Le Pré Galoffre  

Beautiful hotel with extremely friendly staff. Food was excellent despite small selection on offer. Great base for exploring surrounding Points of interest including nines, point du gard, uses and the camargue.

Definately need a hire car

Although physically hard to find, it was worth the effort. Beautiful old restored stone building; small, tastefully decorated rooms; nice pool and patio...absolutely wonderful food. The owners were very nice and very helpful.

We had booked an overnight stay to break a long journey from Spain to Switzerland. Le Pre Galoffre is a family run hotel situated on the outskirts of Nimes. Pleasant reception area, helpful staff. Room on first floor, very clean and comfortable. Bathroom small but well eqipped; hairdryer available at reception. Lovely continental breakfast; fresh croissants, rolls and fruit together with very good coffee and various tea infusions. We would like to make a special point about their service: after we settled the bill for our overnight stay, they gave us both the receipt and the printout, but not the credit card we had used. We continued our journey to Switzerland and once we realised our card was missing, we called the hotel..... They apologised and had already placed the card in their safe. They had attempted to call, however, being unable to contact us they tried to contact booking.com. We asked them to hold the card for us until we were able to return four days later. Upon our return, we collected the card and they gave us a complimentary mini breakfast and apologised for their ommission.

Comfy room with quality soap. Large bathroom. Decorated bedroom with a chair and a stool. Location within 5 min drive to area malls. Interesting setting, and old stone building with thick walls, a nice staircase from lobby to upper floor, protected parking under tall trees. Nice breeze thru the window on the tree side in october.

Evening shift was helpful after enquiring, but there was basically no check-in info on anything like Wifi, tv, and yes, the code u need to open the portal in the night. Bad for ur back, but not too narrow stairs to upper floor. Very bad for ur trolley, mine got minor wheel damage: too long pebbled access from car to reception. Why don't they let u use the broad left side of the building for cars? Tarmac with space for a number of cars, and fewer pebbled meters from there. Breakfast: there are actually two options, 10 or 5 Euro, but why does it nowhere say so? In the morning u will not be actively greeted by the distanced manager whose main concern seems to be that she maintain her superior air.

The hotel was small and friendly. We chose it because of its location outside Nimes, but it was very difficult to find at first. You also need to know that they lock the gates at 8pm, so if you are going to arrive late, you should contact them. The room was not large, but pretty, although there wasn't really anywhere to sit other than on the bed.

The hotel does have a restaurant, but it is a fixed menu with no choice. Being a vegetarian, it didn't suit me. There was no other restaurant open within walking distance, so it meant a car journey into Nimes to find some food.

The hotel was well maintained, attractive and comfortable. The staff were very friendly and helpful. We had a meal in the evening which was very good and far exceeded our expectations for such a hotel.

The room was a little on the small side but as we were only staying for one night it was not a problem - might be different on a longer stay. During the night, around 3am, there was very loud music (possibly from nearby campsite) which woke us up.

I really appreciated the location of Le Pre Galoffre as it is in the countryside but really close to two really nice towns (Nimes & Arles) and the bulding is really nice. But the best thing over there is the Hotel staff (the owners), they are very nice and available. They will help you with anything and propose you a lot of things to do if you ask them. To summarize , I strongly recommand Le Pre Galoffre

Very friendly staff

Unsafe parking

The staff was excellent and very helpful, regardless of whether they understood/spoke English well. Grounds relaxing. Pool nice. Breakfast good. Room small, but clean.

We would definitely stay there again if we returned to Nimes.

The English like their tea and a kettle would be welcomed.

Local Giveaways in Room (i.e. Provence rice - 2 varieties)

Wifi doesn't work in all rooms.

On the one hand a charming clean, boutique-style hotel in a quiet location ran by very friendly and helpful people. On the other hand a little like ‘Faulty Towers’.

There is a general lack of guest information and attention to detail, which can makes ones stay less relaxed than it ought to be. The non-existence of a guest info pack in the room doesn’t help. So no explanation of: 1.the evening meal procedure (timings, menu, choices, price). 2. lunch (there isnt any) 3. wi-fi (connection of which is intermittent), 4. late evening / night access and main gate closure, 5. emergency procedures, 6. the next door hotel is and whether and facilities there can be used - given that both hotels are virtually joined at the hip. Also: No apparent night porter on duty – what happens if there is a problem during the night? Hot water supply sporadic. Faulty or very poor aircon in one room, so we moved to another, where the aircon didn’t work at all! No attempt was made to rectify this during our 4 night stay. No views: The hotel is a long narrow converted barn building. Rooms on one side look directly out on to the side of another building. Rooms on the other side look directly at the side of a very high leylandii-type hedge. This is full of mosquitos and bugs which fly into your room when the windows are open (given that the aircon didn’t work!). No nets or shutters on windows, so you have to keep the curtains shut in downstairs rooms to remain private. No room fan. No mirror in the rooms. Set meals are OK, but there is no menu or choice and no mention of price! So you don’t know what you’re going to get unless you ask. There is a very pleasant small pool, but no towels and no drink, snack or lunch service. Given the remote location of the hotel this means that you need to travel out of the hotel for some miles to find something to eat and drink during the day if you spend it by the pool. Again there is no explanation of this! Only limited French TV channels. They do have satellite TV, so why not include a few foreign channels? In conclusion not a bad place, but more care and attention should be given to guests’ needs.

Le prix de la chambre était bien plus élevé qu'indiqué sur la réservation. Je me suis donc fait avoir . On ne m'y reprendra plus : 90 eoros au lieu de 65 soit plus de38% en plus. Inadmissible!