Advantages: Beautiful dining room Disadvantages: Bedrooms adequate but not elegant.
We stayed at the Hôtel Restaurant La Flambée in Bergerac in November 2008 for two nights and enjoyed breakfast and dinner. What follows is an honest account as possible about the hotel as I can provide. Hopefully this may help if you are planning to visit this part of the world.
We flew to Bordeaux but the most convenient airport for the hotel is actually in Bergerac as the hotel lies about 2 miles outside the town. Incase you are not familiar with this part of the world these places are in the main wine growing areas, and are in South West France. Flying time from the UK is about an hour and a half if you are flying from the London areas. Easyjet will take you to Bordeaux from Luton, likewise British Airways will fly you from Gatwick, and Ryanair will fly you from Stansted to Bergerac. This area is great as it is possible to use as ...
Advantages: Excellent location and good value for money Disadvantages: Not suitable for disabled people
The Hotel
The Bellevue hotel is a three star hotel and has 36 rooms, which are all nicely decorated in either burgundy or blue tones. It is a four storey building with lots of parisian style.
The hotel is a small independantly run hotel which is in a fantastic location 19 Rue d' orsel, 7518 Paris which is at the foot of the Sacre Coeur church in Montmartre.
I had pre-booked a taxi online when I booked this break. Taxi was from the Charles de Gaulle airport and when we arrived the Bellevue Hotel was lit up outside and looked very warm and welcoming.
The hotel has a small reception desk which is open twenty four hours and the reception staff are very friendly and helpful. At the side of the reception desk there is a large rack with lots of tourist information leaflets on where to go and places of interest ...
Advantages: A Christmas cake's a scrumptious treat Disadvantages: Too rich with so much else to eat?
December's here. It's time to bake
Our annual family Christmas cake.
Some say it's best done months before,
But I'm pedantic; I deplore
Such early starts to Christmastide.
If it were my decision, I'd
Forbid the C-word to be used
Till Advent started; it's abused
As matters stand?.Enough, I'm ranting -
Instead, I'll go and start decanting
Some Christmas spirit from its bottle.
Thus fuelled and running on full throttle
I'll talk you through instructions for
Gateau à la mode du torr.
Ransack your larder first of all.
It's likely that among your haul
You'll find dried fruit, which often lurks
In shady corners (and it irks
A cook to find it aeons later,
Condemned to waste by "use by" data).
Assuming it's still "best before"
Weigh what you've got and buy some more
If there's too little. For a tin
Of seven inches ...
