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Old Apr 12, 2017, 12:23 pm
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nicolas75
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InterContinental Bordeaux - Le Grand Hôtel

What is your IHG Rewards Club status?
Spire Royal Ambassador

Were you (or for multi-stayers are you generally) happy with the hotel/stay?
Yes, very much

Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
Booked cheapest advance rate with breakfast and received a Prestige suite

How are the rooms?
Very elegant design by Jacques Garcia, French Empire style re-interpretation
Around 55 sqm

Lving room with seating area

Bar area

Room with desk and very comfortable bed

2 large Loewe flat screen television with iPhone dock. Good selection of cable channels .

Nice marble bathroom with a bathtub and separate shower

2 Separate toilets

Guerlain Eau Impériale amenitie

Very quiet
Very nice view of the Opera

How is the exec. lounge?
N/A

What was good and what was bad?

GOOD
- Very attentive staff, service at the highest level you could find only at very best hotels
- Unbeatable location
- Elegant historic hotel with all the modern facilities
- Brasserie now directed by Gordon Ramsay (as the gastronomic restaurant, RSVP)
- Superb Nuxe spa (loved the massage, counter-current swimming pool) : perfectly clean and well maintained, excellent staff)
- Great rooftop jaccuzi with panoramic view
- Bikes can be rented at the hotel to visit the superb city of Bordeaux

BAD
- Nothing

Value for $ or IHG Rewards Club Points? Would you return?

Definitely
Still, be prepared to spend a lot at this hotel, if you visit the gastronomic restaurant, the brasserie and the spa.

Pictures of the hotel

Pictures of the city

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