Apart & Hotel la Fontaine - by Rotui

What a beautiful place. Next to a gurgling brook, the hotel has a pool, shared kitchen, communal lounge and dining areas. Everything is of an exceptional standard and it’s a place to really unwind. There is lots of garden furniture and pretty birds wandering on the lawn. A bit of a walk from the town centre but it was good exercise. Complimentary breakfasts and excellent service from all the staff. To improve even further, I’d suggest bathmats and waste bins in the rooms and an awareness of saving energy ( not leaving lights on, not having the heating on full in the summer while leaving windows open). We can all do our part to stop climate change and not far from this hotel, there are forests with dying trees as a result of climate change.

Please do not choose this hotel. There are many others to choose from, and there is no reason to stay in a place where the owner themselves treats people as badly as this person has done, to me, and many others, I have to assume. This was the worst experience my family and I ever had on a vacation.

We really enjoyed our stay at La Fontaine. The staff were really friendly and helpful. The room was very clean, modern and comfortable. There were little touches like coffee, tea, hot water available all day which was good. The hotel is about half a mile from the centre of San Martin which is quite convenient. Our only disappointment was breakfast which was good but needs a little attention to detail (orange juice, butter and fresh coffee).

Not so good here!…we stayed 4 nights and for the first 2 days we couldn’t unpack as we were waiting to resolve our room allocation; the place is tired and badly needs updating, for example, our first shower couldn’t be turned off, the crockery at breakfast looked like it had been scraped off the floor from a greek wedding and there were sharp nails protruding under our bathroom sink…On the plus side…the swimming pool and garden was charming and we cooked ourselves asado on our last night in a really super outdoor kitchen. A long walk to the centre.