Reviews of H de Surgères

Very nice and cozy boutique hotel. Nice and spacious garden. Stayed only 1 night for work no time to really enjoy the area.

Clean and spacious room with everything you need for the stay. Ben was very helpful and he manages the property very well and nicely kept. He speaks very good english which is a plus point for mw.

Beautifully decorated house and spacious rooms with surprisingly big garden behind the house. Good breakfast in the serre. Surgères is a surprisingly vibrant and green town. Worth making a stroll through the centre and castle remains.

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This is a beautiful old hotel steeped in history and the manager was able to tell us a lot of the history of the hotel and surrounding area. For a beautiful old hotel they had thought about the little modern touches - lots of plug sockets, large TV, quality soaps and shower gels. Onsite private parking was welcomed. The pool in the traditional French garden with its fruit trees was fantastic. The breakfast was a lovely continental breakfast with homemade blueberry muffins. Nothing was too much trouble.

It was a very hot night - 35 degrees so air conditioning would have been a welcome addition but I totally appreciate that this is not possible in an old hotel. A fan was provided.

Situated in the centre of a peaceful French town. Fabulous garden and pool. Tastefully furnished and an interesting, attentive host. Breakfast was delicious with a good choice. Nothing was a problem for Benoit. We loved our stay!

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Lovely property near the centre of town. Benoit was very welcoming and his home cooked pastries at breakfast were delicious. Room was perfect with everything we needed. Swimming pool and garden area were very private and well maintained. Plenty of restaurants nearby. Would recommend for those looking for a fabulous authentic stay.

Nothing to comment on.

Host so helpful excellent English Beautiful historic property very good breakfast

Excellent price per night, owner is welcoming, informative and nonintrusive.

A faint residual smell of wet dog.

The breakfast was lovely. Little handmade pastries every day were joyful. We were given a delicate of wine. The owner made the charm of the building and the story behind the house come to life with his tales and was always very happy to chat. He welcomes his guests into his home and I hope everyone appreciates this as much as we did.

This was a gorgeous oasis. Walking off the street into a beautiful historical building that was very welcoming. The host was lovely & the garden was idyllic with a wonderful pool. The room was spacious and the bathroom modern. Breakfast in the conservatory was perfect, with a freshly baked treat as a bonus. The town itself was perfect for a bite to eat & drink. Could easily have stayed for a relaxing week.

That I could not stay longer.

We only stayed one night, but Ben our host made us extremely welcome, his attention to detail was refreshing. Our room was spacious and comfortable with complementary tea coffee and water. Breakfast in the conservatory was a delight and the continental food was excellent, along with Bens homemade cakes made our stay just perfect.

Breakfast was very good Benoit being a qualified pastry chef always had a special treat at breakfast. The rooms were very well appointed the bathrooms especially. Great place to stay for 3 nights. Highly recommend.

All was good nothing we didn’t like.

Superbe chambre au tres beau style

We contacted the owner after we couldn't get a taxi to his place, and he came to pick us up! So kind! The accommodations were impeccable and the breakfast just perfect. The owner was a wealth of information on the history of the property and area in general. Best recommendation!!

Needed to walk and there was a lot of rain!!

Everything, fantastic location!

We had one small issue that was dealt with straightaway, can’t really say we disliked anything

Everything there is far above average. We look very much forward to staying there again. Many thanks to the owner who is a perfect host.

Quiet and relaxing old house with character. Nice pool onsite. Nice gardens. A few minutes walk from town center. Owner very responsive to all requests. All modern facilities available.

Loved meeting the friendly welcoming owner and host, Benoit. The hotel is beautifully decorated with a mixture of old world tasteful elegance and quirky little art works. Our room, in particular the bed and bedding was extremely comfortable. We stayed in the room named Vespees, (overlooking the garden), which had a stylish spacious en-suite shower room. Benoit provided us with a tasty continental breakfast and for a small supplement eggs are on offer. There is a fabulous garden at the rear of the property and the hotel is very conveniently placed in Surgeres with restaurants nearby. The town has an interesting castle and park, with cafes along the way, to while away an hour or two. There are music and art festivals from mid July onwards, which we unfortunately missed. stayed one night , but I’d go back to stay there quite happily again. Thank you Benoit for introducing us to Surgéres. Hopefully we’ll meet again.

In all honesty, the photographs on the site gave me the impression it was more rural, but in fact the H de Surgéres is placed in a town. This could have been my misunderstanding and if I’d done more research, that may not have happened, but as I said in my review thé hôtel and host outweighs any disappointment and in fact staying there in the town suited our needs admirably. Benoit offers a beautiful home within an interesting setting.

“ H “ de Surgères. From the moment he opened the door Benoit was the perfect host, relating the interesting history of this beautifully presented house and carrying our bags to our room on the first floor. Our room was very large with two windows overlooking the street in front of the house and our ensuite facilities were excellent; spacious, clean with a separate toilet. Rooms at the back overlook a lovely well cared-for garden with a small swimming pool for guests. Like everything in this establishment, breakfast, served in a conservatory, was a treat: a wide range of tasty mostly local food. Each day Benoit baked something special, such as a madeleine or a cookie to provide a final personal touch. Anyone wanting cooked food could get two eggs for a small supplementary cost. Within no more than three or minutes’ walk from the centre of Surgères, there is a choice of restaurants. In fact the nearest is but 25 metres away serving genuine excellent Moroccan food in a special ambience. Free street parking is available at the front door and the main line station with local trains to la Rochelle and Poitiers is at most a 15 minute walk away. This is a Chambres d’Hotes, so a guest house rather than a hotel but it provides a comfortable, relaxing and enjoyable stay. It has most mod cons, though no air conditioning or lift. Electric fans are provided and help with luggage is good-naturedly given by Benoit himself.

Nothing we didn't like at all. A house of this nature does not lend itself to either lifts, A/C or veding machines. It's not a hotel.

Having found the main hotel on the main road in the middle of town my wife looked at me with that ‘what have you brought me to’ look. One should never judge the book by the cover as, once inside the large double doors of the inner yard one finds an extremely well-appointed gite, ideal for us as a couple or a family with two children who would be in bunk beds in an area off the main bedroom, Yes there is a bed settee in the living room cum kitchen but our opinion would be six people might be a bit of a squeeze. The kitchen is small but perfectly usable, we cooked most nights with no problem at all. Outside there is a fair-sized swimming pool with a surround that was almost finished when we stayed as well as an extensive garden leading to the rear of the main hotel where one could get breakfast or an evening meal if one so wanted. All in all a nice place to stay in a small town that has a fascinating history and an extensive park area with the old chateaux and church.

First hotel on our long series of stays in France and Portugal. From the street side the H looks like another small town bed and breakfast… but once you enter it is one wonder after another. Charming settings. Many artefacts in this lovely decor have been carefully curated to satisfy the French intellectual as well as the cosmopolitan traveler. That property has style and manners, like Benoit, our host. The staff went above and beyond the call to help us with our big suitcases when we checked in and also when we went to the Surgères railway station. Benoit even gave me a lift once I had dropped our rental car down the street from the H. I couldn’t have chosen a better location and place to stay. Location, Cleanliness, Services, Culture, Calm. A real find a few kms from Rochefort and La Rochelle!

the street entrance is not very obvious…. hard to spot from the street when you are driving, so maybe having some parking instructions or tips would help guests