Best Western Plus Villa Saint Antoine Hôtel & Spa

“Well located hotel, fantastic views”

Well located hotel in Clisson. Dog friendly and has parking. Room was good and had been updated, we had one with a terrace overlooking the river and castle. Worth getting one of these. Spacious and good bathroom. Staff friendly. Hotel location is excellent. We had dinner we here, it was nice. … more

Well located hotel in Clisson. Dog friendly and has parking. Room was good and had been updated, we had one with a terrace overlooking the river and castle. Worth getting one of these. Spacious and good bathroom. Staff friendly. Hotel location is excellent. We had dinner we here, it was nice. Breakfast was ok, could offer more choice would revisit

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“Comfortable hotel in a pretty town”

Stay two of our motorbike tour. The hotel is situated by the river down some steep cobbled roads. Luckily the French don’t mind you parking on the pavement! The hotel is easy to find and check in was very friendly and helpful. Our room was on the small side and the air con wasn’t very effective.… more

Stay two of our motorbike tour. The hotel is situated by the river down some steep cobbled roads. Luckily the French don’t mind you parking on the pavement! The hotel is easy to find and check in was very friendly and helpful. Our room was on the small side and the air con wasn’t very effective. The toilet was separate from the shower room which did not appear to have any form of extractor fan and the window did not open so it got very hot in there. My biggest bug bear is that there was no electric socket by my side of the bed - meaning that if I needed to see the time I had to actually get out of bed to go to my phone. I do think though that the bed was the comfiest of our trip! We had the express breakfast which was good except you were only allowed one cup of coffee. All the staff were very pleasant and helpful and it was overall a comfortable stay

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“Great location”

Wonderful position in town. Great bedrooms . bathrooms vary. Stayed two nights different months Would eat elsewhere in evening.

“Remarkable: both good and bad”

Our ‘wine-dash’ continued, a trip with one main aim: to return home with our full allowance of French wine. In all occasions we have visited Clisson, since 2019, we have found that this hotel suits us in many ways. So, we have stayed here on all four occasions. The hotel’s location is superb for… more

Our ‘wine-dash’ continued, a trip with one main aim: to return home with our full allowance of French wine. In all occasions we have visited Clisson, since 2019, we have found that this hotel suits us in many ways. So, we have stayed here on all four occasions. The hotel’s location is superb for where we like to be, in the (older) lower town, at the eastern-end of the beautiful Pont de Vallée bridge; being southwards along the banks of La Sèvre Nantaise river at its confluence with La Moine river. We always felt that views from rooms here were going to be stunning, especially with the Château de Clisson high-up on the precipice on the opposite side of the river. Talking of the river we have never before seen the weir with no cascade of water: however this was of course not the fault of the hotel owners. Some of the rooms (effectively those with a ‘view tariff’) have superb views; photos here on TA show that. To get an idea, of what a view would be from these more expensive rooms, just sit on the terrace at the back of the hotel, and think how the view could be better. The only improvement likely to be realised would be if you were higher-up on your own balcony; but at circa 360€ per night, this is not something we feel we can justify. The room is a just room for us, and we spend as little time as possible in our room. During our stays here we have done the ‘complete stay experience’ being room, patio/bar drinks, dinner, and breakfast, as opposed to just a stay in a room. Yes, dinner is very good here, but there are two restaurants close-by that are incredibly good, so we get organised and book such restaurants well in advance. Breakfast here in the hotel is also really good, but we don’t eat large breakfasts, so the ‘all-you-can-eat’ buffet-style service model is, for us, too expensive at 18€ each. That is just not good value for tea and toast; which is all we need. There are plenty of café’s, Tabac bars and bakeries around, especially in the upper town, where we can enjoy an adequate breakfast for two for under 18€. We do enjoy having a civilised glass or two of wine, and we enjoy sitting on the aforementioned patio or in one of the lounge areas. Indeed we found that the bar offers a very good Côtes de Provence Rosé; which we enjoyed on three occasions during our two-night stay on this trip. To our room (Room 28), which was on floor 2+. The bedroom was good, the view could have been better as there was no balcony. We don’t sit in hotel rooms: we just try to sleep in them, ablute, and change clothing. Most features of the bedroom were unremarkable; in the sense that the bedroom did not give rise for us to make remarks (either good or bad). The ensuite bathroom though was remarkable; in the sense that it was remarkably bad. One of the two mirror strip-lights flashed continuously when switched-on, and the mosaic tiling in the shower-tray floor had missing pieces. The main issue however, was that hand-held shower riser fitting would not stay in place and just shot to the bottom of the riser rail. Fortunately the rainfall shower was OK, but you do not always want to wet your hair when showering. Using the hand-held shower meant holding it in your hand, and ideally you need two hands to get liquid soap out of your dispenser and both hands to efficiently wash. Anyway the design intended that the hand-held shower fitting could be positioned anywhere on the riser rail, but the mechanism enabling that was f**ked. Also when you are paying 300€ for a two night stay in any room you have the right to expect to have everything working properly! All the staff we encountered were helpful and remarkably pleasant.

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