Tulip Inn Biarritz Louisiane - Biarritz, France     

The good points are that it is priced well and in a super location, just 5 mins away from La Grande Plage. The no 6 'stab' bus from the airport drops you right outside the door for ?1.20. Beside a supermarket, asian museum and cute boulangeries & patisseries. Comfortably close to bars and restaurants without the rowdiness. It is clean and the staff are very pleasant and accommodating. Nice sized pool and solarium (area for sun beds). Clean. Large breakfast area (?10 extra per day, must be booked the night before). The place however has a few negative points. The hotel is basic almost to the point of being anal. The room you get looks exactly like the picture, however, in actuality, it is very, very small and the decor and fittings are cheap looking and painfully functional. It is too clinical, almost like a psych ward (I imagine!) I guarantee this would effect your head if you stayed longer than a weekend. Unbelievably, there is no airconditioning so you must leave the window open at night. This is the biggest problem, the hotel is situated at a small but busy roundabout. The noise of revving cars and the god-forsaken wingey mopeds through the night almost tipped me over the edge. The walls and doors are also thin so be prepared to bring earplugs. The cleaners don't seem to use Bluloo so the toilet has a permanent pee smell. I was also disgusted to learn on the last day that pets are allowed to stay in the rooms. The thought of someone's mangey hound lying on the same pillows and bedspread that I was using made me actually heave. I did laugh however at one British tourist complaining that the place was very dark....I had to point out that in most parts of France there is a timer light as you enter corriders and other common areas. They all do it. Toilet lights are only switched on during use. The Tulip is the same.

What a dump! booked in for ten nights only stayed 2. I booked a family room for 3 we had a small twin room with a put me up bed wedged beetween two single beds. the room was so small you could not get the chair out from under the desk to sit on! No bath only a small shower room. The put me up bed had not been put together properly so when my daughter got into bed the first night she fell through it. The only saving grace was that the hotel staff agreed with me and after complaining to my booking agent I was given a full refund. Threre are NO family rooms at this 2* hotel.