| From: EP, Italy |
| Date of Stay: August, 2008 |
| L'HOTEL è SITUATO NELLA ZONA POPOLARE E PIù BRUTTA DEL CENTRO CITTà. L'HOTEL è VECCHIO CON LE CAMERE NONRISTRUTTRATE. LA QUADRUPLA è COSTITUITA DA QUATTRO LETTI MSSI TUTTIUNO DI FIANCO ALL'ALTRO SENZA ARIA CONDIZIONATA. SCONSIGLIATO COME è SCONSIGLIATO RIMANERE A AVIGNONE... BASTA VEDERE IL PALAZO DEI PAPI UN POMERIGGIO E POI ANDATE ALTROVE MAGARI UN PAESIONO VICINO O AD ORANGE PER ALLOGGIARE |
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| From: Gillie Gough, Australia |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| This is a typical two star French hotel, rooms are small but everything is very clean. Breakfast more than adequate - situated just inside the old medieval city walls so very close to all tourist attractions - it took hardly any time to get to the Palace, the river, I went on a boat trip, Information office etc. They were helpful with maps etc. There's no lift & there are three floors - the garden in the middle of the hotel is lovely & quiet but I wouldn't want to be there when it's very hot. |
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| From: EH, Australia |
| Date of Stay: September, 2007 |
| The hotel iteself is lovely. WE received a fairly cool reception because the check in time was quoted as 12 noon, when in fact it was 2.30pm.We got to Avignon on a particualrly hot day and the rooms were hot at night. The town is very busy and dirty. I can;t say we enjoyed our stay and were pleased to leave. The Palias de Papes was very good. |
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| From: FW, USA |
| Date of Stay: August, 2007 |
| Good location, helpful staff. Definitely budget. Some eastern sections of city could be avoided. |
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| From: Daniel Cheng, USA |
| Date of Stay: July, 2007 |
| It's a nice no-nonsense place to stay, great value for the money, my room was small but not a problem for a solo traveler. As a quick overnight rest stop it was fine, but I would also stay there if I was to linger in Avignon. The breakfast buffet in the garden was great and the best of my hotel stays in Europe this time. |
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| From: John Jernigan, Italy |
| Date of Stay: May, 2007 |
| Clean hotel not far from central train station. A very plain building in an unprepossessing part of town, but within easy walking distance of the center. Walking in the neighborhood late at night was not entirely pleasant. The hotel served the purpose, but for a stay of more than one night, a hotel with larger rooms would be preferable. |
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| From: AM, Syria |
| Date of Stay: May, 2007 |
| I stayed two nights at Le Magnan. The stay overall above good average, but incidentally there was a big tourist group from US and some of the group members kept chatting in the quiet courtyard so that another guest had to ask them to lower the voice. |
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| From: Kristin Brudevoll, Norway |
| Date of Stay: May, 2007 |
| Charming hotel with quiet garden, centrally located within city walls. Incredibly small and modest from the outside, but nice from the inside, rooms facing the walled garden. Small rooms, but nicely decorated in typical Provence colurs. Friendly and helpful staff. No luxury, but value for the money. No safe parking on the premises, but ask for the hotel's private garage some blocks away. ( It was not offered unless specifically asked for, and public parking on the nearby road was not attractive) |
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| From: MP, USA |
| Date of Stay: April, 2007 |
| It was our first stay in hotel in France and we cannot compare the property with other hotels. We have stayed there with 2 young children and the Hotel Le Magnan Avignon was one of very few who offer the room for 4 people. Our children enjoyed their room in mezanine. But I think that the final price was too high (price posted on the internet didn't include taxes and breakfast for 4 and final price was 30% higher then the posted one, 8 euro for breakfast/ person). The hotel itself is right by the city wall (which is convenient because the free parking is just a few steps away, but the area around hotel is not very pleasant, it's definetely outside touristic area, but not far from it and safe) I wouldn't stay there again. But I am not sure that others are better. |
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| From: MP, Italy |
| Date of Stay: December, 2006 |
| it's easy to find the hotel; the parking is not excellent but quite near; easy to get out from the town by car |
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| From: DH, Australia |
| Date of Stay: October, 2006 |
