RELAIS THALASSO Île de Ré

Great location in front of the sea. Very nice hotel, well designed and built eco friendly. Service at Hotel and spa Atalante is top notch. Offering a great buffet options for breakfast. Good food at both restaurants (Hotel and Spa). Beautiful spa, offering great massages. The spa also offers 2 pools (in and out). Charming and nice size room with a big screen TV and a great shower room. You will enjoy your stay.

The rooms are simple, but practical. The Spa offers a lot of treatments (but reserve ahead of time during peak season!). |The pool is saltwalter and long enough to swim laps if not too many people standing in it…. (Pre-lunch and later afternoon in Aug - before and after ok).|The breakfast buffet is solid, nothing special, but ok.|The service is ok. While they show you your room they don’t offer help to carry you luggage… nit good for a 4 Star place.|Due to it’s location the hotel is quiet and from the upper floor the rooms on the sea side has a nice view.

The best spa on the island. Everything was perfect from the moment we arrived. Staff absolutely lovely, food was delicious, fresh, all local and organic. The spa facilities are also insane! There’s so much to do on the island as well and if you rent a bike at the hotel you can easily get yourself to any place on Île-de-Ré! Recommend 100%

The hotel is in a beautiful quiet location surround by vineyards on one side and sea sand dunes and oyster beds on the other. Laid back with no buildings or road between the hotel and sea. Lovely walk of about 45 mins to a delightful quiet mostly sandy beach. Great view from 1st floor rooms.|It was very very hot for the 8 days of our stay. The hotel in general and room was very clean. |Unfortunately the air conditioner was set centrally at 26c on the first night so very little sleep, the manager did get it fixed for the next night, so we had control for the rest of our stay and it was then very efficient and surprisingly quiet.|Toiletries were sparse: shower gel, shampoo and toilet roll. |No such thing as a double bed, two singles pushed together. Mind the gap as not even a topper available.|Dinner on the set menu was not up to standard, no attention given to presentation either, very expensive canteen food! However there are many great restaurants in St Martin de Re (15 min drive) so we ate out there for the rest of our stay.|Buffet breakfast was ok but the same everyday and no opportunity to have eggs cooked for you ie omelette poached eggs. Just scrambled and cook your own boiled.|The restaurant and bar staff were friendly and attentive. Reception staff, bar one with an attitude, were also very pleasant. |All in all location is perfect but expect more of a 3 plus not 4 star experience.

Simply the worst experience. I have been fortunate to have visited some amazing countries and stayed in some lovely hotels. My family and I are were looking forward to our road trip around France, especially a visit to Ile de Re. ||+ Postives:|-The island is welcoming.|-Great sites and nice beaches - though the weather during our stay wasn't great.|-Some amazing restaurants - lots of choice but you should always book in advance.||-Negatives:|-The hotel was badly run. We were charged £1300 for a 2 night room only stay in error! booked through booking.com. When I flagged this to booking.com, I was told that I would be refunded within 15 days...but I'm still waiting|-I booked a treatment and after waiting an hour was told that no one had noticed me waiting and that the spa was now closed. My 20 min treatment at a cost of £75 was apparently not worth the spa area noticing me, asking what treatment though when I arrived there were only 2 people (including me) in reception!||Ile de Re is lovely and I would definitely recommend a visit, but just not staying at this hotel. I understand that is family owned and run, which is great. But the administration is very poor and the cost incredibly high. On this occasion you just don't receive the service you think you are paying for.

Small Hotel right on the sea with access to a deserted beach. Plenty of oysters to collect on low tide. Rooms facing seaside are small but with nice little terrasse. If you want sea view, you’ll need to book a room on the upper floor. Most of them don’t have a balcony though. Bed quality is ok, bathrooms are made with low quality materials. If you happen to have noisy neighbours, you won’t enjoy your stay as you can hear everything. Breakfast takes place either outside or in a nice, aery room. For 26 Euro, choice is ok but quality is industrial and not up to price level. |Bike rental: 13 Euro for half a day. Overall: good choice for an easy, low key stay but prices clearly too high.

Amazing views and the room Is pleasant. Very tidal beach and whatever you do don't expect any service by pool area or bar, or working umbrellas for that matter. The restaurant is great as long as you don't mind eating the same food everyday. Wines impeccable. Plenty of arrogant hostile looks which is standard treatment for tourists in France. They say once every solar eclipse you can encounter a manager or acceptable service here, it would be wonderful then.

what a fantastic place, we had 5 nights with the kids and it was lovely indeed!relais thalasso is a jewel!