A l'Ombre d'Azay
A l'Ombre d'Azay descritpion
Located in Azay-le-Rideau in the Loire Valley, A l'Ombre d'Azay is set in a wooded property of 3,000 m² park and features a terrace. It is just 900 feet away from the Château d’Azay-le-Rideau. Free Wi-Fi is available at the B&B.
The spacious rooms are painted in bright colours and they feature floor-to-ceiling windows. They all have views and are equipped with a bathroom with bathtub or shower.
Every morning guests can enjoy the breakfast served at the B&B in the dining room. The lounge with fireplace offers the ideal spot for relaxation. Restaurants are to be found in the area at a 1,000 feet distance.
An hour’s drive from Paris and a 20-minute drive from Tours, A l'Ombre d'Azay is a 13.7 miles distance from Chinon Castle and Villandry castle is just 8.8 miles away. Tours Airport is located 20.5 miles away and Azay-le-Rideau Train Station is just 1.9 miles away.
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Facilities of A l'Ombre d'Azay
Outdoors ：Grounds | Terrace | Sun Deck
Pets ：Pets are not allowed.
Activities ：Hiking | Cycling
Internet ：Free!WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.
Parking ：Free!Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed).
General ：Non-smoking Rooms | Facilities for Disabled Guests | Heating | All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)
Languages Spoken ：French | Spanish | English
Reviews for A l'Ombre d'Azay
Review 1：No toiletries in bathroom
Review 2：Very nice landlord, perfect location to visit the chateau of Azay or others nearby, all very clean and good facilities, perfect breakfast with locally made produces, good wi-fi
Review 3：An excellent location with parking, so convenient to explore the area. Well furnished clean and spacious room, plentiful breakfast. Welcoming hostess.
Review 4：We have nothing negative to say about this place. Thank you for a wonderful stay!!!
Review 5：This place was fantastic! We had a beautiful and comfortable room with private entrance and direct access to the garden. Our hostess was extremely helpful and provided excellent advice for visiting the Loire region. The room was comfortable, large and quiet. Easy walk into the centre of Azay-le-Rideau.
Review 6：Had we wanted a shower not a bath, we would have had to sit in the bath and showered holding the shower head, as there was no shower curtain. I found the paper screens which formed the door to the bathroom very confusing in the middle of the night! I had to switch the light on which disturbed my husband, so I could find my way into the bathroom. The Japanese futon bed was too hard for me, but my husband loved it.
Review 7：I loved the bath after a very long hard days pedalling. The property had a lovely garden with plenty of seats to sit.
Review 8：Clean and comfortable room. Great breakfast and our host was very helpful and hospitable + we improved our French. We could of course speak English as well if we wanted
Review 9：The owner was so friendly & helpful and told us all about the history of the building. The troglodyte caves behind the house were fascinating. Very close to Chateau Azay-le-Rideau & restaurants. Breakfast was delicious.
Review 10：Bed was very new, very modern and very hard !!!
Review 11：Welcome was excellent, room very nice. Location excellent, with parking on site. Owner very helpful with everything from local sights, places to visit, places to eat.
Review 12：No privacy in bathroom arrangement ( no door) for toilette. Also room entrance was directly on parking lot.
Review 13：Location, and the proprietor was always helpful with suggestions for sites and restaurants. she also helped all the guests communicate together when we didn't speak the same language!
Review 14：Nothing
Review 15：Interesting accommodation with original features. Excellent breakfast and knowledgeable hostess. Lovely little village with nice restaurants and spectacular castle.
Review 16：A L'Ombre d'Azay is lovely calm and comfortable place to stay which I can recommend most highly. A most welcoming and helpful host made our experience very enjoyable. I hope to have to opportunity to stay there again.
Review 17：Excellent room, great facilities! Really good breakfast. The owners were very nice and helpful. We were doing a bike tour through the area and only stayed one night, but it was so nice, we wished we were staying longer. We were able to leave our bikes in an area off of the main entrance, which was nice.
Review 18：No credit cards. But owner was nice enough to guarantee the room anyway.
