Premiere Classe Biarritz

For what it cost, it was honestly perfectly fine. Breakfast was nice too, and reasonably priced.

I wouldn't call this a proper hotel. A hostel would be better. The room was dirty and smelled bad, the beach was far away, and the airport nearby made it impossible to sleep at night. The room had too few sockets, just two small lamps instead of proper lighting, a dirty, very small bathtub, and a TV with no channels. Breakfast wasn't offered at all. There were two vending machines, and the coffee from one was disgusting. The staff's hours were strange. We tried to check in at 7 in the morning and were told to wait until 2 pm. When we came back then, the desk was closed, and several other people were waiting by the hotel entrance. There was no doorbell, so I had to wait for the receptionist to come outside and ask her for the door key. It also wasn't possible to check in early in the morning or late at night.

It was handy for the airport, though the kitchen had limited opening hours. The rooms were squeezed in, with three single beds, one upper bunk and two narrow twins. The bathroom was a prefabricated unit with a toilet, shower and sink, barely bigger than a roomy shower stall.

The location was handy, just off the motorway, and we had a good dinner at the restaurant in the Campanile next door. The room was clean but very basic, as Première Classe rooms tend to be. There was an unpleasant smell when we arrived. It seemed to fade, or perhaps we got used to it, and bothered us less after a while.