Name: L'Abricotine
Address: Route de Romans, Mercurol, Mercurol, Mercurol, 26600, France
Rating: 8

Air conditioning

Smoke-free property

Heating

Garden

Terrace

No elevators

Reception desk

General

Family room

Rooms

Accessibility features

Wheelchair Accessible

Accessibility

Breakfast

Restaurant

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

German

English

Multi-language staff

Languages Spoken

Hiking

Picnic area

Recreation

Free parking

Parking

Cycling

Sports

Doctor

First Aid Kit

Beauty and wellness

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Contactless check-in and/or check-out

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the hotel

Grenoble-Isere Airport

Minatec

WTC Grenoble

La Caserne de Bonne

Palais des Congres Alpexpo

Grenoble-Bastille Cable Car

Jardin de Ville

Fort de la Bastille

Dauphinois Museum

Grenoble Theater

Place Grenette

Place Paul Mistral

Place Notre Dame

Eglise Notre Dame

Museum of Grenoble

Museum of Resistance and Deportation

Alps Stadium

L'Abricotine

Mercurol

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

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4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

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7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

The booking started well, with a follow up email telling us that the check in time was between 4 and 8pm (more about that later) and giving directions from the motorway.
Check in was very friendly and personal, and I was shown to our room, (lovely touch).
We had a large room with a double bed and a single, bathroom and large cupboard, patio doors and a terrace. I think the owners are renovating the bathrooms, as I saw pictures of really up to date bathrooms, we had an old version. The mattresses were new and extremely comfortable, plenty of pillows, spares in the closet and blankets should you need them, spotless bedding, and the place was very clean. I have seen some caustic comments about this place which I really cannot understand unless there has been a change of management or something. Yes, our room was not a clinical box, yes our room was I suppose aged, but it is clean and charming. The water was piping hot and plentiful, there are shutters on the windows, I heard absolutely no noise from the nearby B road. Bearing in mind travellers like us usually hunt for something near to the motorway but (at least in our case) that offers something a bit more than a sterile chain or franchise, my goodness did we hit pay dirt! 
So, the restaurant - the food was truly lovely. My husband had the cream of vegetable soup I guess you would translate it. Sublime . . .  I had one of the salads on the menu. I cannot describe how good it was, lardons, fresh as a daisy leaves, tiny fried raviolis coated in parmesan, perfectly balanced dressing, so, so good. Dorade for me - crispy with the creamiest risotto I have ever tasted, and my husband had a blue steak, unforgiving unless the quality is really good (and it was). Local wine, lovely, couldn't even squeeze in one of the wonderful sounding puddings. The menu is unpretentious but beautifully executed.
Breakfast: this is a served affair, as much coffee as you want, the coffee was lovely IMHO, basket of breads and pastries, homemade cookies, platter of confitures / apple sauce / yoghurt / fruit. It was all we could eat. They have I think 9 rooms in this little gem, way too small to have a buffet type affair without a ton of waste, and this was done very well. The thing is, these people really give a fig if you have had a nice stay. I would really urge you to give it a try, and what ever you do don't miss dinner!
I asked about the 4pm to 8pm check in time, which is a bit of a turn off for travellers doing any sort of mammoth journey, 'What if we are delayed'. Oh no problem, just call us was the response. Its a small, incredibly personal little place to stay, run by a minimum of people who care about the service they are providing. Highly recommended!

Lovely little gem of a place, super restaurant

Located near a busy intersection though still in an attractive spot next to an apricot orchard in the Rhone Valley. The hotel is a bit tired but with friendly staff. The restaurant is good without being anything spectacular. This place made for a good overnight stop on our way to Lyon.

Nice surroundings

This 2* Logis branded hotel is very handy for the A7 (j13). It's quite basic (and the decor a little tired) but the owners are friendly and the evening menu looked good (although we didn't eat in the restaurant). The rooms are all differently themed. Ours had a small terrace. The hotel is not far from the village of Mercurol which is quite pretty and a short drive from Tain L'Hermitage which has all amenities.The traffic noise kept us awake; there was barely a pause from evening to the morning - which wasn't ideal for us as we had a long way to drive the next day. There is plenty of parking - which the owners keep locked overnight. The hotel is not open for arrivals until 4pm (the gates are locked until then) which didn't feel very welcoming when we arrived a few minutes early (having driven from Italy) and were unable to park near the hotel to wait for it to open. Breakfast was fine - with a good choice of pastries and drinks available.

L'Abricotine

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