“Stay away from the Beef......”

Stayed at the Kyriad for 4 nights with colleagues and it's a mixed experience really. The outside of the hotel looks a bit Stalag 17, it's right next to a main road on an industrial estate (yep, should have google mapped it) but it's not all bad. The rooms have been refurbished (you can still smell the new paint) and whilst small (lets be positive, cosy) they are very clean, tidy, redecorated throughout and similar to a Premier Inn in the UK. As a budget hotel for a couple of nights it's fine. Don't think you'll be sitting outside the hotel enjoying any wine or ambience as there's no bar, and the road noise will put paid to the ambience. But your not bothered by road noise in the room luckily. There is a buffallo grill next door which is handy if you like your meat escaping off the plate (for well done read raw! and thats beef and salmon! Couldn't find many places to eat in Arles (still a bit early in March) but if you have a car try Chez Tony's Italian in St Giles (15mins away, and he's Russian but what the heck) it's by the river, very quaint, good food (has a pizza oven) and go to St Martin de Crau for their market (colleague said it was half a mile long and on a Friday when we visited but it could be other days also. Other than that it was all work and no play......doh!