Le Chat Botte

Good location for exploring the island. In centre of village opposite the small market place. Small market every morning, fresh fish, cheese, fruit and veg and bread stalls. Quiet apart from the impressive church bells! Hotel staff friendly and some English spoken. Lovely breakfast patio over looking the garden. Good selection of breakfast items including bacon and scrambled egg and freshly squeezed orange juice. Natural swimming pool was very refreshing. No air con but our room had very good fan with refreshing mist function. Would recommend.

Le Chat Botte is a beautiful boutique hotel in the quieter, northern part of Ile de Re. As a previous reviewer has said, it is a good hotel, but it could be great. We were staying here, a family of five, in a large double and a triple room, during extremely hot weather. Unfortunately, there was nothing in the rooms, that offered any relief from the heat. There is no air conditioning which is arguably an eco-friendly move, but neither was there a fan or a small fridge to keep anything cool. The hotel is right next to the church, who’s bells ring surprisingly often, from 7am, so sleeping with the windows open meant an early wake up call. The breakfast was expensive at 14 euros each, for essentially a continental breakfast. We only had this on one day but when we came to check out we found that we had been charged for four days. The shower in our room was a hand held shower over the bath, with nowhere to fix the shower over your head. The frustrating aspect is that it would not take much to rectify any of these issues and it would have made for a much more comfortable stay, particularly given the temperatures. On the plus side, the rooms are beautifully decorated, the beds were very comfortable and there is a lovely garden with a pool and loungers.