Ibis Albert Pays de Somme

Stayed for 3 nights to visit the Somme battlefield sites. This is an excellent, well run hotel with very pleasant staff. I like to try to speak French when in France and get on ok but the staff here are very good English speakers so no problems if you get stuck with French. My room was 1st floor at the rear of the hotel so a quiet spot. Good sized room and very clear, tv with French channels. I took a travel kettle which was a big plus as no tea making facilities in the room. The hotel has a bar and restaurant which were both well used during my stay, restaurant was very good and reasonably priced. Good sized car park with plenty of space. I took about 30 minutes to walk into the centre of Albert where there are numerous restaurants but good to check opening times first as many don’t start food until 6pm. Great location for battlefield sites. Would stay here again.

Great location for my business trip. Very friendly staff. It has a restaurant also, which is very convenient. I would happily stay here again.

I’ve stayed here for many years. Motorcycle trips with the boys, family visits to battlefields and last night on a longer trip. Sadly, the hotel is starting to show its age and is in need of a refresh. Sadly, no kettle, no signal on the TV for English language news. (Usual to get bbc news world at least)

Only thing negative was the fact the restaurant was closed for dinner but we were given great recommendations by the girl on reception which were 4 minutes drive at most.

Very very good experience, thoroughly comfortable room and I felt the restaurant was terrific both in terms of food and service. The hotel is about a 20 minute walk from the town centre and I could see the top of the Basilica (which IS Albert) from my room. I hired a bike for two days from the excellent Office De Tourisme and made my way around the usual spots. This hotel is quite close to Lochnagar and there is a WW1 cemetery (Bapaume Post) two minutes' walk along the road to La Boiselle. One of the 'stones has a direct reference to Lord Kitchener which you do not see often. I was delighted with the stay. Only tiny query = the lack of a kettle in the rooms, given the evident UK contingent staying I found this surprising. Fantastic overall, many thanks.