Mercure Grasse - Grasse, France     

We booked this hotel on the day we arrived in Grasse so were not sure what to expect. Location is poor and you need a car to get to Grasse. Rooms are small albeit clean and has ac. Noisy corridoors. Bonus is the pool. Restaurant is ok at night however if you are expecting bread for breakfast, forget it. We arrived down with at least one hour to go before breakfast finished to find very little left of the buffet and no bread. When we asked we were ridiculed by a lady we think may have been the manager. Grasse itself is sweet but one can get round it very quickly.

I chose the city as it was outside Nice and thought it would be charming as its the perfume capital of the area... WRONG!! Its rundown and not even close to as charming as other places. Go to Arles or Nimes if you can... Nice was even a better choice... but by the time I realized it, I couldnt cancel the hotel. The hotel is rundown. The lobby is decent, but the halls and rooms are like a 2 star hotel. There was graffiti on the building too. This is part of the mercure hotel chain... I stayed in 3 and would only recommend one of them. Breakfast was really expensive and not worth it! The front staff was really nice though and the owner was lovely too. It also had a nice pool and courtyard.