Hostellerie Saint Paul

The St Paul is a commercial hotel, in the sense that it caters for unpretentious business people as well as tourists - but note, while its facilities are modest and its position on a main road not exactly scenic, it has a really excellent restaurant. The proprietors are welcoming and multi-lingual. The location - about six km out of Saumur - is extremely convenient. The surrounding countryside is charming and rural. It has a pool and a pleasant garden. The village of Vivy itself has very little to offer and is dominated by the main highway. The hotel also costs peanuts, though it would be worth the few euros extra to upgrade to one of the superior rooms, which are at the back and away from the traffic.

The hotel looks plain enough from the outside and, indeed, the bar section of the hotel is rather unprepossessing. The restaurant attatched to the hotel and hiding in a series of side rooms was excellent. Staff at the hotel and restaurant were excellent. Secure bicycle storage was provided. The hotel was a few kilometers out of Saumur. Nice rooms, lovely food. Worth considering.

second visit for us. Vivy is a convenient half way point between Treignac and St Malo and so we like to break our journey there. Parking is easy and there are ground floor rooms with 'disabled' facilities. The hotel also has a very good restaurant, and a good buffet breakfast. It is also great that there is also a local customer base which gives the hotel 'character'