Le Moulin de Connelles
Connelles, Normandy
Good Hotel Guide Review
“A peaceful spot, stunningly beautiful,” say visitors to the Petiteau family”s 20th-century “Anglo-Norman” half-timbered mill house. With towers and turrets, it straddles an arm of the Seine near Les Andelys. A series of islands splits the river into channels, and the hotel forms a bridge: you can watch boats pass below as you dine. “The river, with willows, is at its most beautiful here.” The bedrooms vary in size: some are a bit “poky”. One couple this year had a room where “you needed to be a gymnast to get into the bed”, another thought the “shabby chic had gone a little too far”, though they liked the “charming touches” such as complimentary liqueur, and the “amazing circular sunken bath” in their tower suite. Others had a “lovely, spacious room with balcony above the water”. The half-board menu is “good value and tasty”. In the lovely park are fine old trees and birds; there is a heated swimming pool on an island, and “you can use the rowing boats free’. Some traffic noise, morning and early evening, from the nearby road.
Hotel details
Address
40 Route D'amfreville Sous Les Monts
Connelles
Normandy
27430
France
Telephone
00 33 2325 9533 3
Bedrooms
12 rooms.
Open
All year.
Facilities
Restaurant, bar, dining terrace, swimming pool.
Background music
Yes, classical music.
Children
Yes, cots and extra beds available.
Dogs
Yes, for €14 per night.
Smoking
No smoking.
Credit cards
Visa, Carte Bleue.
Prices
Standard double room from €88-150, breakfast €17.