Review 19：The owner is very friendly and speaks English really well. She gave us some good recommendations to visit L'Illete château which we really liked. Rooms were very nice and large. The place has some caves at the bottom that adds a lot of character.
Review 20：A bit hard to find
Review 21：Lovely hostess full of information. English very good. Great bed, best pillows we have had in all of France. Great location, lovely village and lots of places to visit in area.
Review 22：Great host very modern large room with a great garden behind it.very quiet and private yet a few minute walk to town center
Review 23：Location, owner
Review 24：Position of the property in the town
Review 25：The rooms were thoughtfully furnished, comfortable, and a good size.
Review 26：Building work in progress.
Review 27：Location,proximity to the centre of the town.
Review 28：No proper shower. Breakfast only fair felt it was rationed
Review 29：Room was good.
Review 30：Made to feel so welcome.
Review 31：personal touch excellent breakfast lovely accommodation
Review 32：very helpful propietor,spoke good English,suggested good places to go to.
Review 33：This is a great place to stay. This is run by people that really care and take pride in what they offer. From the warm greeting to the breakfasts and departure enthusiasm and perfection shine throughout. The rooms are very comfortable, the town is beautiful and is the ideal base for touring the Loire
Review 34：Very close to everything. Maryse was so helpful, even found us alternative accommodation when her place was fully booked. Lovely family,very warm and friendly.
Review 35：Small hotel, family business. Very new property, everything is clean and new, stylish design of rooms. Breakfast was reach and extremely fresh and tasty!!! Very friendly lady (the owner), speaks fluent English, recommended good restaurants in town and booked a table for us. 5min walk from the Chateau. If we come back, definitely will stay here again.
Review 36：Nothing.
Review 37：The owners welcomed us when we arrived and showed us around. They were happy to speak our language although we also tried to speak French when we could. The owners were delightful and very friendly. They made recommendations about good places to visit and good restaurants. The rooms are spacious, clean and very modern. The beds were large and comfortable. The garden is beautiful. The breakfast is very good. The location of this B&B is excellent and as long as you drive slowly down the street, it is easy to find the place. It is a very unique and interesting place to stay.
Review 38：breakfast lacking of a bathroom door no TV
Review 39：Very friendly host who gave valuable information and interesting recommendations extraordinary and large room very interesting breakfast room secure parking
Review 40：Still quite a lot of evidence of building work in reception area that could easily be hidden behind screens
Review 41：The family are making this building into a really nice boutique location. Each bedroom has its own character.
Review 42：The owner were very helpful and gave us all the good information about local activities. The room was clean and bathroom was good. Breakfast was also nice.
Review 43：nothing
Review 44：Azay le Rideau is a lovely town and the Ombre d' Azay was the perfect place to stay. The accomadation was terrific value for money and the Owner and her family could not have been more welcoming and helpful. Our room was excellent and the breakfast very French. We returned home with a boot full of fine wines and a collection of happy holiday memories.
Review 45：Friendliness of the staff. It was by far the best French breakfast we have had. The standard of the decor in the room exceeded our expectation for a chambre d'hôte.
Review 46：No air conditioning and there is insufficient signage to find the place. We had to search for it for 20 minutes.
Review 47：good, basic clean rooms. Well furnished. Good breakfast
Review 48：Bigger signage would be helpful - uncertain where main entrance was on arrival! Also, beware high road curb on leaving - we needed to take off our bike carrier as it hit the pavement.
Review 49：Extremely welcoming and hospitable hosts. Best breakfast we have ever had in similar places - fabulous variety of local produce. Plenty of parking on site. Location in town centre but the large grounds give country feel.
