La Croix Blanche

Hotel La Croix Blanche is a wonderful traditional family run hotel in the 'centre ville' of Tarbes. I needed to book for an urgent business visit in August and the hotelier was friendly and flexible on booking and the rooms are spotless with excellent aircon. Breakfast in the small cafe was good quality though more limited French continental style. Only thing to remember is to make sure you confirm ETA ahead if arriving later in the evening to ensure they are aware to expect you. Perfect cosy hotel for an urgent visit in charming Tarbes.

Finally, a hotelier that includes today’s travelers = Spacious rooms, impeccable cleanliness (you won't find a dust, even on the frames on the wall), lights and sockets everywhere, efficient and stable wifi, TV with all channels including Canal + and bein packages, professional and warm Welcoming... In short, here is a hotel to which we want to return and this, for prices defying all competition! The 3 and 4 competing stars of the area should behave themselves!

To describe to you the disastrous night we spent in this hotel, I will go about it in a rhythmic and chronological way. A little context is needed, we are a group of 4 friends who came to Tarbes to participate in a Judo competition and we found the hotel of the White Cross to sleep there one evening. We arrive in front of the hotel located in the city center (which complicated the placement of the car) after a long afternoon of driving. So we enter the hotel where a man (the boss) greets us with a big smile. He gives us the keys to our room located on the first floor and accompanies us in it by explaining to us thoroughly every corner of the room. All the switches, all the electrical outlets, all the drawers have been methodically taken as an example to explain how the chamber works. Even the operation of the flush had to be explained. Not because the elements of the room are complicated, just because the boss mistook us for people not possessing an IQ more than double digits. In short... The night passes and the next morning at breakfast, the boss explains once again how the breakfast works. A friend of mine made him understand that we knew how to use a toaster. While we were having breakfast, the boss was hovering around us until he came to lean on the radiator next to our table to bang the discussion. During this short moment, the boss notices that a friend of mine took 2 chocolatines from the buffet (at will). What a scandal!!! A little out of place with this behavior. In brief