Hôtel la Couleuvrine Sarlat Centre Ville

We really enjoyed our stay at La Couleuvrine. We loved that the building is an old rampart tower from the 15th century, and we got to stay at the very top! We loved the atmosphere of the place -- it fit in perfectly with the town. The location was perfect. The staff was very friendly, the breakfast good, the room comfortable and fun. We had a car and did pay the 15 euro a nice for a nice safe gated parking area about a 5-10 minute walk away.

We stayed two nights at the La Coulverine, paying E116 per night for a suite large enough for a family of four. We had a fair experience. The hotel is located right on the edge of the medieval town (the old ramparts) and our room was on the third floor, with two rooms. A very large main room with a double bed and a second, much smaller room with two singles. We found the suite a perfect size for us, but others might find the second room too small. Our suite was clean and nicely decorated, as was the rest of the hotel. But many parts of the hotel felt a bit dark and dingy. That’s how the building was originally made and no complaints about that but a little extra lighting would have been great. Otherwise, it was quite charming. The bathroom needs some work. Yes, it has just been renovated but they’ve installed one of those small complete shower cubicles with the rounded doors – and the doors were falling off! I’ve seen that in other hotels on these kinds of shower cubicles too, so I’m guessing it’s a design fault. But worse was the mould above the shower, which really needs to be attended to. The location was just about perfect – walk out the door and you’re in the old city. So restaurants etc are very easy to find. Just as well, as I was not overly impressed by the breakfast at La Coulverine. Parking needs to be found on the street and metres topped up regularly. There’s a Laundromat just across the street, which was super convenient.

What a fantastic stay in Sarlat-la-Canada! Beautiful Hotel with great, really friendly and helpful staff and the best dinner I have had in France!

Nice few days in Sarlat. Driving around countryside was fun. Wish we’d had more time to visit the Dordogne Valley.

I wanted to spend some time after the Olympics to see some castles and visit with a friend from high school. I stayed at La Couleuvrine for a few days and loved every minute of it. First the room is clean and the staff was super nice. Second, the location was perfect. It is just a couple minute walk to the town square that has strewn performers and a market that gets even bigger on Saturday. So much energy and life there. I got to get in three castles while I was there within 20 minutes. There was Kayaking on a river nearby. My room did have ac but understand not all do, so if you need it be sure to ask. At night it was cool so windows would work and I was out during the day. I am already looking at when I can come back to see and do more.

The location of the hotel is only a short walk from the centre of Sarlat, use of their private parking is recommended and is only about 250m from the hotel. The hotel staff are very friendly and helpful during are stay. The evening meal we had was excellent.