Toulouse Hotels

Advantages: Clean, basic accomodation
Disadvantages: In the middle of traffic hell

...two of us. The Kyriad is probably not the hotel I would have chosen if I'd had an unlimited budget and more time to reflect on the trip. A huge 2 star hotel at the wrong end of Toulouse's Boulevard de la Gare, everything about its decoration, situation and lack of facilities suggests that it's not a hotel for a romantic break, more one for the low end business traveller. It's next to a canal, but at the exact point where the still waters are covered ...
...credit where it's due, the Kyriad is an astoundingly competent basic hotel for the traveller on a budget. Our room was cleaned every day, we never had any problems and all our touristy requests at the front desk were treated courteously and swiftly. All the hotel literature is printed bi-lingually in French and English and you're only a ten minute walk away from some of the best bits of the city of Toulouse. Throw in a couple more pillows for each ... Read review

Advantages: location location location
Disadvantages: not cheap for drinks etc from the bar.

...group (Holiday Inn, Intercontinental and Crowne Plaza). So I had read that the location for this hotel was on Place Capitole in the centre of the old town of Toulouse. What a result. We didn't hire a car because we just wanted to stay in the city centre and do the café / museum / cathedral / restaurant chill out weekend and from this hotel just a short walk to all the above was possible. One of Toulouse's best known sights is Pont Neuf and this is ...
...at night when it is lit up. Anyway I mustn't wander off into a town review or the Ciao review police will be after me! So the hotel is in Place Capitol and it does have some garage parking available but as I didn't use that I can't comment on the quality etc. I did notice it was over the road rather than under the hotel but this is a very narrow street so there would not be a long walk with bags etc. As is the way with these types of group hotels ... Read review