Le Chateau De Candie

Beautiful building in a lovely setting. The bed was comfortable and the bathroom had an excellent walk-in shower suitable for my disabled wife. However, there was mould in the grouting and shower hose and the towel rail was rusty with chrome flaking off.

Receptionist on arrival spoke no English and only one on departure taking half hour to check out because of the queue. The room was dismal and uninviting with faded old curtains, tatty chairs with holes in them, grimy floor, wardrobe that looked like an old broom cupboard with an old tatty curtain across and with a fridge that flooded the floor as it obviously had not been defrosted in years but had most likely been switched off by the previous occupants as a hint. Drinks order on the terrace near the swimming pool was ignored because they didn't have the wine ordered (riesling) and I had to go and get them from the restaurant myself. The restaurant was so far away we had to drive there. The food was supposed to be gourmet but was, in fact, just poor bistro with cheap cuts of meat - all in all pretty tasteless.