We have travelled to Arcachon area many times, previously staying in the Residhome Arcachon Plazza. On this occasion we thought we would try somewhere new and stayed at Résidence Vacances Bleues Villa Regina.
This former hotel that first opened in the late 1800's is a beautiful building, a short walk to the Park Mauresque from where you can be on the sea front at Archachon within about 15 mins walk.
The residence is clean and has been freshly decorated and new carpets. The bed was large and comfy, there was a kitchenette and a dining table with 4 chairs, but there were no comfortable chairs on which to relax.
We were on the ground floor, the room was boiling hot, there is no air conditioning and not even a room fan. This made our stay uncomfortable. Further, the room was noisy - with noise from adjacent rooms but worse was the noise from the room above where you could easily hear people walking around. It's a shame that during the renovations there was no consideration to sound proofing or to modern comforts.
The grounds were unattended to - with weeds everywhere and long grass, cigarette butts everywhere and the pool did not seem very clean. Such a shame, I am sure that in it's hay-day this really must have been such a grand hotel.