Hotels near Fontaine des 3 ormeaux, Aix-en-Provence

It's very good. It's worth recommending. It's very good. My friends like it very much. Next time, I'll take my family to check in. Breakfast is rich, transportation is convenient, and the couple's attitude is also very good.

It is really difficult to park in downtown Aix. It is recommended to call the hotel to reserve a parking space (there are three). This is a very popular hotel, very trendy. Several clerks are very enthusiastic, and Chinese people who are not good at English don't have to worry about communication problems. Because the road was being built nearby, the clerk patiently drew me a road map on the map, and also took the initiative to recommend restaurants and attractions to me. There are small supermarkets, fruit shops, snack shops nearby, and there are delicious restaurants where locals also go at the intersection, called Le Thermal. But it's best to go back to the hotel by 7pm.

Probably the worst room I've stayed in since a trip to Omsk USSR in 1992. Look, I feel bad writing this because: 1/I really want to be positive and upbeat about Aix; 2/the hotel des augustins is very central and perfectly located; 3/staff were charming and delightful; 4/the room was cleaned to a very high standard. But look: our room just could not have been more dull and characterless if it tried. It had one large window that looked out onto an inner well with a giant boiler unit in constant operation. It therefore let little light into the room. To spell it out: My wife opened the curtain on first morning we were there and declared it was a beautifully sunny day in Aix. This was because she could just make out a tiny patch of blue sky at the top of the well. But I just couldn't believe her. From where I was sitting inside the room I assumed Aix must be profoundly overcast. The Room had no effective shower (just a shower head coming out of bath.) Decor miserable and brownish grey. Air conditioning unit was ancient. Toilet was France 1950s. Towels were thin and grim. But what really got me was that if we opened the hotel window at night (which in Sept you need to) the sound of the boiler unit was just deafening. On arrival in the room, of course, my wife and I scrambled to the phone, rang reception and begged for something better. But no they said, sorry: hotel was full. We paid £500 for three nights. Aix is not a cheap city and we found accommodation hard to find. But while Aix is a wonderful vibrant colourful place, it was all a bit too Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment in our room.

We stayed in the Suite which has a double bed and a single bed, the bathroom is huge with a spa bath and shower, there is a small walk in closet for hanging clothes, the bed is comfortable, the Suite is on the second floor above the busy street but the noise doesn't affect us and we notice the noise level dies down near midnight, never affected our sleep. Staff is relaxing and friendly, the whole place is an old house with wide stairs and high ceilings, May be grand house in the old days, you can open the big windows to get refresh air if you like. The breakfast room is very dull, food very bland, no ambience, don't eat there and there are a lot of eateries outside. Good location to walk to everywhere, we walked to the Atelier de Cezanne in around 30 minutes, around 10 minutes walk to Gare Aix-en-Provence, around 15 minutes walk to the bus station to catch coach to Gare Aix-en-Provence TGV. Will stay here again.

The best part of staying at Hotel Paul is the courteous staff. They were so professional and actively sought to make my stay for comfortable. They provided a good breakfast with hot coffee. The room was clean and I felt right at home. Also, the hotel is very close to Old Town area of Aix, a short walk to the Cathedral, the open market, and numerous restaurants.

4-night stay Upside: (1) Space - limited-service apartment concept. Separate bedroom, bathroom, toilet, kitchenette, living room & balcony (within dining table) (2) Location - nearby supermarket & gym (not affiliated with Adagio); walking distance to the old town (3) Laundry room - located near reception; takes credit card payments; but there's only 1 washer and 1 dryer, so plan ahead (4) Quiet - inward facing apartments don't get street noise and face a pleasant internal courtyard Downside: (1) Air-conditioning issue - apparently, there was an ongoing air-conditioning fault affecting some apartments, including the first apartment we were assigned at check-in. Also, apparently, guests were supposed to have been informed about this, but we weren't. None of the correspondence we received prior to check-in mentioned it, neither did anyone mention it at check-in. Initial response when we queried why the apartment wasn't getting cool was the offer of a standing fan. This was completely unacceptable given the high summer temperatures (＞30C) in a west-facing (afternoon sun) apartment. It would have been too uncomfortable to sleep, even with a standing fan. Not to mention the lack of transparency. After further enquiries, including regarding repair timing (several days!), suddenly another apartment, with functioning air-conditioning, became available. As Adagio is part of a major international hotel brand, issue could've been better handled by offering affected guests, whether in advance or at check-in, the option of (a) transfer to a similar-class property (in-network or otherwise) at no cost; (b) full refund; or (c) fully-transparent ”informed” acceptance of apartment with faulty air-conditioning.