Hotel La Basilique

EPINAL, 5 Rue Des Halles
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50 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

20 Oct 2025

Peter

Great location, easy parking with easy access to bars, restaurants and local museums

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Sep 2025

Keith

Nice hotel in a very pretty little town

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2025

Estella

Excellent hotel for visiting the battle sites.

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2025

Geoff

Ok, but - see comments.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2024

MARTIN

Somme WW1 Visit

Ideally situated in the centre of Albert. Excellent restaurant and meals, super friendly staff. Would not hesitate to recommend.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jun 2024

james

The rooms are above the resturant. Our room was nice, and clean, and really good sized.

The hotel is next door to another good resturant, and there are several good places to eat within 100m or so.

Go to the underground war museum across the street, and learn about WW1 and the western front.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Oct 2023

MARK

Traditional family run basic hotel.

Right in the middle of Albert so good for ww1/ Somme battle history tour. Easy street car parking across the road.

Rooms clean but small and pretty basic. Too few power sockets. 2 floors, narrow steep stairs and no lift.

Breakfast lacklustre and expensive ( 12 Euro) for self-service breakfast with many bought in commercially wrapped items. We chose to breakfast elsewhere the second morning.

Staff v helpful and polite. They were a little surprised how much of a premium the booking site had added as their displayed rack rate ( displayed behind the counter) is 98 Euro/night. They said that in France , the cheapest way of booking is always to approach the hotel directly.

Onsite evening restaurant very nice and decent value.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2023

Joy

A lovely family run hotel very convenient to the WW1 museum.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2023

Brendan

Immaculately presented, excellent food

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

03 Oct 2022

Andrew

Pleasant hotel for a short stay

Enjoyable stay at a hotel where is stayed previously. Right in the centre of a small town. Excellent location as a base for visiting the First World War Somme battlefield. Whilst the very good town war museum is based in the basilica opposite the hotel, you will need a car though as most of the vast battlefield is in the countryside. Although Albert isn't a big town, they're are a number of good bars and restaurants which are reasonably priced.

The room was comfortable with a view over the town Square- adequate but not large for the price. Breakfast was decent quality but felt rather rationed.

As per my comment abovet though, I've stayed here once previously and would be pleased to return when I'm in the area.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Jun 2022

Andrew

Well situated and comfortable

I spent a one night stay here with my daughter. Very good position in the centre of Albert. Beds were very comfortable and the staff friendly. If definitely visit staying again.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Sep 2019

Enjoyable stay

Nice little hotel in an excellent location. We managed to park right outside the premises ( but this was on a Wednesday night). Evening meal was excellent and breakfast was good.Staff helpful and friendly.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2019

Malcolm

Great location

Excellent location nice restaurant and very nice kind staff.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Nice stay

Very good hotel

Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Nice stay

Excellent stay in a very atmospheric hotel. Lovely food in restaurant for dinner and lunch

Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Pleasant stay

Very enjoyable stay in a comfortable inn/hotel. Good food in restaurant too.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2018

Steve

Clean and comfortable hotel, in the very centre of Albert. Convenient for the town restaurants and bars. Central to the Somme battlefields, and so very convenient for touring the battlefields. The parking outside the hotel is free.

10/10

Exceptional

23 Sep 2018

william b

Classic French Hotel

This is a wonderful family-owned hotel in the center of Albert. I stayed for five nights and could not have been happier. The continental breakfast has lots of choices and is excellent too.

8/10

Excellent

28 Jun 2018

andy

Great hotel to use as vase for exploring the Somme

Enjoyed staying here. Central and convenient for our purposes which was to visit WW1 battlefield sites. Hotel staff were friendly, restaurant provided a good menu and rooms were clean and well decorated. There is noise from the road but this should be expected when choosing a hotel in the centre of a town. Double glazing works well but I like to have windows open. Rooms at the back are road noise free. I would definitely stay here again.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2018

Chuck

A Visit to the Somme

My wife and I were passing through for one night to visit World War I battlefields; we had not been here before. The hotel was delightful. The room was spacious, clean, and very comfortable. Parking was on the town square right around the corner. This is a great hotel where i will definitely stay again.

8/10

Excellent

27 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

Helpful & Friendly Staff

The staff were very helpful at this little hotel, I organised for a map to be posted to me there. It had been placed in our room for our arrival, thank you!

The room was immaculate, we appreciated the kettle, which is not standard in France, but very welcome when visiting chilly battlefields.

