This hotel was known as Balladins Chatellerault Express until approx. May 2009 and is in the process of being rebranded Nouvelle Classe. Hence at present (June 2009) the signage isn't very clear.

I don't understand how the single reviewer of the Balladins suggested the hotel was new when he stayed there in 2008. It is clearly a lot older than that (or has worn very badly) - it is a prefabricated build with cell-sized rooms and nasty metal framed beds (and bunks above if you have a 3-bed room) with solid (unsprung) beds.

The new owners are doing the place up but it is not great at the moment. The staff are very pleasant and breakfast was fine, but the rooms are not really very nice. The door didn't shut properly on our room meaning my wife could not sleep because of the draught - it will be horrible in the winter as it was pretty bad even in a warm June night.

The Wifi doesn't work in rooms far from the reception either (we were at one end of the... more