I have long thought that the Riviera was the worst hotel in Villefranche so why did I book it? I hate to admit it but when I discovered that my favourite, the Darse, was full I thought I had booked the Provencal but somehow ended up in the Riviera! The entire hotel is shabby and run down with little attempt... More

20 minutes from Nice Airport by taxi. We stayed here for 4 nights and the views over Ville Franche was breathtaking. 10 min walk to the main town and very quite which was great. Town gets busy in the evenings so it was nice tog et away from that. Rooms are comfortable and have been recently been refurbished, bed and... More

hotel - reception - all the old and smell room - dirty, stinking, old bedding bathroom - disgustingly, unhygienic and there even was mould on the shower wall view - hahaha - you can just watch the noisy main road I think the dream of a peaceful and romantic vacation you fade away very quickly. I recommend you do not... More

nothing like the rooms in the photos on the website. The room was very old and shabby, I found it very dirty with a repulsive smell. The bathroom was disgustingly unhygienic and there even was mould on the shower wall, as well as the flush button on the toilet was not working. The view from my window was to the... More

This was a very basic room. The bath was nice to have. The street noise made it impossible to sleep. The host added no value. Clean. Close to bus stop, very far from train.

Was worried after reading reviews but had a lovely holiday. We stayed five nights,Hotel looks a bit grim outside but so do many of the french hotels here.We had a third floor room with lovely sea views, we were shown a smaller room first but with no explanation were given keys to a bigger welll decorated room.Manager very helpful with... More

Overall we enjoyed our stay here but strange things happened. When we arrived we were told that our reservation for a sea view room via hotels.com had been lost - the proprietor offered us a better room at the original price with balcony for six nights and a free breakfast if we would accept a basic room for the 7th.... More

We stayed at Hotel Riviera for six nights in July 2011. The staff was friendly and helpful, breakfast good, room big with AC, free television and free wifi. The hotel is situated next to the Tourist Information, and it is approximately a 10 minutes walk to the city centre, 15 minutes walk to the railway station with trains to the... More

I booked four night in this place .... If my first had not been a Sunday night in high season I would have left immediately .... it is unbelievably shabby and far from clean ....but I stuck it out...however, never again