Battlefield accommodation list

[michaeldr]

It's good that our GWF Pal Eric Goossens and his wife Özlem have seen their great work at The Gallipoli Houses recognised again, this time in the Daily Saba

 

"We customize everyone's experience to their time and their budget and use many hotels on the peninsula," he said, adding that "some are exceptional like Eric and Özlem's Gallipoli Houses. You never know who you'll meet there, could be a famous hobbit like Sir Peter Jackson or any number of famous historians."

 

see https://www.dailysabah.com/expat-corner/2019/03/26/legendary-expat-series-meet-the-gallipoli-artist

 

[Sly]

Hello,

 

I have stayed yesterday at the Royal Hainaut at Valenciennes, it's a new 4 star hotel open since May 2019.

Very good, very nice, an impressive building and nice work after a 8 years restoration. The building was an hospital used in WW1 and until 2009. I have stayed in a certain number of hotels in France and Europe and this one is definitily on my top list. Everything is "magnifique", from the swimming pool to the bar and the rooms. 

Website here:

https://www.royalhainaut.com

 

 

The hospital was there in 1918...

 

And the same building today

 

The hotel is inside:

[angelab]

Accommodation Name.  Coquelicotel

Postal address 10 Route de Bray, Méaulte, 80300 Albert, France

Phone number if known.  Telephone: 0033 (0)3 22 74 87 95      Mobile: 0033 (0)7 60 15 36 48

Email address if known. contact@coquelicotel.com

Website URL if known. http://www.coquelicotel.com/.  The owner apologises for the rudimentary nature of the website; better viewing via booking.com at https://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/coquelicotel.en-gb.html

 

Super studio apartments, with cooking facilities, for short or long stays. Perfect for visiting the Somme area.

Edited 25 October , 2019 by angelab

[Michelle Young]

Le 1880 Cambrai 

http://www.le1880.fr/en/home/

 

Lovely rooms and communal living area. 

[KIRKY]

Sad that Butterworth has closed on the Somme, now a private house.

tony

[Michelle Young]

Stayed there once, a lovely place, but our visit was slightly marred by a certain Antiopdean  couple. I see a new place at Mametz  has appeared on Gites de France. 

[WhiteStarLine]

18 minutes ago, Michelle Young said:

a lovely place, but our visit was slightly marred by a certain Antiopdean  couple

Michelle, my wife and I apologise unreservedly for that!  Oh wait, maybe you mean a Queensland couple cited in a certain thread.

12 hours ago, KIRKY said:

ad that Butterworth has closed on the Somme, now a private house.

Tony, this would have to be very sad news.  We had a few stays there starting in 2012 and my wife emailed John last year at the height of COVID to see how he and Chantelle were going.  We got a lovely reply with an understated suggestion that things were tough.  Great place for Australians following units on the Somme as it is so close to everything that featured from March to August 1918,

[Michelle Young]

http://chambre-hote-somme.com/en/
 

Beautiful setting right by the Somme river. Comfortable rooms and a very good breakfast. Very close to the Le Hamel park and the Mond/Martyn crash site. Sadly had only one night but will definitely go back. 

[Michelle Young]

Stayed here for a couple of nights, good for the Cambrai area.

https://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/la-boussieroise.en-gb.html?label=gen173bo-1DCAsoTUIPbGEtYm91c3NpZXJvaXNlSAlYA2hQiAEDmAEJuAEHyAEN2AED6AEB-AEDiAIBmAICqAIDuALqvr-XBsACAdICJGNmYjgxNzczLTA0OTgtNDA3My05N2EwLTYwYzE1Y2YzNDQzMNgCBOACAQ&sid=f60f0a6f4a045a0ff3be0eccb3b86dd3&dist=0;room1=A%2CA;sb_price_type=total;type=total&

This little place was very nice. Ideal for visiting the Arras battlefields. 
https://www.gites-de-france.com/fr/hauts-de-france/pas-de-calais/aux-petits-paves-62g1754

[Michelle Young]

Lovely place handy for Abbeville and Somme bay.

https://ferme-du-scardon.fr/