Château de la Commanderie

Lovely Hotel Few Little Niggles 2nd time staying here. We returned because it was so wonderful. 2 night stay.Beautiful room, excellent pool, location and breakfast. Sadly not as quiet and peaceful as our 1st visit. Were travelling with 2 elderly dogs and our room was 28 degrees overly hot and the air conditioning was perminently turned off by the hotel. Reception said it was because weather hadnt been hot enough. They didnt know when it would be turned on again. We were later told it had been turned back on for us but it didnt work in our room for the whole stay. Reception could not supply any milk for coffee on 1st day and no coffee was provided on the second day. Wall lights above bed were wonky and the TV on the wall was at a 45 degree angle due to loose bracket...very minor issues I know but this stood out in comparison with our previous experience and attention to detail. Not the hotels fault but a inconsiderate guest left two very noisy barking dogs in ground floor room on first night and we had constant loud barking until late into the night so I feel for the Hotel and can understand why Hotels would refuse dogs staying. On the Sunday Hotel staff gathered for a drink and chat from 6.30pm to 9.30pm outside reception and to be honest given we had the balcony doors open to try and cool our room at times they were quite loud and was a constant background noise in the room, again it was not as peaceful as we expected. If it had been guests rather than staff it probably wouldnt have noticed so much.

Quirky and fabulous Our room was huge, high ceilings separate loo and big bathroom. Very comfortable bed. Dinner was utterly delicious and we were well advised on the wine list, being steered to affordable and appropriate for the food