Hostellerie Provençale

Hostellerie Provençal is ideally situated in the centre of Uzes, right next to the charming old town centre. Parking is easy in Uzes and there are two large, open air parking lots about a 10 minute walk away from the hotel. They are Parking des Cordeliers (recommended by the hotel) and Parking de La Gare, which is just round the corner from the first one. The hotel is a lovely building and although we arrived early, the charming gentleman on reception, who I take to be the owner, was happy to let us check in. Our room on the 3rd floor (there is a lift) was spacious, comfortable and beautifully decorated and furnished. The en-suite was also very smart and, most importantly, the room had very good air conditioning. Although it was nice to have breakfast served at the table as opposed to the ubiquitous buffet, I would class it as fine without being exceptional. In hotels prior to and after this one, similarly priced breakfasts included fresh fruit salads, a choice of cheeses instead of just one piece, and a selection of cold meats or terrines, that you don’t get here. I think that they can do a little better. This is a lovely hotel in an ideal location run by charming people. It would certainly be our hotel of choice when next visiting Uzes but we would probably forego the breakfast.

Uzes is charming, & the hotel is convenient to the bus into town & to all restaurants or services you may need. However, I don't know what we did to incur the disdain of the host, Eric. I am an experienced world traveler who, sadly, speaks only English, but I endeavor to learn a few words of whatever language is spoken in the countries I visit. I can only assume that my lack of French was a strike against me from day one. When emailing in English for availability to the hotel's site, I received no response, but when I tried again 2 days later using Google translate (which translated my English into French), I received an immediate response (in French) from our host, Eric. All future email exchanges were in French only. That would have been fine except that Eric speaks English very well; he just chooses not to. This was, I think, the key to our poor relationship. He seems to believe that if you don't speak French, you don't deserve his respect and are worthy instead of his outright disdain. His condescending attitude was relentless & palpable. He was unpleasant from start to finish, & I cannot recommend his hotel for this reason alone. We stayed in the annex across the street which was more modern although without working wifi. (You will find many complaints on this site of the useless wifi which works only in the main building's lobby.) If you don't speak French, do yourself a favor, & make both yourself & the management happy: stay elsewhere.

A total delight. Centrally located to visit a beautiful city. Lovely staff. Inexpensive municipal parking behind post office nearby

A wonderful rooftop restaurant. The food, waiting service and the atmosphere perfect. I had the sea bass - wonderful , and my husband the steak. All was enjoyed along with a lovely bottle of rosé. The only unpleasant factor was the older gentleman who checked us out. Very sarcastic and his manner awful!