Hôtel des Gouverneurs

The hotel is 300 meters from the closest parking, over cobble stones. The parking garage was full on the day we arrived and we had to try and find alternative parking. We are in France for a month and this was the first hotel where we were not warmly welcomed.

Staff were excellent and very helpful. Room was modern with a great view of the harbour. Really nice bathroom and room was very quiet.

Very nice Hotel cosy with good service. The view are super cool. Breakfast and bar provides a great service with good quality. The pool and spa are clean and convenient. (The sauna was not accessible) Note that you don't have direct access by car, you need to park around or in the public parking next door (price are low) but need to walk with your luggage for 10 min in little (but cute) streets .

Excellent hotel in the Citadel area of Bastia, overlooking the harbour and port. Very comfortable modern rooms with all facilities. Definitely worth getting a room with a view. We stayed in February after Valentine's Day, and the hotel remained fairly busy throughout our stay. Very good breakfast, although the coffee could be better considering one is staying in a part of France !! A few quibbles : - we arrived by ferry late in the evening and the hotel had said that they had booked a taxi for us, but I had to call twice, and it eventually came half an hour late. It seemed to be the only taxi in Bastia ( which is highly unlikely ). - there is only walking access to the hotel as it is in the old quarter where vehicles are not allowed. That could be a problem for people with mobility impairment. - there are some very good restaurants in the local vacinity, and also a short walk into the main part of town or around the harbour, so we did not bother with trying the evening meals in the hotel. However we were put off by trying an evening meal in the hotel by the fact it was served on low tables, with "comfy" chairs, in the common reception, bar, entrance area. There is no dedicated restaurant room apart from the terrace, where breakfast is served, which in winter is a canopy area. Maybe in summer, or warmer weather, that would be much more enticing, especially with the view. - our room had an ensuite toilet / shower room, no bath, and the shower was not fully enclosed, so if one was not careful one ended up with water all over the shower / toilet room floor area. The water temperature seemed to randlomly get extremely hot and cool. - the partitioning walls in part of the hotel are not soundproof, so at busy times it could be a bit noisy. Saying all that though, definitely worth staying, attentive not not overly intrusive staff which is also a bonus.