Château de Bellefontaine - Teritoria

Our room was beautiful, we especially enjoyed looking out on the beautiful grounds in the back and having 2 windows to catch the cross breeze at night. We appreciated that our room was provided with a cooling fan, and during the rise in temperature cooling units were placed in the hallways. The dinner was fantastic, and the seating in the dining room was superb. It was an easy 20 minute walk into the town center and shopping. A large grocery store was only a 15 minute walk.

Big grounds and old style house. Relaxed atmosphere. Good restaurant. Easy 20 minute walk into Bayeux.

Don't park your car under the trees. Noisy and ineffective air-conditioning units in stairwell and aircon in room non-existent. .

Very quiet, charming old house. Excellent 3 course evening meal. Room had almost every convenience. Bed was super comfortable. Shower was strong. Good breakfast selection.

No AC, and it happened that we stayed during a heat wave. But they did have a large fan, that helped. Bath/shower drained very slowly.

Liked the attention to detail in the rooms - everything you could need was there

But it was all a bit disorganised and under managed. Breakfast, while offering excellent coffee and real fresh orange juice was a largely faceless experience. It felt like everything was in a cabinet, and you had no idea how long everything had been there. The cooked offer was practically empty or tired looking by 9.15 am (despite breakfast being served till 10 am). Scrambled egg was provided on request, and was delicious, but it all felt a bit like they were hoping no one would ask. The grounds are beautiful, but a feeling of 'past their hay day' prevails... staff smoke outside the front, table tennis table is rotting away in the open, flower beds are seriously under weeded if not actually wilded! But despite all of this, there is a charm which for some, the price charged does not represent value for money, certainly not compared to other options nearby.