Villa Lara Hotel

Beautiful decor and design features, breakfast and bar area elegant, spacious, fabulous location!

One issue.. our second night there..both of our rooms had noises coming from pipes in the ceiling for many hours.

Location and excellent service.

Breakfast was not included in the rate.

The hotel was impressive and the rooms expansive and well-equipped. The location was excellent for our trips to all of the D-Day beaches and museums, and a short walk netted us many places for dinner. The breakfast was fantastic including your typical European breakfast and other additional items such as Quiche Lorraine and a variety of fresh fruits.

However, we found the headboards were not attached to the bed and banged against the wall every time I, or my wife turned over. In addition, my wife found the bed too hard, but Villa Lara supplied additional bedding that made the bed tolerable for her. In addition, we were "shooed" away from the outdoor setting areas while enjoying a local favorite - Calvados - because we hadn't purchased it through the hotel. The initial reasoning was licensing, and had her explanation stopped there, we would not have questioned the interaction. However, she went on to say that if we became so inebriated that an ambulance was necessary (that has NEVER happened to me or my wife in our lifetimes), they needed to know EXACTLY what and how much we had imbibed, then went on to say that they would refuse serving us if we appeared too inebriated. This explanation defies reasoning as how would they react if they found us unconscious in the hallway? Would they refuse to call an ambulance because they don't know what, or how much, we had drunk? This was a totally unnecessary interaction to this degree, and could have been handled by simply stating it was a licensing issue (which I highly doubt as we did the same thing at other hotels we stayed at in France).

The property did not seem like a 4 star property. There was so much trash from our bathroom window. The view from the bedroom was better but the deck was not very appealing so we did not use it.