Chalet-Hôtel Le Beausoleil, The Originals Relais (Hotel-Chalet De Tradition)

“Top quality establishment with some room for improvement”

We came to the region for bike riding. The accommodation in St Jean de Maurienne is quite ordinary and this is because there are ski resorts nearby that offer better alternatives. While La Touissure is a disappointing place to visit, Hotel Restaurant Beausoleil is a top quality, modern three star p… more

We came to the region for bike riding. The accommodation in St Jean de Maurienne is quite ordinary and this is because there are ski resorts nearby that offer better alternatives. While La Touissure is a disappointing place to visit, Hotel Restaurant Beausoleil is a top quality, modern three star place to stay. There were however a few issues that bothered us but may not worry other guests. But first the positives. The rooms are clean, modern with good mattress and pillow. However, there are no tea or coffee making facilities in the rooms. There is also no bar fridge to keep provisions cool - if you are traveling on an itinerary, this may be important for some. At the price we paid, we felt these two facilities were sorely missed. The business is basically run by one person, Stephan, and supported by his mother who serves food and does the house keeping. Stephan is an excellent pastry cook as evidenced by the tarts he made fresh himself. In terms of food, we paid for dinners to be included as well as breakfast. On the whole, dinners were quite acceptable except for one night when we had very tough sinewy steak. The breakfasts were adequate - a few cold cuts, cheese, pastries, bread, jams, yoghurt, boiled eggs. We were not offered scrambled eggs though this may have been available had we asked. Just don't know. My wife and I felt the food on offer was pebelow the usual standard as the place was operating at about 10% capacity. It must be difficult to cater profitably for small numbers. There were a couple of slightly creepy or tacky episodes. Firstly, we asked whether we could bring two friends along for dinner on one night. This was charged at EUR21 per head - our friends ordered a tea and coffee and th is was charged at EUR6, a bit rich we thought. As a hotel restaurant, the wine ordered with dinner was fairly expensive compared to where we head been previously. One of the things we like is to have a pre dinner drink or two on our balcony. As we had no glasses in our room, we asked for two wine glasses and borrowed a wine bottle opener. This was happily provided. In order for housekeeping lady not to take them away, we put them in our wardrobe on shelf. It was a little worrying that housekeeping lady opened or wardrobe and took them away. Not from security point of view - just something we did not feel right about. On our morning if check out, we went up to our room after breakfast and found that or bed had been stripped at 0800. I am not sure this is normal. Anyway, this place is a high quality establishment that will probably be 100% fine in winter and also summer if there are more than four guests.

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