Hotel De France

Great place to stay with...

Liked: Great value for money , lovely staff and spotless rooms
Disliked: Nothing

Reserve a room on top...

Liked: I was pleasantly surprised to get a spacious room on the top floor - obviously updated with clean faux wood floors, huge TV, huge windows with lovely view toward the old town. The location is excellent - near the old town, and easy walk to the train station. Parc Jouvet very near, and walking trails expand from there. Museum is exquisite.
Disliked: The hotel could benefit from offering a variety of evening food options. I finally discovered the very nice bistro across the street "Bancel"

Good hotel in great location.

Liked: Location, private parking, staff
Disliked: Our room this time could do with updating, the bathroom was dated.Receptionist said we had been upgraded too, when we have stayed before the roooms have been a lot nicer.Apart from that all was good. We did not have breakfast.

Definitely worth a stay

Disliked: My only disappointment was not to have at least one English channel, even if only a news channel, to watch or have on when I was in the room.

Superb

One of the best breakfast...

Liked: We have stayed here about 10 times over the past twenty years of travels in France. ALWAYS 1) spotlessly clean (sheets always smell fresh) and matress quality very good 2) fabulous breakfast buffet ( breads and brioche were still hot from the baker at yesterday's breakfast - who still serves homemade brioche in France ? ) including local cheeses, CRISPY and delicious croissants and pain au chocolate ( NOT those undercooked low quality things most hotels have gone to the last few years), granola, nuts, yogurts, delicious coffees, fruit cakes - Wonderful!) 3) very thoughtful and polite staff 4) great parking 5) steps (literally) from the two main shopping streets yet very quiet. 6) Excellent value for money. Valence is a great southern town and on the main route south so this is our go to place.

Exceptional

Liked: Very clean, great parking, great kocation

Good

Liked: Location. Clean. Suite was modern and stylish. Breakfast buffet excellent.
Disliked: As a 4-star hotel one might expect that the staff can arrange for extra towels or a cork screw wine bottle opener. The staff was kind and tried but whether from poor training or no training at all they didn’t seem to get it. It seemed like a parochial hotel posing as a high end place. This is a nice hotel. The management might think to get out of town once in a while and experience hotels of their caliber and perhaps adjust accordingly.

Superb