Hôtes - Home Des Hautes Vosges

We paid €140/night for a stay that was dirty and disappointing. We booked two nights and had to change rooms, which by itself wouldn't have been a problem. The first room had no heating, even in the bathroom, which was quite dirty. The second was a joke: it was supposed to have an adjacent bathroom, balcony and wifi, but none of those were there. Instead, there was a very strong fusty smell, a window that wouldn't open, and a shower and toilet 15m away in a laundry room with a microwave and fridge. Everything looked like junk and was dirty. After showering, we had to cross a cold 5°C hall to get back to the room. At least that room had heating. Breakfast was dried out salami and cheese from yesterday. No heating, no Wi-Fi, dirty bathroom, smelly rooms and no openable window. Worst hotel experience in the last 10 years. Don't go there. Forget it. If you want to laugh, check out my pictures/videos.

The people were very friendly, and there was a sauna and free WiFi, though it was slow. The price felt fair for the moderate quality. The hotel is very old, with small rooms and really thin walls. At night you can hear your neighbours talking and going to the toilet, and the bathroom is tiny. We only got 1 plastic cup for 2. Dinner is very farmer-style, some kind of beef with potatoes and a few vegetables, definitely not "French haute cuisine". The big problem for skiers is that breakfast only starts at 8:30 AM, and before then the door is locked so you can't get into the building. That's really late when you still have to drive 5-10 minutes to the ski slopes. Parking is okay during the week, but at weekends you need to be very early. Noisy, not very good evening meals, and breakfast starts late.

The place feels stuck in the early eighties. The rooms were filthy, with mould in the bathroom. At that price, I really didn't expect this.

The host was so welcoming that it made up for the room's shortcomings. The room itself was OK, but the bathroom could use improvement.