Best Places to Stay Near Saint-Léon in Colmar

Note it’s not ‘almost an hotel’ but ‘an ‘almost’ hotel’ by that I mean things are ‘almost’ perfect - but not quite. The car park is a faff to get into, two gates entered via a clicker available from reception on a parallel street. The spaces are small and very fiddly to get anything bigger than a Fiat 500 into. OK, I missed the part about the entry code being on one of the pieces of paper given to me but why is it needed in the first place? The room we had was classed as a ‘Junior Suite’ actually just a family room with three beds. The main shower, an over bath variety, so not easy for a less than nimble wife, was just a small shower head set in the wall producing a pretty pathetic spray, ok there was a hand held head as well. Just one tea bag and coffee sachet for each person but with really nice china cups but cheap, thin plastic water cups. Air Con set at 24c and, as far as I could make out, not adjustable, It sounded like a 747 on take off, all night, and did nothing to lower the room’s temperature. Breakfast was just about OK, but very unremarkable in an overcrowded restaurant where the tables were jammed together, cheek by jowl. So, nothing horrible, just a hotel that ‘almost’ makes its 4 star classification - almost but not quite.

This is a clean, modern, and well run hotel a short walk to the historic center of Colmar. It earns a pretty high rating because it really offers good value for a very reasonable price. The front desk staff are friendly and try very hard to provide excellent service. They arranged a car and driver to take us to the nearby village of Kaysersberg for a quick visit (my wife's father served in the U.S. Army near Kaysersberg in WWII), and the driver was truly EXCELLENT. Bathroom and shower were very good (although it was provisioned with just a half roll of TP when we checked in - had to ask for more). Just a couple of points I think worth mentioning. First, the air conditioning in the hotel is a bit quirky. I don't think I ever got it working completely right, even after a couple of tutorials with the front desk staff. While the room never got ”hot”, it never got cool either, and the system doesn't give much air flow or circulation. The system seems to be managed by computer controlled at the front desk, and the guest's ability to actually adjust the thermostat is very limited. Second, be sure to double-check the hotel address before you book or travel. While the address here on Trip Advisor is correct (Rue de Bale), one can get some odd results searching on Google Maps. If you type just ”Hotel Turenne Colmar” in Google Maps, it drops a pin in the heart of the old town which is NOT near the hotel. This caused us some consternation when we arrived in town, as we had to figure it out, then drag our suitcases across an extra kilometer of cobblestones after after what was already a very long travel day. In short, for travelers on a budget, the Turenne is a real value.

We enjoyed Primo Hotel a lot as a family of four because it’s location makes walks through Colmar easily possible. The hotel has everything go need, even air condition, hair dryer and parking is available on public streets.

The hotel is close to the Europapark. I have a very comfortable and comfortable rooms. The private parking is quite small, but there is a large free parking just at the entrance. Only ”bemol” for the moment: as the hotel is recently, the signal is not fully installed and GPS does not know the entrance of the Parking.

1. The room is not suitable for one person, clean and tidy. There is free parking from the highway and other highways. 3. Breakfast 8💶 One person can eat enough anyway. 4. The old town is less than 20 minutes by car. But living here is affordable. 5. Suitable for overnight transit to Switzerland, basically go to Longjiang, such as Switzerland town for more than 3 hours a way. 6. The front desk can buy a 50% discount Swiss high-speed sticker vignette with cash (cannot swipe the card). This is very practical to go to Switzerland and it is difficult to avoid the highway. 7. No toiletries and slippers are provided, and the towels are slightly old (but this is not a problem because basic overseas ordinary hotels do not provide it) disadvantages; 1. Don't go without a car or drive by yourself, it is difficult to have public transportation. The hotel is located in a factory area around the car selling and other facilities. There is no supermarket, the nearest walking restaurant buffet. So buy the essentials and go back after dinner.

To start, the hotel is in a perfect location - steps from Little Venice with lots of restaurants, wine bars, sites within a 10 min walk. The rooms (in the suite across the street) were also a good size - which was great for my 4 night stay. That being said, for the price there were definitely some things that you should be aware of. As the previous reviewer mentioned, some rooms - especially in the suites across the street - did not have an elevator. This was not communicated ahead of time so is a bit difficult if you have larger luggage. I booked my room at Le Colombier, but was given a room at Le Colombier Suites. Luckily i'm in decent physical condition so lugging my bags up and down wasn't the worst for me. Additionally, while the room itself was nice, there were some aspects which I didn't like - for one, the toilet was completely seperated from the shower/sink area - in a completely isolated part of the suite (i couldn't even find it when i first checked in, i had to call and ask where it was). Again, not a huge deal but when you use the restroom in the middle of the night and have to walk around in the dark looking for the toilet and then walking all the way to the other side to wash hands, it's not ideal. Second, there were spiders in my room. I killed 2 during my stay - I wish I had taken photos to show them, but was too freaked out when I saw them to look for my phone. I know its an older building so there will be some bugs, but again for the price this was pretty frustrating. And finally, (this may seem small to some people but was impt to me), I booked this hotel because they said there was a gym. Which is true, there's a ”gym” but its literally 2 machines, in a space smaller than my hotel room. And it was in a 3rd building, two streets away from my room. Again, not the end of the world but was just very inconvenient and not communicated appropriately ahead of time. Overall, I would give this hotel another chance because of the location and room size, but definitely a few things to keep in mind.

Convenient parking, warm service, rich breakfast, clean room

Hotel was easy to find and parking availability was ample. We arrived late in the evening and the staff was very kind to check us in smoothly. Hotel is quiet and clean with a pleasant lobby and lounge. We didn’t try the restaurant but it looked nice as well. Beds were comfortable and accommodations were perfect for our overnight stay. Would recommend to any fellow travelers.

We stayed here as a stop-over on our drive from Calais to Lake Como. Colmar was somewhere my husband had always wanted to visit and this hotel was a lovely place to stay. We arrived tired after 7 hours on the road, and the hotel warmly welcomed us and quickly directed us to a super convenient place to park 5 minutes walk down the street (we hadn’t booked parking so didn’t expect to park at the hotel itself). The four of us stayed (2 adults, 2 teenagers) stayed in one room which was a pretty good size, an executive suite, with the children on a fold out bed. The bathroom was modern, with a good shower and nice that the toilet was located separately. We ate breakfast at the hotel and also enjoyed a drink at the bar in the evening. Breakfast was busy but had a great selection of buffet options which pleased all the different tastes of our family. The hotel is about a 10 minute easy walk from where the central restaurants and old houses are located. We liked this as meant it was slightly quieter than being right in the middle. Colmar itself was certainly very beautiful, though I confess we didn’t love it quite as much as we thought we would as it was heaving with tourists and we also found it very challenging to find a restaurant with space that offered vegetarian options for our son. If we were to return we would certainly book ahead for food - we knew it would be busy of course being a weekend in the summer holidays, but have never been anywhere in France (including many summer weekends) where we struggled to get a table - lesson learned! But great hotel, and would certainly recommend the hotel to other travellers.