Hotels near Spirit of Bassin et Carpe Diem, Arcachon

Very profesionnal staff, smooth check-in and good at handling tourists and their enquiries. Well equipped room and you can really enjoy the market and the food bought there as you can simply cook or reheat back in your room. Location is perfect, very close to anything: train station, supermarket, beach, shops etc… Housekeeping is inconsistent and varies with the staff. Only one WiFi connection (unsecured) which prevented me to connect with my work PC.

This hotel is sharing facilities with a thalassotherapy centre. Staff is very nice and helpfull. Large rooms well cleaned. Very good breakfast buffet. A bit remote from Arcachon downtown but in a quiet area and you can rent bycicle at the reception desk. Bring boxer swimming suit and swimming cap as they don't accept others. byccil

Yes I would agree, one of the best IBIS hotels we’ve stayed in, clean, quiet, great shower, comfy bed, such friendly staff, we loved the quirky fun decor and the cat breakfast had plenty of choice, the pool is a bonus. We used their 2 electric bikes (first time on one) so easy getting to the dunes on it and up along the coast, stopping at bars and beaches along the way, we didn’t want to give them back thanks to all the staff for making us feel welcome in this beautiful part of France

Lovely reception staff. Good location with great supermarket next door and few restaurants very close. New-ish hotel but only one lift? Rooms really well appointed but shower very badly designed and whole floor gets very wet. No spare pillows in room, which were provided on request. Breakfast was a bit poor - at 9am a lot had run out and there’s little choice to start with, and re-stocking was non existent. Only one coffee machine working. One lady working who needs some hygiene training as using the same dry cloth to wipe tables, seats and her hands is unacceptable. But we would stay again.

Excellent experience Hotel recently refurbished Well placed, several restaurants around very welcome staff with special mention to the manager really very sympathetic nice staff attention to offering us a larger room Because we were 3. Room very correct, a few rooms and parents in the bathroom Room right breakfast but no more

Having stayed here for a few days I can only describe the hotel as average at best. To describe the positives first: friendly staff, codes for the doors meaning no concern over lost key cards, and free parking. For the rest…. We had a plus room but there was nothing plus about them except the Nespresso machine, which we were given 3 capsules for 3 nights stay between two of us, and of course the fact we were given an extra towel and a hairdryer. Size wise the room was smaller than I’d expect for something described as a plus room but had all the amenities needed including somewhere to hang clothes and a shower. The air conditioning advertised came on for 1 minute every 30 minutes and while there was a thermostat in the room, the unit could not be controlled by us to get it to blow out constantly or cold enough leading us to be too hot for the whole stay, even in April, this lead to poor quality of sleep. With the window open you can dulcetly be put to sleep by the constant noise from the motorway though. The bed is the typical European very firm but on the positive the double bed was actually a double and not too singles pushed together. Breakfast was 10.95€ per person per day which for continental breakfast seemed steep however there are plenty of cafes and bakeries within a short drive which serve good coffee and food choices for breakfast for cheaper. It was our first experience of hotel b&b brand and in all honesty it will be our last. While the option was the cheapest in the area, there was a good reason for that. Personally had we been aware of the standard of the hotel more before booking I’d have paid more for a more comfortable accommodation with controllable air con and a softer bed.

We read about this hotel in the Telegraph Travel supplement and chose to stay here after four days in Bordeaux. We arrived by bus and although early, our room was almost ready so we were warmly welcomed and had a drink on the terrace before being shown to our room, bags already delivered. It was an oasis of peace and calm -we enjoyed the pool very much. We chose to dine at one of the local fish shacks, L' Esquirey, delicious fresh fish. Breakfast on the terrace was beautifully served, nice options. A larger pot of coffee would have been welcomed by my other half. We left in good time to catch the bus but if this is your plan take note on market day the bus stop moves and sadly by the time we located it ahead the driver sailed past us & the next one was three hours later meaning we'd miss our connecting train. Getting a taxi in this town was a challenge but eventually we managed. I guess most guests will be travelling to this hotel by car but if not it's worth the hotel staff being aware of that little detail which made our departure from Andernos les Bains rather frustrating. Beautiful hotel, thoroughly recommend.

The hotel service is at top standard. The check in is sufficient and they offer welcome drinks in any selection from the the menu. The room is very clean with nice environment next to the woodlands, extremely good location, make it so convenient for visitors come to hike and ride. The restaurant is at top quality and many local people come for lunch and dinner. Each uniit in the hotel has its own outdoor sitting with table and chairs. We joined our stay.