Anis

Closed for work for more than 2 years, but before that, a very pleasant and very well located small hotel, with parking. Friendly, family welcome, room a little dated which explains the work being done, which lasts a little too long for our taste.

Good pool, nice shady terraces, nice room with balcony and large bathroom. Fairly wide choice at breakfast. Restaurant serves delicious food in the evening, but plan ahead: there is no service Sun or Mon eve. We recommend the nearby Planet Sushi or Pizzeria. Watch out for mosquitos as I suffered badly. The residential location meant it was quiet and easy to get to the airport. The downside was walking up that steep hill (admittedly only 100 metres) at the end of the day. Avoid getting a taxi from the airport as they have recently introduced a set price of €32 , crazy when it's round the corner. There is no fridge and no kettle in the rooms. We brought a travel kettle, tea bags and powered milk and it worked a treat. The best asset of this hotel was the wonderful staff. They simply could not do enough for you.

I have split view of this hotel. We stayed here half a day and one night before continuing our trip. The room was quite small, but view was superb: Ocean view over the buildings. The hotel is also walking distance from the Boulevard des Anglais, but at the airport end of it, where there's not much happening. Still, the beach is there with it's pebbles. Traveling to Nice center during the day is also easy, even if the tram still goes only half the way. You can use the same ticket to take a bus. The problem comes in the evening, when the night busses start their very sparce and poorly advertised running (this is the problem of the city, not the hotel). The hotel is 4.5 km from the center so getting back takes time either by walking or waiting. Not so nice. On the plus side again, even if our view was towards south, where there's the tramline and roads, you couldn't hear them inside while window was closed. Only airplanes taking off could be heard, but they don't take off too often and not at all at nights, so the room was comfortably quiet most of the time. Or unless the hotel hadn't decided to have a disco downstairs, which thumb-thumb-thumb kept going almost to the midnight. So currently it's a bit underwhelming, but if they shut down the disco (or you don't mind it) and when the tramline finishes, this will be pretty good place to stay. Then add one star.