Chambres d'hôtes Belle Occitane

The location was great, five minute walk to the centre. The host met me outside the property as I arrived on my motorcycle to show me how to get access to their garage, my bike was kept in the Garage overnight which meant I didn’t have to unload all the gear.

A charming room in a house dating to the 1850’s; much of the home original or sympathetically updated. Warm and generous hostess. Plenty of home baking and jams etc for breakfast.

I loved this chambre d’hotes. My bedroom was enormous and furnished with old fashioned comfortable furniture. The bed very firm and comfortable and the hosts friendly and gracious. The shower is not modern but was good. Breakfast was at a shared table which is convivial with a huge range of home made cakes both sweet and sale. The entrance room is the hostesses library and there is a fridge for guests to keep food, a pleasant courtyard for sitting out. I was sad to leave but am now in another lovely place in this wonderful part of France.

Rien

They were very welcoming, even when we were too early for check-in, it was no problem at all. Our rooms were very spacious and they had closed the shutters to keep the sun out. Very thoughtful. The beds were really comfortable, not too hard, not too soft either. The shower was very good. And there was a tea cooker in the room with tea, coffee and mugs. The breakfasts were home made, full with the most delicious foods. There was so much, that we could not taste everything. Our host was always happy and very friendly. There was oat milk and soy milk too. We asked after 'Table d'hote', and although they hadn't planned that, they arranged it in the same day. Very delicious as well and also nice company of some other guests at the same long breakfast table. Also, at leaving day we thought we wouldn't have breakfast, as that starts from 7:30 and we had to leave at 7:00. We asked for a small package with food, but they said, it was no problem at all to have breakfast at 6:30. That meant they had to get up an hour earlier as well. So very kind! We were sad to leave and would definitely visit again. Also, Tarascon-sur-Ariège is a beautiful small town, with plenty of restaurants (although on Mondays there is less choice). And it was still quiet in the nights.

We stayed for 6 days and wondered about clean towels. But we found them in the drawers in the bathroom. We did not mind, yet no one came in the room during these 6 days, so the bin was not emptied and mugs were not changed. I'm sure they would have provided this if we had asked though.