Best Western Plus L'Artist Hotel

Nice hotel, relatively clean compared to many other French hotels. The rooms are getting a bit older, owners should look at that, especially because this is a BW plus, but so far so good. Parking fine, breakfast very good for a French hotel. We stayed here with pleasure and will be back. Staff is very good English speaking. less

Easy check in and polite staff. The room was comfortable and clean. We had rooms connecting rooms. Good location with restaurants and retail close by. Easy walk to train station and into the central business area. less

Less than 5 minutes walk to the train station and 15 minutes to the tourist sites. We had a king suite for €100 for one night which had plenty of space for our party of three. Good secure parking under the hotel for €10 was a bonus as we had a car full of Christmas presents that we didn’t want to have to unload for the night. Didn’t have breakfast as there was a small supermarket just around the corner where we could get pastries and juices. less

We wanted to be close to the city centre for the obvious reason that Tours is one of overlooked gems in France. A marvellous medieaval centre, an impressive cathedral, a lovely atmosphere in a university city filled with young people everywhere. I knew the city quite well, having been there several times, but I wanted to show it to my wife. In selecting this hotel we thought we ended up in the middle of the city. That is not quite the case. You are within walking distance of everything, but there are hotels closer to the centre. This hotel sits in a small side street and not a very interesting one at that. The advantage is that you are in residential area with little traffic. Another advantage is that there is private parking under the hotel - note: Very steep driveway. We definitely liked the hotel, but found out that you need to go for a junior suite. The standard room is a bit to the small side. The rooms are in fine condition. The same goes for the bathrooms. The beds are good. Breakfast is good with a wide selection of everything. We did not have anything but breakfast at the hotel so we would not even be able to tell you if they serve dinner. Tours has so many fine restaurants that it would be a pity not to select some of those. This will be one of the occasions where you definitely will feel old. The majority of the other dinner guests will be around 25 years of age. As I said: This is a university city. less

Overall, I would rate this hotel as 3.5 stars. It was an easy walk from the train station, to nearby restaurants, and a small market or grocery store. The downside was our room was very hot on the second floor and the AC did not work very well, which caused us to open the windows (normally a good thing) but listened to cars pass and wake us up at night. That said, the room was very clean and the breakfasts were great. Overall, the staff were friendly. less