Salon-de-Provence Air Base Tours and Activities

My room had a princess balcony that opened on to a pretty courtyard with an orange tree. Despite being in the centre of town, a 3-minute walk from the station, it was lovely and quiet. Room was comfortable and had its own mini coffee machine. Staff were really helpful. Breakfast was a surprise. There was a whole table full of home-made sweet and savoury dishes: tarts, filled croissants, crême caramel, clafoutis, breads, as well as the yoghurt, fruit, French cheeses and hams in the fridge. Well worth the extra 20 Euros. My air conditioning didn’t work, which wasn’t really a problem, as it wasn’t all that hot that week. Am just mentioning it so it can be fixed for the hot summer. I’ll be back!

Pros: The hotel is in an amazing quiet area. Very peaceful and absolutely breathtaking hills, lavender...It’s a 15 minute walk to Bonnieux a charming simple and quiet village. Also, 15 minute drive to Lourmarin, a more vibrant village with a great little center with restaurants and shops. The room was great, super comfortable for our family of 4. Breakfast, pricey but worth it. CONS: 1. it is not SMOKE FREE hotel as listed on Expedia. We chose this hotel because it said smoke-free and my husband is very sensitive to smoke and we found that you can smoke anywhere in the hotel premises except inside. Therefore, the pool area, the beautiful terraces and gardens were taken by smokers. Secondly, the restaurant (La Bergerie) is all open so you have people sitting right next to you that are smoking even if you are inside. 2. La Bergerie- we wanted to have lunch here and the table next to us was smoking so we ask if it was possible to close the window so we could eat without the smoke in our face and they said no. We also tried to have dinner and although there were few people having dinner they said that we could not have dinner there which if you are staying at the hotel the only place to eat. We end up not been able to eat dinner at all because they said they could fit us at 9:30 but our kids were tired. This is a big issue because there is no place to eat at all, you can’t buy a baguette down the street or a snack bar. Also, the manager at The Bergerie was very rude.

Everything about the Westminster was 5-star with one picky exception: The bathroom showers were badly designed with no grab rails or adequate splash guards. Unless you were a contortionist, it was impossible to take a quick shower without flooding the bathroom floor. With just a few inexpensive simple fixes, the hotel could easily remedy this.