Hôtel Du Bollenberg - Restaurant "Côté Plaine" - Spa De La Colline

“The hotel at the end of the universe. Well almost.”

This is a lovely hotel that appears to be in the back of beyond. It is reached by a little lane that meanders for almost two miles through vineyards and fields. The hotel is friendly, all the staff do there best to please. Our room was spotless with a comfortable bed, the shower was adequate though… more

This is a lovely hotel that appears to be in the back of beyond. It is reached by a little lane that meanders for almost two miles through vineyards and fields. The hotel is friendly, all the staff do there best to please. Our room was spotless with a comfortable bed, the shower was adequate though the toilet was rather close to the wall requiring one to adopt an unusual position when on "the throne" to avoid banging ones knees against said wall. There are spectacular views from the terrace and I believe also from a number of rooms, (though not ours) The buffet breakfast is ok but rather expensive. The hotel does have its own restaurant but on the night we used it there was what appeared to be a large firms outing so we did not see a full menu, however what we had was fine. Across the road is an Auberge offering incredible food that would not be out of place in Paris or London, sadly with prices to match. (This however is for another separate review). A point to bear in mind, even though the hotel appears to be in the middle of nowhere, the area with its auberge, wine cave, camper van park, many miles of beautiful walking trails, is well known to local people who on a nice weekend will arrive in their droves, even though there is likely to be room in the hotel you may find that some or all of its parking spaces are occupied by the day trippers cars. Fortunately we have a 4x4 and parked in the adjacent vineyard until the sun went down and most folks went home, leaving us a hotel parking place. To sum up, a pleasant hotel with great walks all around it, a super restaurant and a wine cave across the road, a great place to chill out (Except maybe on a sunny weekend) but with little else in the area to do. We hope to return next year.

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“Excellent location compensates everything”

For 1 night when travelling on the A35 this is a perfect stopover. Reason to stay longer is in the excellent restaurant across the street. No WiFi in the rooms and poor WiFi in public areas is below standards nowadays. Beds are good, rooms are clean and quiet.