Kyriad - Menton, France     

This is an acceptable hotel located about twenty minutes walk from the seafront at Menton, and is clean, comfortable and quiet. There are, however, two issues worth mentioning: 1) There is hotel parking for seven cars but this is usually taken by early evening and it can be very difficult to find a space on the street outside; furthermore, the Italian influence on driving in Menton is notable, i.e., people drive aggressively and badly, many also dangerously on scooters. 2) One of the receptionists is very kind and friendly, taking us right up to our room, which was up a small staircase and secluded, although rather small with a smelly shower curtain and immediately next to the lift machinery, hence rather noisy. However, two other receptionists demonstrated the worst type of French bad attitude: when a bag of belongings disappeared from our room and we asked where they had gone, we were told when they were returned that they had been thrown out as rubbish, and that we ought to be more careful where we kept our things, even though they were clearly not rubbsish and were nowhere near the bin. Apparently "anything left in a plastic bag in a hotel room in France is likely to be treated as rubbish and thrown away", although this was a new one on us in many years of staying in French hotels. Avoid this hotel if you don't like being treated as if you have done something wrong when you haven't, and are not ready to let your host have the last word, if necessary haranguing you as you retire up the stairs. Fortunately this experience did not spoil our holiday, which improved inestimably when we left for Nice and the Mercure Marché aux Fleurs, see review.

This is an acceptable hotel located about twenty minutes walk from the seafront at Menton, and is clean, comfortable and quiet. There are, however, two issues worth mentioning: 1) There is hotel parking for seven cars but this is usually taken by early evening and it can be very difficult to find a space on the street outside; furthermore, the Italian influence on driving in Menton is notable, i.e., people drive aggressively and badly, many also dangerously on scooters. 2) One of the receptionists is very kind and friendly, taking us right up to our room, which was up a small staircase and secluded, although rather small with a smelly shower curtain and immediately next to the lift machinery, hence rather noisy. However, two other receptionists demonstrated the worst type of French bad attitude: when a bag of belongings disappeared from our room and we asked where they had gone, we were told when they were returned that they had been thrown out as rubbish, and that we ought to be more careful where we kept our things, even though they were clearly not rubbsish and were nowhere near the bin. Apparently "anything left in a plastic bag in a hotel room in France is likely to be treated as rubbish and thrown away", although this was a new one on us in many years of staying in French hotels. Avoid this hotel if you don't like being treated as if you have done something wrong when you haven't, and are not ready to let your host have the last word, if necessary haranguing you as you retire up the stairs. Fortunately this experience did not spoil our holiday, which improved inestimably when we left for Nice and the Mercure Marché aux Fleurs, see review.