B&B Hotel Pau Zénith

“Most enjoyable and relaxing”

Our stay here was wonderful. Staff were friendly with quality all the way especially breakfasts. The room and bed were comfortable, cleaned daily, the shower powerful and air con essential as temperatures were in the 30’s centigrade. Self serve breakfast had hot food (bacon & eggs) three types of… more

Our stay here was wonderful. Staff were friendly with quality all the way especially breakfasts. The room and bed were comfortable, cleaned daily, the shower powerful and air con essential as temperatures were in the 30’s centigrade. Self serve breakfast had hot food (bacon & eggs) three types of cereal, croissants, chocolate croissants, four other types of breads, ham, local Pyrenean cheese, little pots of fruit puree, great coffee choices (at least 6 options) fruit juices - thankfully high quality tea - all high quality and I’m sure I’ve left stuff out. We drove four hours from Bibao Spain on motorway to this out of city B&B. I think for two including breakfast it was £75 a night, free parking and faultless WiFi, watch as wifi signal may drop overnight. Pets are charged about £3 a night. We advance booked 5 nights; ground floor room. Guests must pay local tax on arrival about 1 euro pppn but I’m not sure if pooches pay this tax. We would return here in a heartbeat. We arrived at noon it was deserted; we pushed a button for help and told return at 2pm. We got back 4pm punched our booking number into a machine got a 6 digit front door and room access code. There’s a huge hypermarket Leclerc five minutes drive away with a range of shopping and the cheapest fuel. We got to an Auchan hypermarket 15 minutes drive away on the road to Lourdes. It was much more relaxed shopping. While my wife found lots of hairdressers there’s not a nail bar to be found. We found the B&B hotel a tad difficult to locate on arrival despite the fact it is literally five minutes off the motorway. If you see Kyriad you’re close by (it’s more visible). Do remember French motorways are pay: our 180 miles came in over £25 with diesel prices between £1.33 (around Pau) and £1.62 on motorways. Even crossing the border they only want your money - free movement my derrière. Thousands of lorries and cars queued to pay and cross and one customs officer stupidly standing in the middle of the motorway while they all accelerated by her. We sailed Ireland to England on Irish ferries, staffed over 95% by Central Europe agency workers. Despite the cheap labour their coffee was overpriced and tasted awful and the food was, to be kind, mediocre. Mr Rothwell wouldn’t eat this rubbish. We sailed England to Spain after three weeks touring departing on a French ferry staffed over 95% by, well, French people. Their coffee was great, food delicious and we could buy meal deals in advance so unlike Irish ferries we weren’t scammed. Even without the meal deals the prices were fair and the food/drink quality was great.

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