Hotel du Bord de Mer "Le Vanille"

Clean. Helpful staff. No frills hotel. Excellent location on the corniche across the street from an excellent beach and a great view of the Mediterranean. Propre. Hôtel sans prétention. Excellente emplacement sur la corniche en face d'une beau plage et une superbe vue sur la Méditerranée. Quelques suggestions: étagères et cintres partout pour avoir plus d'espace. Grand table de nuit.

I stayed 6 nights on bed-only basis, via ***********. The hotel is easily reached by public transport from Nice airport; the nearest train station, Cros de Cagnes, is approx. 15-20 mins walk. I was delighted to be allocated a dual aspect, top floor room with large balcony. For some reason (?low season), the central heating was not working & the room, particularly the bathroom, were distinctly chilly! I was provided with a small, mobile electric radiator. The sea view rooms overlook the busy road, Promenade de la Plage, so bring earplugs if you’re noise sensitive. One negative was there being no kettle in the room, but the bar staff kindly provided me with hot water to take up to my room. Continental b’fast is taken in the large enclosed terrace at street level & was what one would expect … plentiful fresh baguette, a choice of delicious pastries, excellent orange juice, coffee, choice of yoghurts … & excellent value at 8€/day. Only 2-3 tables were occupied. As per the title of my review, I felt very at home in this hotel & would definitely stay here again. Suggestions of places to visit: Haut de Cagnes, Eze & its fabulous tropical plants’ gardens, Villefranche-sur-Mer, St-Paul-de-Vence, Nice. The latter has a HoHo sightseeing bus.