Royal Antibes

All was good except for the bed which was quite hard. Fortunately there was an excellent masseuse at the hotel spa which helped quite a bit.

I have always stayed at this hotel whilst I’m on business in the S of France. I can say that my last stay with definitely be my last. I agreed a price with the Manager of the hotel to stay a further two nights. I went to my room to get my card to make payment. I admittedly took 15 minutes as opposed to the 5 minutes I stated and so the manager came into my room without knocking whilst my wife was getting dressed to inform the price had now increased by €200! AVOID, AVOID, AVOID.

The location was great as it was within walking distance to beaches and restaurants. However, the photos on the hotel’s website are quite misleading. One of the main selling points appeared to be a beach bar restaurant, which looked like part of the hotel. In reality, it’s not even on the same property and is open to the public — definitely not the exclusive experience the photos suggest. We booked a “city view” room, which was clean but very basic. The view was of another apartment block on a back street, and there was no balcony. For what we paid, it was probably the most overpriced room I’ve ever stayed in. Breakfast was included, but we chose to eat out for half of our stay. While the food was okay, the setup felt more like a self-service airport lounge than a 4-star luxury hotel. The hotel may technically have four stars by ticking certain boxes, but it’s far from luxurious.

This is certainly not a 4 star hotel. More like 3 star. The floor we were on freaked of body odour as did the room. The staff were relatively nice and made an effort to deodorize the room however the smell came back. Everything is dated, the walls are dirty, the beds are tiny. I saw stains on my sheets. Everything was little to be desired. I’m glad I left after one night. Grim.

We arrived at Hotel in the evening, long drive down from the U.K. we arrived told to park the car under the podium in the private car park, went to reception, told about the wonder private beach front availability. Had to book in advance duly booked it for a day. At no point did we get told we would have charges for both. On check out we had to pay €250 sur-charge. So be careful these are not free- email hotel/complained to management to get told - jog on. Otherwise a lovely place.