Hotel La Croix Blanche Fontevraud

France , Angers
FONTEVRAUD L'ABBAYE, 5-7, Place Des Plantagenets
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50 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

21 Oct 2025

The room was excellent but 15€ each for breakfast was very expensive

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

27 Sep 2025

gina

Small room up in the eves of the hotel .
I wanted to be on floor below . Not helpful .

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Aug 2025

David

Lovely hotel in a great location for visiting the Abbey, exploring the Loire valley, wine tasting, or simply breaking up a long journey. The restaurant is excellent, although the breakfast looked underwhelming. The pool and parking are a great asset. Our second stay and we will return.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2025

Richard

Great location. Historic building. Good mix of historical features and modernity in lounges and dining area. Helpful, friendly staff. Dining experience very good. We enjoyed a very relaxing stay at La Croix Blanche.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2024

John

Beautiful old hotel

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2024

Mark

A great place to stay in the Loire

We really liked this very pretty and comfortablel hotel, we had a lovely time there, the pool was a welcome sight as it was hot while were there. The room was comfortable and very clean with a good shower etc. The restaurant was also really good.
A special thank you to the ladies on reception for being so welcoming and helpful. We hope to return again soon.

A small thing that would be nice in the room would be tea/coffee making facilities.

We highly recommended this hotel.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2024

Lotte

Everything was top-class. We are never disappointed. Beautiful dining experience.

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2024

Penelope

Very attractive and across road from Abbey. Need to book for dinner.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Sep 2023

Cecile

Beautiful Lodging, Excellent Service

The reception staff were super helpful before and during our stay, advising us how to get to the hotel from the nearest train station (and recommending a cab company since they needed to be ordered in advance). We were warmly welcomed and super pleased with our rooms, which were beautiful, modern, well thought-out and very comfortable. The lounge areas were cozy and reflected the historic building that houses the hotel. Our dinner in the peaceful courtyard linking the hotel with its adjoining restaurant was delicious, and the service friendly. The breakfast buffet next morning was extensive and included cook-your-own soft-boiled eggs and the best croissants, plus (house-made?) lox salmon. The only downside was that the hot weather required us to sleep with our windows open. Unfortunately, this subjected us to the noise from the restaurant kitchen as the staff finished tidying up after closing. If we'd been able to keep our windows closed, it wouldn't have been an issue.
Other than that, I can't say enough good things about this delightful hotel.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2023

Jeff

Right outside of the gates of the fontevraud abbey,good service and selection of food open all day,35degrees on are visit so hotel very warm especially on 2 nd floor ,water ,fan,and light sheet supplied for sleeping,car parking right on site,and free.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2022

David

Great location, great outdoor pool. Good choice of places to eat.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2022

Shanti

Lovely room. Friendly staff. Nice pool good restaurant. Wonderful location right opposite the abbey and on a charming square. Wish we could have remained another day

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2022

Dawn

Beautiful hotel. Free parking.

Beautiful hotel. Shame no kettle and tea making facilities not in room. No plug near mirror to do hair except in bathroom. Restaurant next door excellent. Very comfy bed.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Escape in the Loire Valley

Great location for visiting vineyards in the Loire Valley. The room was comfortable and had character. There was a small pool on-site with lovely gardens / flowers. The restaurant served very high quality food and English was spoken throughout.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Good location, comfortable bed, friendly staff.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2018

Amanda

Excellent hotel and restaurant

Amazing couple of nights at Hostellerie La Croix Blanche. Beautiful location on a lovely little typically French square with outdoor tables. Perfectly placed for day trips to near by chateaux and towns. Had dinner at the hotel restaurant both nights and the food was absolutely exquisite and astonishingly good value for money. Would highly recommend staying here for the food alone. 10/10 visit.

Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

Lovely Loire hotel in picturesque village on the doorstep of the Fontevraud-l'Abbaye.
Stayed overnight on outward journey but made time to revisit the village on return leg.

6/10

Pleasant

26 Jun 2018

Mixed reviews

Stayed for 1 night with my husband & two frends. Overnight stop to break the journey home to England from the Dordogne. Our room was no 19 & ok apart from the toilet not flushing properly but our friends had to change their room as their shower did not work at all. The rooms are a bit dated & could do with a facelift ! On the other hand, we ate in the hotel restaurant that night & the food was exceptionally good. €29 for 3 fantastic courses . So I would definitly eat there again.

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

Nice hotel great stop over, our room was ground floor and next to a private dining room that were celebrating! Fortunately we were so tired we just crashed . Restaurant does not cater for vegetarians despite asking they could only manage a green salad for dinner.

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jun 2018

Onebaddog

Great location in village centre, very helpful staff, lovely room. Excellent restaurant for dinner.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Mar 2018

Carol

This is an excellent hotel!

