Holiday Inn Toulon - City Centre
What is your IHG One Rewards status?
Diamond Inner Circle Royal Ambassador
Were you (or for multi-stayers are you generally) happy with the hotel/stay
Yes..
Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
Booked cheapest rate and was upgraded to 1 Premium Room
How are the rooms?
Around 27sqm large.
Pleasant new brand’s design.
Bedroom with very comfortable bed.
Desk
Corner sofa.
Bathroom with separated toilets and walk-in shower.
Soak Superfood Skincare toiletries.
Bathrobes
Television set with good selection of international channels.
No Chromecast.
Free minibar
Malengo espresso coffee machine. Kettle.
USB power socket next to the bed..
View over the city.
Very quiet.
Free PressReader
How is the exec. lounge?
N/A
What was good and what was bad?
GOOD
-Smiling staff
- Pleasant outdoor pool area.
- Very good breakfast (you know you are in France when homemade fresh madeleines and crepes at breakfast). The hotel unfortunately closed its restaurant (which was very solid) and offers only pizzas.
- The hotel is surprisingly very cheap.
- Central location (8 minutes walk from TGV station; 6 minutes walk from remarkable City’s art Museum; 15 minutes walk to Toulon covered market, and 30 minutes walk from Mourillon’s beach).
BAD
- Nothing
Value for $ or IHG One Rewards Club? Would you return?
I stayed at this hotel for one night before moving on to a family home on the French Riviera.
I could have gone there directly by TGV, but it was an opportunity to visit Toulon (which really is the French Riviera’s best-kept secret).
But more importantly, this stay was actually nostalgic: I stayed 17 years ago for over a year on a project with an important client in the city (Naval Group).
The Holiday Inn Toulon was the first IHG hotel I stayed at, and the one that helped me discover IHG One Rewards (then Priority Club) and become a Royal Ambassador during my first stay in New York (I didn't know about this status and saw my profile on my account; I went online and came across Flyertalk, which I didn't know about either).
And what's even crazier is that the waiter at breakfast recognized me (and even remembered that I drink a lot of Coke Zero).
I have to admit that in a world where staff change all the time (at InterContinental Park Lane in London, I'm never greeted at check-in by the same person), it's very pleasant (and I must say even moving) to find the same staff, still smiling and helpful, after all these years.
Detailed review with pictures
Around the hotel - City of Toulon