Hôtel de Biencourt

The hotel is situated in the quiet heart of Azay just a few metres from the ancient chateau entrance. Access to vehicles is restricted, and payable parking is available about 100 metres from the hotel. The old town has a few simple restaurants, but it can be a challenge to find good quality diningoff-seasonn, notably on Sundays and Mondays. Staff were helpful and polite and communicated well with us in fluent English given our limited ability to speak and understand French. We were allocated a family room, and this gave us plenty of space for our luggage. Bedrooms are simply furnished and decorated. Tea and coffee making facilities were not available, and we were gently and politely reprimanded for bringing our own food and drink into the hotel. Our bed was comfortable and we found the bedding too warm. The ensuite facilities were good, and we particularly enjoyed the powerful shower. We did not purchase breakfast (€15), as we prefer a simple coffee and pastry, and this was readily available nearby. Hotel Biencourt offers simple accommodation at a reasonable rate. It provided a useful base to explore the many gorgeous chateaux on the vicinity; the pick of which was Vilandry

We had an excellent 2 night stay at the Biencourt. Our room, on the ground floor with its own outside seating in the courtyard of this old school building, was charming - very clean and comfortable. While the rooms do not have a mini-bar, the Hotel offers a shared fridge accessible at any time next to the breakfast room, which was a nice touch! The breakfast focusses on fresh local produce and was very good. We opted to park our car at the Chateau car park for the duration of the stay and this worked fine. The car park is only a couple of hundred meters from the hotel and works out at EUR 7 night when validated by the hotel. (It's much more expensive if you don't get it validated. Once validated, you can leave and return freely for the period you have opted to validate). Alternatively, the hotel also has its own limited garage parking at the same cost which is a little closer. Free street parking, albeit a little further away, is also potentially available. If needed, the hotel can supply a code for the electric street bollard (since the hotel is located on a largely pedestrianised street) allowing you to stop briefly outside to load and unload. Azay has a number of good restaurants but we suspect they can get busy at all but the quietest of times so worth booking. The hotel management couldn’t have been more helpful or responsive (And spoke very good English!) - we would definitely stay again.

Perfect stay! Lovely welcome, very comfortable room and great location just minutes from very good restaurants and the chateau. Very highly recommended

A lovely hotel right in the centre of the village adjacent to the famous Chateau. Our room was very quiet and comfortable with an excellent shower. Helpful and friendly staff. A very good quality breakfast which was plentiful. A lovely courtyard to sit in and relax. To access the hotel by car you will need a code to lower a street bollard. Call at the hotel on foot to obtain the code for the bollard ( it’s 30 metres away). Do this before visiting the chateau because the hotel can give you a ticket for the chateau car park where you can park overnight (it’s monitored) for a much reduced charge. Annoyingly we were unaware of all this and had to pay for the car park twice. The hotel website does not explain any of this. Perhaps telephone the hotel for guidance in advance. Believe me, this hotel is worth that little effort.

The proprietor went out of his way to make sure we were able to check in late to the hotel, which is situated just minutes away from the chateau, and he also called for reservations for us at Cote Court, a wonderful restaurant several hundred feet down the quaint street. Our rooms were large and comfortable, and the courtyard was a pleasant spot to relax.

An excellent hotel, very well situated for visiting the beautiful Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau. Lovely rooms, first class service with best English spoken. Secure parking garage bookable on request. Town centre position is great, too. Close to good restaurants and bars. Breakfast is plentiful and of super quality. Highly recommend this hotel...this was a return visit for us.