Hôtel de France - Logis

Fabulous place not only the history but the bar and restaurant are great, rooms lovely and there is even a pool. Staff and manager excellent what an atmosphere in the square too! Was a privilege to stay here as a 24h fan. Brilliant thoroughly recommend.

We needed somewhere to break a trip from Carcassonne to the Chunnel, and looked for somewhere not too grand around Le Mans. This looked fun from its website and it more than lived up to expectations. We had a comfortable suite in the annex, and ate both dinner and breakfast in the hotel, both of which were excellent as was the local red wine. Both we and our dog were made welcome by charming young staff and there were fields for him to stretch his legs in down by the river. Charming little town, which hasn’t been hollowed out by chain retailers. The hotel is full of motor racing memorabilia if that’s your thing; it’s used as a base by some of the Le Mans race teams, apparently. Very good value. We paid less than 500 euros all in, including dinner, breakfast and a lot of the red wine, but that may go up a bit in high season.

2nd trip here and again a wonderful stay. The hotel is an amazing time warp with lots of memorabilia from the 1950 and 1960s and comfortable clean bedrooms reflecting this. Had dinner in the restaurant which although was quite formal, was beautifully cooked food presented well. Will be back again!

Unfortunately our review is 3 star due to the standard of the room. As soon as we walked in the room (room no.4) there was a very unpleasant musky smell of damp. The bathroom was also very dated. The bed was comfortable and the room was a good size. However we ended up buying some scented candles to help with the smell. We asked to move but no other rooms that were suitable were available. The rest of the experience was great though, friendly staff, lovely restaurant, food and swimming pool. Would have been nice if the management gave us a gesture of goodwill and either offered a reduction on room rate or offered free breakfast. At the end of the day we have spent good money on a room that we don’t expect to smell the way it did

Stopped off gere on the way south. The hotel is a lovely old French auberge with decent rooms and a great location in a lovely small town. The hotel is a centre for motorsport heritage and has a fascinating history. The restaurant was good too. If in this area it is well worth a stay.

Alfie (Lurcher dog) and I had a wonderful stay here for three nights. The staff are truly wonderful, the food is superb and the location on a typical French square is second to none. The ambience is palpable and you can really feel the heady racing days especially given the fact I stayed in the Sterling Moss suite. I highly recommend a visit but you need to know one night is not enough ! I’ll definitely be back.