Ibis Saintes

The rooms are probably slightly bigger than the IBIS near the ferry at Ouistreham (Caen) and this is good because this chain can have really, really tiny rooms! We have always stayed on the ground floor I like the fact that the hotel seems to be all on the ground floor only. The parking is right in front of the entrance. Staff was friendly enough and room was clean.

The mattresses were too soft for anyone with a bad back. The WC paper was made of recycled paper and as everyone knows this is unhealthy for female hygiene due to vestiges of chemicals from various inks used in the recycling. They could very well have normal white WC paper and we hope other female travellers will ask for this as well. We hate the fact that they never give you a hand/face towel it is only one towel per guest and quite a small sized bath towel it is too. Somewhere circa 2km from the hotel there is a large shopping centre/mall with two or three restaurants but as with most restaurants in this type of place does not have high quality foods nor any true gourmand dishes nor any vegetarian alternatives, etc. plus it is all overpriced. Two pizzas from the cheaper end of the pizza list, plus a small glass of wine and a Fanta, plus one shared dessert came to almost £40! To eat by the large open entrance to the mall with all its "plasticky and neon" atmosphere! But then again what can one expect if one is outside a main town in the outskirts and chose the place for its convenient location near the highway? I suppose it is not so negative after all.