This hotel is perfectly located for visiting the Fontevraud Abbey and surrounding area. The staff were very welcoming and helpful. The hotel is clean, service excellent. I highly recommend it!

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2017

Robin

Lovely hotel, friendly, quiet and well situated.

Friendly staff who all spoke English well. Well situated next to the abbey which is well worth a visit. Room was clean and quiet, but had no tea making facilities. Car parking was behind hotel and initially difficult to find. Restaurant served excellent food. Would return without hesitation.

4/10

Poor

02 Oct 2015

Todd

late night problems

The machine that would check you in rejected three Credit Cards; all of which were good. This required me to call the owner that had us wait ten more minutes. He was good and took care of the problem, but none of this would have e been required if his machine had worked.

6/10

Pleasant

17 Aug 2015

Verified traveler

Only average!

Rooms were VERY dull! The first one we were shown was a very dull dark brown and had very little natural light. It was also stiflingly hot. To get more natural light we had to upgrade, which, as it was a fairly pricey hotel anyway, was not what we were looking to do. Our 'upgraded' room turned out to be above a store room which staff used, quite noisily, as late as 23.00 and as early as 6.30am, a bit of a pain. The breakfast was ok, but they had to go out and buy extra croissant every morning, which seemed a bit daft. Evening meal was very good on both times we went there.

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2015

sue

Good hotel in lovely setting.

Stayed here for two days . Ideal location for cycling the Loire. Set in a picturesque courtyard. Not sure when we approached hotel car park as you drive through a housing estate, but when you walk out of front of hotel we were pleasantly surprised. Didn't eat in hotel cycled down to Montersareau which was ideal for us. Breakfast good though.
Also had a pool which we needed as it was really hot when we stayed so ideal to use at end of day.

4/10

Poor

23 May 2015

Jerry

Not as expected for cost.

Wet towels and floor mat, poor WiFi in room, faucet spray, shower-bathroom too dark.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2015

Verified traveler

Great hotel

Perfect location - just across the square from the entrance of the abbey. Lovely room (we upgraded to a superior room and it was very spacious and comfortable). Nice breakfast.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2014

Karen

Lovely hotel by the abbey

We loved this clean, upscale hotel, located in a charming hilltop town, just across from the historic Fontevraud Abbey in the center of the town square. Rooms were very spacious with a lovely shower, and were extremely clean. Great location, ideal for visiting Chinon and Saumur, but far enough away from bigger cities that you could feel like you were in a remote town. We ate at the hotel for breakfast one morning and for dinner one night, both of which were very nice. There is convenient parking located just behind the hotel. Highly recommended.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2014

Verified traveler

NIce little hotel away from the crowds.

Staff was really helpful and friendly. We loved our room that was recently renovated.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Jun 2014

Sarah Roberts

Great Location

Attractive location and nice rooms although ours had to be changed as we asked for twin beds. Helpful staff but waitress service, ie tea and coffee not from a machine, for breakfast would have been nice. Would be happy to stay there again.

Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Jun 2014

david

Fabulous food, good accommodation

The food is really good, sitting outside beside the town square watching the world go slowly by is the real French experience. The staff are friendly and helpful and make the stay a pleasure. The rooms are small but totally adequate. The abbey of Fontevreaud is across the square and a visit to it would fully justify a trip even if there were not an English King and two Queens at rest inside. Plenty of parking

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2014

Derek and Liz

Sensitively modernised Logis in Loire Valley

Ours was a two night stop in Fotevraud on the way south. We booked one of the more comfortable rooms and ate breakfast and the evening meal there. The hotel has been modernised in a very sensitive and smart way around an old 17th century building and is right in the centre of Fontevraud, just opposite the abbey complex, which is the main tourist attraction and very worthwhile to visit.

Our room was very comfortable, without being oversized, and the staff were most efficient and polite.

The hotel is a 'three cooking-pot' Logis, and, as such one would expect the food to be high standard. We were not disappointed!

The breakfast was substantial and varied - all of a 'continental type', ie. a combination of the French style (croissants/baguettes/fruit) and German/Swiss coldmeat/cheese/smoked fish dishes. They do cereals, but not the full English breakfast (that is not a criticism however, just a fact).

The restaurant meals in the evening featured a good value (about 22 Euro if I remember rightly) menu with good choices. The food was well cooked and presented in a modern style - the restaurant seems well patronised by people not staying at the hotel, so best let them know if you want to eat there (though they seemed to be coping during our stay).

All in all, we would thoroghly recommend this hotel to anyone.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2013

Queue

great location

Lovely quiet little town with everything you need. Hotel is wonderful, comfortable, clean, excellent restaurant

Family

6/10

Pleasant

14 Sep 2013

Verified traveler

Basic hotel, nothing special

The room was clean but lacked any charm. The hotel receptionist kept us waiting for 20 minutes while she tried to figure out a mistake on another couples' billing - she seemed unable to do basic math, and although there was another staff person milling around, we simply had to wait. When we asked her for directions to the next major town, she didn't seem to have heard of it. Overall there was nothing special about this hotel.