| This is the only hotel (out of all my bookings with Venere) that the web rate is higher than the hotel rack rate because commission fees. I find this rather strange as I have to pay more than those walk-in guest. |
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| From: John Seely, USA |
| Date of Stay: September, 2006 |
| Friendly staff, great location. No air conditioning and if you open windows, there are mosquitoes. |
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| From: Elizabeth Sicree, Australia |
| Date of Stay: August, 2006 |
| Just one night here so it did not matter that the accommodation was less than average. I am sorry but everything about the Hotel Le Magnan Avignon was poor. |
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| From: John Ivanov, Canada |
| Date of Stay: July, 2006 |
| Excellent staff. Hard to find parking near any of the gates of Avignon, but since I got there as the receptionist's shift ended, she gave us her great spot. The city was great. Don't bother with the Palais du Papes. BORING! Most of the items were missing & the recording still talked about them. The Pont D'Avignon was much nicer and interesting. Breakfast was excellent & plentiful & the central garden was beautiful. You cannot talk in the garden after 10, though. Silent hours. |
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| From: MB, Italy |
| Date of Stay: June, 2006 |
| L'aspetto esteriore lascia mo9lto a desiderare mentre l'interno e' grazioso e curato. Ci hanno dato una camera quadrupla con due letti nella mezzanina. La camera era molto curata anche se poco spaziosa, ma l'aria condizionata era fuori servizio e non ce lo avevano comunicato. Poiche' era impossibile dormire con le finestre aperte a causa del rumore proveniente dalla strada (la nostra camera si trovava all'incrocio di 3 strade) ci hanno fornito 2 ventilatori, ma il caldo del sottottetto era comunque difficilmente sopportabile. La reception e la sala per la colazione erano invece condizionate. Visto che un altro utente aveva gia' segnalato in passato il mancato funzionamento del condizionatore, e' nostra opinione che non stiano assolutamente cercando di intervenire sul guasto. Lo sconsiglierei quindi a chi deve andare ad avignone nei mesi caldi. Tutto il resto e' OK. Di molto positivo, c'e' la vicinanza al centro storico, si puo' tranquillamente girare a piedi |
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| From: Ms.Umaporn Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn, Thailand |
| Date of Stay: June, 2006 |
| nice and calm atmosphere like we are in garden you can deep breath |
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| From: Mei Ling Monique Wong, Hong Kong |
| Date of Stay: May, 2006 |
| the room is hot and small, but such price u can't complaint. Suggest not to go in summer as u open th ewindow, u will have mosquito. The staff are very nice. |
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| From: David Danby, USA |
| Date of Stay: September, 2005 |
| Le Magnan is a fine hotel, but hard to find if you are walking. The rooms are spacious and clean and the staff very courteous and helpful. I would recommend the Le Magnan to anyone visiting Avignon. The courtyard was almost like an extension to our room on the lower level. Quiet, peaceful, an excellent place to unwind from the day or to plan for tomorrow. What Le Magnan needs is to furnish better directions to the hotel so that one can find the place easier from the shuttle stop. Avignon is an old city with confusing traffic and street patterns and we had a tough time. Once we were there, everything was fine and we were treated very well. |
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| From: EF, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: August, 2005 |
| The concierges were most welcoming and very helpful. The main disadvantage of the hotel was that it was a 20 minute walk from the main part of the city |
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| From: Josee Lavoie, Canada |
| Date of Stay: July, 2005 |
| We stayed at Le Magnan July 10th 2005. We are a family of 4. My kids loved their bedroom in a mezzanine with spiral staircase. The room was newly furnished, very clean. Breakfast was outside in the courtyard, surrounded by trees. The front of the hotel does not look like much but it is nice inside and in the yard. Location is excellent: easy walking to Avignon tourist area and to train station parking. Our A/C was not working but we thought it was normal (based on our experience in Paris) so we slept with windows open: it was very noisy as this was during the Festival. The next morning reception said we should have called them; they were obviously right. I would not hesitate to go back. |
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