HÔTEL Jean de Bruges

Having had a bad experience this week we decided not to do any more online booking. So we looked at a number of properties in the area and this one stood out. So we drove there to look for ourselves, and without hesitation booked a room. A fabulous location, good sized quirky and clean rooms...followed by a lovely breakfast the following morning. Nearby restaurants were good too.

Beautiful conversion of one of the old monastic houses right next to the Abbey itself (which was originally built by Charlemagne, much knocked about and rebuilt over the years) Be reassured – our room looked over the square and the entrance to the abbey but we weren’t disturbed by the bells!) Simply-decorated and very clean, the room itself was lovely. Pet-friendly (there is an amiable resident fox terrier). Stone staircase is dauntingly steep, but there is a perfectly good lift. No restaurant (there’s a good choice round the square, even if low season) but breakfast meets the same very high standards of the rest of the place.