Ibis Budget Hyères Centre-Ville

This hotel didn't feel super central. It was a 15 euro taxi ride from the train station. The bed was really not great, nor were the pillows. The air-con rattled; but at least there was air-con. The bathroom was mostly clean apart from hairs in the drain. There is a pool, which is pretty rare for such a cheap hotel, but I didn't get to try it out. The breakfast gets bad reviews, so we went to the nearest bakery - a five minute walk away - and their pastries and black coffees were very good. Note that if you book this on the Accor website, you still don't get Accor points and they didn't say this clearly during the booking process. Pity.

I know that many Ibis hotels were upgraded from 2 stars to 3 stars. Some of them deserve the upgrade, this one NOT! The hotel is quite old and on a very busy and noisy road. The rooms are really small, the furniture is old and minimalist. There is not even a kettle in the room to make tea or coffee when you wake up. On the plus side, there is a small swimming pool which is very appreciated after a hot late summer day.

The property smelled like pesticide, I couldn’t sleep from how bad the smell was. The pool was dirty and filled with insects alive and dead.

I didn’t go!