Review 50：In an ideal world it would have been lovely to have been offered a drinkon our arrival and explanations of how to usebath/shower/opening and locking the bedroom door seemed ratherlong winded after a long and tiring drive from England. Our first Frenchbreakfast consisted of just plain bread and croissants as well as coffeeor tea, although on our second day butter, a variety of conserves andalmond bread appeared, so perhaps this was an oversight on the firstmorning.The troglodyte cave sitting area extension to the kitchen wasvery interesting but felt a little damp.The bathroom was the same sizeas the bedroom and separated from it by sliding paper divisions. Thelarge bath was situated in the middle of the room but the hand heldshower attachment over the bath leaked all over the floor. If you wouldlike a 'proper' shower make sure you don't have this room.The place has obviously been expensively renovated but as yet feels alittle unfinished. The stairs needed care to negotiate and the receptionarea needs completing. Soon, I'm sure, the garden will be tidied upand an area created for guests to sit outside in the warm sunshine andrelax a little bit more.
Review 51：The accommodation was in an excellent location close to the centre ofAzay-le-Rideau, (a little difficult to find as there is no sign for theentrance along the busy,narrow road) and just a short walk to thechateau, market, restaurants and shops. We were offered advice on whereand where not to eat. The a l'Ombre d'Azay was very close to theexcellent Loire à Vélo route along which we were cycling during theday.The large 'zen' bedroom we stayed in at the top of thestairs felt Japanese, looked smart and expensively decorated. There wasplenty of storage and helpful touches such as a bottle of water and analarm clock. My husband loved the 'hard' mattress. A hair-dryerwould have been appreciated. The family were extremely helpful and letus leave cars in the car park during the day.
Review 52：Staff friendly and helpful. Room clean with updated bathroom. A haven for garden lovers with all the plants, flowers, and trees surrounding the entrance.
Review 53：The lobby is under renovation and the first impression when you arrive might not be good.
Review 54：Staff very kind and always ready to help. Room big and clean. Location 5 minutes walking from the Castle. Parking.
Review 55：The owners are still in the process of doing up the buildings so there is a lot of building rubble, bare plaster-board walls with the accompanying cold, damp smell of building works.
Review 56：Very warm welcoming staff (although couldn't find anyone at first when we arrived). Excellent breakfast with local specialties. Bedroom clean, warm and modern.
Review 57：These are not dislikes but more suggestions, we only stayed for onenight, install tv and tea /coffee making facilities in the room.
Review 58：This is not a hotel more a chambre d'ote so you get a very personalservice dealing with the owners, lots of information given,spaciousroom,very central location, generous breakfast,
Review 59：No sign out the front. Had trouble finding it. No apparent reception area, so didn't know where to go.
Review 60：Very comfortable rooms Fascinating caves Friendly staff
Review 61：Very helpful, caring owners who couldn't have been more pleasant. Great location to explore the Loire valley. Rooms are excellent.
Review 62：A beautifully decorated and very clean room with especially Very close to castle .Attentive services Highly recommended
Review 63：The room seemed unfinished. No pictures on the walls and no door between bathroom/toilet and bedroom
Review 64：Room was large and the bed comfortable
Review 65：No facility for making tea/coffee in the room.
Review 66：Friendly and helpful proprietors. Good location for exploring Loire Valley.
Review 67：Nothing!
Review 68：Friendly and helpful hosts. Good central location. Nice breakfast.
Review 69：Great location and really friendly staff who looked after us well.
Review 70：Extremely easy reach for facilities in area, on your doorstep
Review 71：Friendly and comfortable
Review 72：no television,no welcome tray,
Review 73：hostess very friendly,and informative.
Review 74：not all the facilities are finished
Review 75：comfortable and convenient
Review 76：Nothing really, just needs a bit of finishing off downstairs.
Review 77：Location near village centre and castle, room excellent, friendly owner, good breakfast.
Review 78：Friendly hosts, large quiet room. Easy parking. Easy walk to cafe's and chateaux.
Review 79：Perfect location at a very good price.
Review 80：The weather!
Review 81：Very warm and friendly welcome and a feeling that the lady of the house really wanted us to enjoy our stay.
Review 82：The place is unfinished - work in progress. A bit spartan.
Review 83：Location excellent. Room clean and neat.
Review 84：Excellent welcome, rooms and breakfast. Lovely ambiance.
Review 85：Tricky entrance for cars with low ground clearance!
Review 86：Interesting property, comfortable room, good breakfast
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