Dinner was good, but not amazing, the service however was very good. Perhaps the menus had been written more with the British in mind, and lacked the normal French flair?

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2017

David

Perfect for visiting the Somme battlefields

Situated in the centre of this charming little town opposite the impressive basilique this is an excellent centre for touring the battlefields of the Somme. The hotel public areas could do with an update, but the bedrooms and dining areas were spacious, spotlessly clean and reasonably well equipped, including tea/ coffee making facility's and free bottles of water. The breakfast was adequate, but not exceptional. The evening meals in the restaurant were, however, excellent and good value for money. We would certainly stay here again.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 May 2017

Roger

Following in Grandmother's Footsteps

We were making a visit to two family war graves and particularly wanted to stay in Albert as my grandmother had visited and possibly stayed in the town 95 years ago. We were impressed with the town especially the Somme museum. The hotel was very well situated in the very centre of the town. The room we had was spacious and well appointed and evening view from our room withe Sun on the basilica was stunning. We will be returning to spend more time in the town and area. The restaurant in the hotel was also of a very good standard with a wide choice and well presented. Breakfast was a good selection. Whilst the hotel does not have its own parking area we found a parking space within a couple of minutes walk. Be aware though the hotel does not have a lift, so you will need to carry your luggage up one or two flights of stairs.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jun 2016

john

Best option in Albert

Perfect location.

8/10

Excellent

23 Jun 2016

Neil

Lovely hotel in a Lovely Town

I really liked this hotel. We have been touring France for a couple of weeks staying in places of a similar standard / cost and this was a much bigger room than we have become used to. Just beware of the stairs which are steep and narrow....difficult to negociate with two suitcases!

The town of Albert is lovely with everything right on the doorstep. We didn't eat in the hotel restaurant, despite it's great reviews. We went to \"Le Corner Pub\" which is about 200m away and the food was superb

Our visit to Albert was arranged so that we could visit the nearby war graves at Dernancourt. We took a taxi there and it was bizarre because the taxi driver had never heard of the place. We then walked back though. It took about an hour

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 May 2016

James

Great overnight stopover.

Very nice small hotel in a quaint little french town. Perfect location close to the Somme museum and several pubs. Room was a good size and clean. Hotel restaurant food and service was excellent.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Jun 2015

ken

best in town

gtreat hotel

Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2015

jimbo

Close to history.

Across street from museum and famous ww 1 church. Minutes from battlefield. Big clean room with modern amenities. The wallpaper with red poppies gave respect to the history.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Apr 2015

Lance

Perfectly located for a tour of The Somme

Friendly staff; clean, comfortable room and a lovely dinner in the restaurant.

8/10

Excellent

12 Mar 2015

Verified traveler

Battlefield Tour stopover

The Hotel rooms we requested were 2 x twins. They were clean, basic and functional. They overlooked the main square and Basilica which we felt was a bonus. The Hotel restaurant was excellent and well worth using, the breakfast was minimal and self service but did they job.
All in all, suitable, with little frills at about 50 euros p/person per night (Breakfast incl).

The location is perfect with ample parking outside. Would use again, if only for restaurant and location.

8/10

Excellent

16 Sep 2014

Kiwi in London

Excellent Choice Near Calais

This is a friendly comfortable hotel, near to Calais. It is also a good locaton to explore World War 1 Battlefields. As the other reviews said, the restaurant in the hotel is excellent.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2014

Verified traveler

Hotel great parking in the very busy vicinity not easy. Service at reception good quick and easy check in and out.

Family

8/10

Excellent

26 May 2014

Elaine

Comfortable Hotel

We used this hotel as a base while visiting WW1 sites.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2014

harry

very friendly

excellent restaurant!!!!!

10/10

Exceptional

17 Feb 2014

brian

Comfortable hotel close to the battlefields

We found the staff very accommodating and helpful. The room was spotless and a very reasonable size. It's a great spot to base a battlefield tour of the Somme.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Dec 2013

I G

Lovely family run hotel

My wife and I stayed overnight and had dinner in the excellent restaurant which was also very popular with locals. The room was comfortable clean and quiet and the local dishes at dinner excellent. The service was excellent. We would definitely stay there again.

Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Jun 2012

Eleanor

Adequate for our needs

This hotel was quite good, although there was no fridge in the room and it was a little noisy from the restaurant below. Also the bed was quite hard. We didn't realise until too late thy the restaurant is rated very highly which was a shame as there wasn't much else around town. (there is a nice looking cafe next door but they were extremely rude not even giving us a menu). The brekky was quite good; standard French brekky and overall good value for money.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

26 Jun 2012

A bit of a let down

The hotel IS a two star, so maybe I shouldn't have been expecting too much, but the size of the room was disappointing. If I stayed again I would ask for room number one, which had a double bed but more floor space. The shower was good, the tv and wi-fi were good, the staff were very friendly and the buffet breakfast was certainly adequate, but I feel the hotel has sacrificed number of rooms for quality. There was no sound isulation between my room and the one next door. Luckily the occupant was very quiet, but it still sounded as though he was in my room when he put his key in the door.
There is no lift and the stairs would be difficult to negotiate, with a case, for anyone not 'fit'.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 May 2012

Jeff

We Loved This Hotel

We loved our entire visit to Albert, France. If you are in any way interested in the First World War, check out this town and stay at this hotel. It is not fancy, but quite comfortable, and the hospitality and the restaurant were oustanding. We had dinner, breakfast, and lunch, and all were first rate. It is just a short walk from the train station and extremely close to all the main sights (church, museum, park, etc.)

8/10

Excellent

09 May 2012

John

3 day break at Albert

Very well run family hotel with English speaking staff all very welcoming, friendly, and willing to offer assistance and advice when required. Hotel is located in the centre of the town and front rooms have a superb view of the Basillica cathedral opposite.Would book hotel again if planning another visit to area.

10/10

Exceptional

06 May 2012

margarita

stay here, and eat here too!!

Room overlooked the city square and the basilica. It was clean, comfortable and the restaurant had a great menu, fantastic food and not expensive.

8/10

Excellent

20 Mar 2012

Simon

Highly Recommended

It's all true, Didier is a marvellous hotelier, relaxed, unassuming and eager to please. If you are here on a historical battlefield tour then this is the place to stay.

8/10

Excellent

07 Aug 2011

Oldbogey

Good hotel, excellent restaurant

This is a fine Logis de France hotel in the centre of town, ideal as a base for visiting the Somme battlefield. Our room was quiet and comfortable, at the back of the building, with all necessary facilities, resupplied as needed. Breakfast was satisfactory: a scaled-down two-star version of a four-star buffet spread. We dined twice in the very good restaurant, which was deservedly busy. Excellent food for the price, unobtrusively and pleasantly served - a thoroughly professional operation. Free Wifi access is a huge bonus. Parking was easy and free. There's no lift, and a narrow staircase, so luggage movement is challenging. Highly-recommended, and we shall return.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 May 2025

Verified traveler

Bra lokalisering mitt emot kyrkan. Gratis parkering för utlandsregistrerade bilar. Renoverat och ok frukost.

Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Feb 2025

Niels Arnth

Professional service and right position

Central position, and professionel service

Business

8/10

Excellent

15 Sep 2021

Hajé

Prima hotel, vriendelijke mensen

Fijn hotel, flink gemoderniseerd sinds mijn vorige verblijf hier zo' 10 jaar geleden.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

29 Jul 2021

Thierry

SEJOUR AGREABLE ET ACCUEUILLANT TRES PROPRE

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Jun 2019

Pierre

Je reviendrai lors de mon prochain voyage

Chambre spacieuse, excellente literie, propreté irréprochable
Très bonne insonorisation de la chambre, aucun bruit de voiture alors que les fenêtres donnent sur une rue très fréquentée
Excellente restauration !
A recommander pour soirée étape ou pour séjour en couple

8/10

Excellent

03 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Hôtel accueillant bien situé dans la ville.
A recommander.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2017

Steen Duurloo

Hyggeligt, lille hotel mind i Albert

Er man \"WW1-fan\" er Albert den rigtige by at vælge som base, og Hotel Basilique det rette hotel at opholde sig på.
Rent og pænt værelse samt en ualmindelig venlig og hjælpsom betjening.
Restauranten har lækre retter og vin på menukortet.
En god detalje, der også er et eksempel på hotellets opmærksomhed på gæsternes velbefindende, er de ekstra lydisolerende vinduer. I mit værelse, der vendte ud mod byens hovedgade/torv var der ingen som helst larm fra gaden: Efter en lang dag ved fronten er det rart med en god nats søvn og lidt ro.