cassoulette de boudin blanc et escargots etc. a wonderful nuit d'ete in old France.

There was nothing that we did not like about the hotel. Some people might find the lack of parking a problem. We arrived early on Saturday evening and parked in the street outside, free from 1800 and all Sunday so we only had to pay for a few minutes until 1800. During the week there might be more of a problem but one could use one of the public parkings in Orleans. We knew about the parking issue so left our heavy luggage out of sight in the boot of the car and took an overnight bag to our room. The other reason for doing this is that there is no lift. The young guy at reception offered to help with our overnight bags but they were no problem.

Superb hotel. Excellent and friendly staff. Rooms with balcony's. Wonderful roof top terrace. Large bathrooms. Very well appointed rooms. Antique furniture. Located well in the suprisingly pretty city of Orleans.

The hotel was close to the city centre, which was very practical.

Unfortunately there was no airco in the room and the night we stayed, it was like 35 degrees outside !

It's my 5th stay at the hotel, and it is a very charming place. Just watch out that you travel with very light laguage as there are many, many stairs to your room.... Besides that, the location is excellent, restaurants are close by as well as shopping facilities.

The insulation is not great, but it is an old building...

Very friendly staff. Excellent Internet connection. Outstandingly decorated (over the top wall dessins etc.) Beautiful building. Well located.

No elevator, which wasn't a problem for us.

The hotel is in an old maison de maitre each room is different - nicely furnished with antiques as is the rest of the hotel which gives it a bit of a quirky feel. For example our room - you entered through the bathroom - which was large and spacious! You get a real feel of la veille france and being in the land of joan of arc. V quaint, clean and staff are nice too. It is also centrally located. Near the main pedestrian walk way, shops, train station, main square and catherdral.

Central location. Beautiful building. Beautifully decorated,lovely furnature. Lovely staff. Right on main street and close to train station (not too close though).

Ants in room,but nothing major. As its a central hotel there's no parking. Ok to park in street on a meter,which is free after 7pm. Could have a little walk with bag.

Clean Reasonable breakfast selection

Lack of lift and room up on 3rd floor - luckily not a big case otherwise would have been very difficult. Bathroom very small

Good location, great old style feel, real history

The stairs, bit of a trek!

Location, at city center

Room was very cold. No elevator and noone helping to carry luggage. No minibar.

Beautiful hotel with original features. Close to tram and bus and shopping. It has been in the same family for many years and is managed by the family. The welcome was excellent with the young lady taking a real interest in us and making sure we had all the information we needed.

We are pensioners with walking difficulties and were disappointed to learn after we had booked the there was no lift. Booked.net should ensure that the client has this information before booking. However in our case we called the hotel who agreed to put us on the first floor and to help with bags. It did not affect us but there appeared to be no air conditioning

Very clean, friendly, helpful and in a great location

no elevator