La Villa Barbieux

Prachtige grote villa met veel algemene ruimte voor alle gasten.

Prachtige villa, sfeervol ingericht en heel fijne gastheer en gastvrouw

Villa de charge, très bien entretenue, décorée avec goût. Camille est très à l’écoute et très arrangeante.

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Breakfast was good, the common areas are really lovely, and the room is also nice. Camille was very kind.

I sent the Villa Barbieux two requests several weeks apart via Booking.com to check in early (at 3PM rather than 5PM, so nothing extraordinary), but we did not receive a response to either message. It was not a major issue, so we decided to stay in the city, which was nice, and arrived at the address at about 6.50. Unfortunately, at that point we were in a hurry to check-in because of a concert starting at 8. There would still have been ample time, but it took us about 20 minutes to get in. We found no indication outside or even on the door which the Villa Barbieux was. We did ring the doorbell at Rue de Barbieux No. 3 for a while, but there was no response. We thought we must be at the wrong place because there was no sign or name outside, so we strolled up and down the street trying to find a sign to the Villa Barbieux or the entrance. We asked two locals, neither knew of the hotel and other than pointing us back to No. 3, they couldn't help either. I checked the website for more information, but there wasn't any. Nor did we receive a check-in message telling us how to get in. Admittedly, I should have tried to call earlier, and when I finally did, Camille sorted us out quickly and was very nice in the process. Still, I do think a sign or at least a name on the doorbell would be helpful -- or at least a message in advance that there is no name outside. The hotel was very nice and clean, as was the room, but there was a very faint smell of mold in our room. Nothing major, but it may be worth checking out.