Château de Bellefontaine

Part of an anniversary trip. Beautiful country setting within walking distance of town.

This is a small chateau on the edge of Bayeux, which is not a big city so it is easy to get to the center and other places if you have a car. There is ample on-site parking and fairly direct routes to important sites. The place is minimally staffed, but there is always someone on duty to help. The waitress at dinner was terribly overworked and needed assistance. She did a remarkable job nonetheless. The restaurant was closed on our second night for a private party, which we were not told about so we had to go into the center of Bayeux to eat. Our room was huge with a bathroom to match. Modern bathroom fixtures, drive in shower. Everything worked and was clean. Nice breakfast in two of the large ground floor rooms. The grounds are nicely kept with a pond that is home to several white and black swans.

Beautiful buildings and setting. Breakfast was fantastic. Sitting room in main building has huge fireplace and is very comfortable. Our room was in the "Annex" which is detached from the main building. It was very cold when we arrived and took hours to warm up. Wi Fi does not work in the Annex so you have to dress and go to the main building to use it. In winter that's a pain.

This is a wonderful place to get away from busy streets and for relaxing and enjoying the atmosphere. If you are a person who must be connected to WiFi all the time and have plenty of outlets to recharge all your phones and laptops it is probably not the place for you.

Stayed for two nights to have Normandy tours. Beautiful Chateau setting that survived the WWII. Room was very large for European standard with renovated bathroom. Quiet area and you can walk to the town in 15 min. You can also walk to and from train station in 10 min. but hauling luggage may be a challenge since you have to walk on gravel side walk for a while. We took a very short cab ride and costs 7 euro. We had great dinner both nights and presentation, food, atmosphere were wonderful . Did not have time for breakfast at the hotel since we had to be in town early for the tour. Great if you have a car but not a big problem without if you like walking. We enjoyed everything about this hotel including friendly staff.