Hôtel de l'Abeille

The location was a perfect city centre location for us. The hotel had a real “belle époque” charm. The room was comfortable, clean and amazingly quiet considering its location and the metro tram passing nearby - this if anything added to the charm. The hotel had a delightful roof top garden with wonderful views of Orléans Cathedral. We appreciated the good advice about parking and chose to use the underground car park. On our return to the car park we rode the metro tram just for the novelty. The recommendation of eating at L’Escalier was a good choice. Even the stairs to our room were a feature. Very helpful and friendly staff.

Utterly charming hotel close to Orléans´ main thoroughfare. Hôtel de l´Abeille has been family-run since it opened and retains its old school charm and décor. Our room had been tastefully refurbished but featured classic furniture. Staff were without exception friendly and helpful. In an age where every hotel has the same bland appearance it´s really a relief to come across something as authentic as Hôtel de l´Abeille.

A great hotel with amazing staff. The service and friendliness was over the top. There isn't an elevator so you need to be comfortable with stairs, but otherwise the hotel was amazing and great character in the rooms and the common areas.

Pretty decent hotel for a short stay (ours was just one night). Very well located for both the old town and the railway station (both of which maybe 250-300m away). Thus ideal for a short break. The downside of our room was the 4-5 flights of steps to it in the loft, though we were warned about this a good 3 weeks prior to out stay. There are no lifts that we saw in the hotel. Not ideal if you are mobility inclined. Possibly because of it being a loft room, the TV reception was pretty poor. Another downside of the loft room was that the shower was only 2 feet from the floor. Probably not the case in the other rooms. On the pus side, our room was very large though you could not fully stand everywhere in the room because of the angles of the ceilings. The staff in reception were pretty friendly and very helpful in terms of letting us know good places to eat etc. Breakfast was okay, but probably not worth the money considering the number of cafes, where we could have got equal options at a cheaper price. The place was clean and tidy and well presented with lots of historic pictures and ornaments. I would stay gain at the price charged, on the basis that the staff were nice and it was well located.

A beautiful boutique hotel retaining lots of the original features and ambience of the early twentieth century. Lovely building, spacious and clean room, fantastic staff, particularly Geraldine on reception, whose professionalism, personality and helpfulness were exceptional. Great breakfast in beautiful surroundings.||One fault - the over-engineered and faintly ridiculous "wine dispensing" contraption in the residents lounge which takes five minutes to dispense two glasses of overpriced wine - albeit at "precisely the correct temperature". Please get rid of this and we'll happily come again.

Lovely little traditional hotel in an excellent location. Price was very fait considering it's a very close distance to the main square. Staff were great as was the breakfast. Many thanks.|Room was a little dated and tired in places but it was clean and comfortable. No lift and very steep stairs. We had two rooms on the top floor and it was a bit of a hike with the bags. But they did communicate this before we went which was good and it's no more than you would expect from a historic, traditional property.

Nice hotel, great location at city center, good breakfast, beautiful, uncommon design. |Hotel is loud (tram every few minutes from early morning to night, hearing people walk above you), no elevator, needs some maintenance (both light bulbs in bathroom above mirror did not work, easy to check before hand over room to guest, but nobody cares), VERY small WC (see pic - you should not be big …).

A quirky hotel with lots of original features. handily located with friendly, helpful staff.|We were touring the Loire and parked our car in the strett outside. Free overnight and meters start operating 09.30.

This hotel is beautiful! Great location, incredible staff, and beautiful décor!! It feels like home away from home! Clean, comfortable, and pretty! You won't regret staying here!