La Maison Rabelais

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Excellente adresse hôtelière : tout nouvel établissement, emplacement parfait, parking sur place (payant), accueil parfait, gentillesse de toute l’équipe. Chambre très spacieuse et confortable, literie de qualité, très propre. Localisation en plein cœur d’Amboise, à 5 min à pied du château royal, du centre historique et de la Loire, et à 15 min du Clos Lucé. A recommander ;-)

Went for one night, was offered the handicapped room, which is a box at the beginning of the reception with one small window. The reception guy understood that this was not a good idea and kindly changed me to a unit on the side of the hotel, which in itself would be great, but you need to keep the curtains closed as everybody can see you. No seating outside the little terrace, no place to hang your pool towels inside, or anything else, like a bag to hang up to. The water in the shower did not drain very well, which means it was overflowing in the rest of the bathroom. The window in the bedroom is a not-see-throu one, but very light in the morning, you cannot leave it open to get fresh air. I cannot imagine when it is 30c. The tv is too small for a unit like this and no tv in the bedroom . Breakfast is very limited, not enough for the amount of people, the reception guy was on his own to do both) needed to run up and down (although there were other people present). Parking paid (read small print, at 15 Euro per day), there is a parking right across, if you find space, it seems free. Staff is friendly and they cannot do much, but small things need to improve. This seems to be too pricey for what it is. Location is good, as it is close to everything. Do not forget to go to the market on the river and have a lunch or diner at the Guingette at the same place at the market, best location and excellent food, with a beautiful view.

Great location, staff is amazing, brand new, very clean and best breakfast food in our trip. Definitely recommend the hotel.

Quiet hotel with an excellent staff. We used La Maison Rabelais as our base of operations as we discovered the Loire Valley region. One of the things was that it was just five minutes from a river trail where I could do my morning workout.