Chartres Hotels with Pools

We had an outstanding suitte the size of a small apartment. Included entry way with large bath and separate toilet, separate bathtub and shower, double sink. The bedroom area had 2 sofas, a desk with chair, and two easy chairs. Very comfortable and unique decor. Breakfast room/brasserie is lovely, under a skylight. Breakfast buffet was excellent, with many choices of eggs, cereals, yogurt, several breads, bacon, etc.. Very comfortable bed with top quality linens and pillows. Good elevator. We didn't use the main restaurant as it was closed the days we were there (Sunday and Monday), but there are a number of restaurants in Chartres and the hotel brasserie was open.. Hotel is in a 17C mansion, so if you are expecting a generic hotel experience, this isn't it, although the room and hotel are fully modernized (including A/C, not needed during our visit. Location of hotel is optimall for visiting the cathedral and walking around the charming old city with little shops, bars restaurants.

My husband and i were looking forward to staying at the Novotel as we had planned to stay in 2020 and couldn't travel, there was plenty of free car parking and the lady on reception was very nice and efficient but that was the best of it. The room was nice enough but a separate toilet was unusual, there was only enough coffee etc for one drink in a paper cup. The shower plug hole was blocked and started to overflow the tray so could only have a very brief shower in the morning. TV was good but only CNN in English. We decided to eat in the restaurant after going into the town centre on the bus as it was too far to walk, and we were very disappointed with the quality of the food and the service, quite expensive and we were asked if we wanted the desert menu but waited until we realized we weren't going to get it and left. Breakfast was ok but also disappointing. Check out was good. It's probably a good choice for a stopover as just off the motorway but unless you go into the centre there isn't much choice for dinner.