Hotel Spa - Au Charme Rabelaisien

We LOVED our entire experience at this hotel. The staff were warm and welcoming. The room was LOVELY, charming and clean. Great amenities. Adorable building and courtyard. We had a view of the Amboise chateau from our suite. We will be back!

Let's start with the positive things: Au Charme Rabelaisien is a beautiful old boutique hotel with nice and big rooms, it's conveniently located in the city center but it's still quiet and you have a parking place on the spot. The breakfast is also good compared to the usual French breakfast in other hotels. What spoiled our stay was the fact that the heating in the bathroom did not work and it's not nice to take a shower in a cold room with November temperatures outside. When I informed the reception I was told on the first day that we just don't know how to switch the heating on. On the second day they realized that it was really broken and all I got was ' luckily it's not so cold these days, so just leave the bathroom door open and the room will heat up with the bedroom's temperature'. Only that in the bedroom the heating also worked very poorly although we had it full on ... The second thing to warn about is the sauna: You pay 35 Euros for an hour for which you get individual access to the sauna and a jacuzzi in a very tiny room. There is a shower but no opportunity to relax somewhere on a bed, all you have is actually one table with two chairs separated by a door from the breakfast room. And it was cold in that room as well. I would not have bothered writing this review if at our check-out we would have had an excuse, just a simple 'We are sorry for the inconvenience with the heating' would have been enough. But nothing came although I mentioned the issue once more, this was disappointing.

Stayed 3 nights here in September—. Very warm weather so very glad to have good air conditioner in the room. There is nice elevator to help with luggage and room is generous size hotel is located 6 minute walk from chateaux and bistros so in very quiet neighborhood with pool & parking garage.

Lovely Boutique Hotel-about 10 rooms -in Amboise in the Loire Velley A perfect home base from which to tour the valley. Great location-3 blocks to the center of town. Rooms are decent size, King bed with desk and a very nice sitting area. Nice mixture of antique furnishings with modern. Bathrooms are new and also nicely sized with large shower and a tub. We had a room on the third floor in the back of the hotel overlooking the garden and pool with views of the Chateau Royal Amboise. Excellent maid service in the morning. A wonderful buffet breakfast is served at 17.50 Eu per person, but you can easily walk into town and eat at one of the wonderful cafes which typically open around 9:00. Sylvie, the manager was wonderful and attended to all our needs. if yuou come in your own car, parking is a little tricky. There are public lots and spaces all over town but you have to find a spot by yourself. There is no real off street parking for the hotel itself. We stayed for five days and would stay again. Some of the rooms are a little smaller. When you book be sure to ask the size of the room. They are prices naccordingly.