8/10

Excellent

13 Sep 2013

milou

Opposite the Abbey

Enjoyable stay.
Excellent food, including breakfast.

6/10

Pleasant

08 Sep 2013

milou

Tripadvisor choice

Easy to find. Large property. Lovely area. Reception staff nice - we accepted the first room offered. Nice surroundings. Booked evening meal - competed with group. It took a long time to be served ( 3 hours) but we chatted and enjoyed he wine and food. The Swedish group was OK and they helped themselves to some of our breakfast buffet as they left their own section of the restaurant. All in all it was a good visit.

8/10

Excellent

15 Oct 2012

Verified traveler

Peaceful and interestong town.

Very limited choices in such a small town-good restaurants and nice hotel. Very small area. People very nice.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Sep 2012

Brenda Morgan

Great location. Free WiFi!!!!!

Wifi access useless. Managed 6 minutes in attempts from 7pm to 12 pm and again from 7.30 am. Asked reception but very nice but unable to help. Essential for planning journey and booking hotels. Cheaper hotels throughout our journey through France have all done much better with Wi Fi. Secure bike parking requested was in car park with no fixing points for padlock as shed full of hire bikes. Otherwise OK.

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2011

Jackie

Wonderful hotel

Found the hotel to be better than I expected. The staff were very friendly & welcoming, the rooms fairly basic but very clean and the restaurant staff, service & food was wonderful. Town in in a reasonably good spot for sightseeing & wine tasting if you have transport. Would definitely stay there again if going to that area.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2009

A wonderful place to stay

We had a wonderful evening at La Croix Blanche with a very comfortable room and excellant evening meal. Breakfast was equally enjoyable. Would visit again if in the area.

10/10

Exceptional

04 May 2026

Stéphane

Personnel agréable, hôtel très calme. Je recommande

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2025

Andrée

Les 3 chambres réservées etaient parfaites, joliment décorées, linge impeccable. Le personnel sympatique , à l'ecoute et de bon conseil. Je recommande cet hotel

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

07 Sep 2025

Etienne

Décevant

Hôtel agréable et bien situé, avec du caractère.
Les retours des questions ne sont pas immédiates, nous avons eu un appel après avoir posé la même question 3 fois.
Les horaires sont plutôt contraignants, avec un check in à partir de 15 h et un check out à 11h. Le petit déjeuner s’arrêtant à 10h même le dimanche matin.
Être réveillé par le personnel de ménage qui génère de grosse nuisances sonores est particulièrement désagréable.
Le tarif payé représente le double du tarif affiché à la réception…
Une bouilloire avec un peu de café et de thé aurait été apprécié.

Partner

4/10

Poor

08 Mar 2025

Verified traveler

Equivalent à un B&B...

Eau tiède dans la douche et le radiateur ne chauffait pas en mars...(radiateur d'appoint mise en place).
Sans compter le repas du soir où on me demande le type de cuisson (appoint) et on se retrouve avec un steak ultra-cuit. Isolation phonique inexistante.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

03 Nov 2024

Pierre

Hôtellerie La Croix Blanche.

Séjour agréable, accueil très sympathique, environnement immédiat superbe.
Nous avons trouvé une chambre bien équipée, confortable et propre.
Literie confortable.
Nous avons dîné au restaurant de l’hôtel, très agréable la carte est suffisamment variée le service efficace pour des tarifs raisonnables.
Le petit déjeuner copieux et varié.
Petit bémol, une rénovation des menuiseries donnant sur l’extérieur apporterait une réelle amélioration du confort thermique.
Pour ne pas terminer notre commentaire sur cette note, nous avons passé un très agréable séjour dans cet établissement et nous pourrions le recommander à des amis.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Sep 2024

Chardon

excellent séjour ,très bon accueil hôtel très agréable ,

et la restauration parfaite.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Aug 2024

René

Hôtel restaurant en plein centre, accueil très sympathique, chambre correcte, petit déjeuner correct, restaurant bien.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2024

Marie-Hélène

Hôtel très bien placé ; appel pour nous proposer de réserver une table au restaurant. Conseil à la réception pour profiter d’une nocturne à l’abbaye. Très bien.
Petit déjeuner mériterait d’être un peu plus généreux.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Nov 2023

GERARD

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Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

20 Nov 2023

Verified traveler

hôtel bien tenu, très propre et agréable, chaleureux, mais très bruyant car les cloisons sont minces.
Excellente table du restaurant, et un civet de sanglier à recommander !

Partner