Résidence-Club Odalys Les Océanides
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Everyone needs a place to lay their weary head. For travelers visiting La Londe Les Maures, Résidence-Club Odalys Les Océanides is an excellent choice for rest and rejuvenation. Well-known for its proximity to great restaurants, Résidence-Club Odalys Les Océanides makes it easy to enjoy the best of La Londe Les Maures.
Résidence-Club Odalys Les Océanides is a hotel offering air conditioning, a refrigerator, and a kitchenette in the rooms, and it is easy to stay connected during your stay as internet access is offered to guests.
The hotel features a sun terrace. Plus, guests can enjoy a pool and an on-site restaurant, which have made this a popular choice among travelers visiting La Londe Les Maures. For guests with a vehicle, free parking is available.
While staying at Résidence-Club Odalys Les Océanides, visitors can check out Domaine du Jasson (2.2 mi), which is a popular La Londe Les Maures attraction.
During your visit, be sure to check out a popular La Londe Les Maures sushi restaurants such as I Love Sushi, which is a short distance from Résidence-Club Odalys Les Océanides.
There is no shortage of things to do in the area: explore popular marinas such as Port de Miramar.
Whether you’re traveling for business, pleasure or both, Résidence-Club Odalys Les Océanides is sure to make your visit to La Londe Les Maures one worth remembering.
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+++Beach at the end of a dead end quiet street, with beach shower and running tap water to rinse the sand of your feet and beach equipment.
+++Dogs welcome.
+++Replaced the missing equipment without delay.
---Kids club not supervised nor structured, where the staff seem to entertain themselves with the kids joining in. Not recommended to leave under 10's there without supervision.
---The end-of-the-week show did include rude songs in English (although the staff might not have been aware...) and entertainment sketches were not PC, including beating up wives and children. In short, you might want to pass on the entertainment team.
At arrival, I did find it quite difficult to find the hotel. It turns out the hotel was not located on the GPS coordinates provided by the website. If you look for "Odalys", you will have more luck. Note that the Odalys also includes a 2-star hotel (l'Ile d'Or) to the west, and the reception of that hotel can also assist you at arrival (there are basically 2 reception desks). In the low/mid-season, the Oceanides reception will be closed more often.
The city La Londe itself is quite small, and the part where the hotel lies is quiet. There is no evening entertainment apart from the hotel restaurant (basically only for food) and some restaurants nearby. Its location near Toulon and 1 hour drive from St.Tropez make this not a big deal. There is also a nice boat trip you can make to a set of islands nearby (Ile de Porquerolles, Parc National de Port Cros).
My apartment was a studio and the size was good for 1-2 persons.
The studio comes with a small cabinet, in which a kitchen is built. All kitchen-tools and utensils are provided (water cooker, coffee machine, microwave oven etc.). I found everything I needed during my stay. The studio and bathroom, which includes a bath, were all very clean.
The 2-person balcony was small, and barely gave enough room for the (included) parasol, which meant it was limited to 1 fixed location, providing cover against sun only partially during the day (depending on the location of your apartment). I found it sufficient for breakfast and dinner, however.
My booking included end-cleaning and bed-linen + towels + TV + WiFi. There is an all-in formula at the hotel which is approximately double the cost, which I did not use. There are apparently cheaper options that do not include TV + end cleaning + bed linen/towels - I think this is mostly when booked via the Odalys chain directly.
Parking was good, and free near the apartment. You will have to walk a bit if your apartment is near the swimming pool. The hotel and its surrounding felt very safe.
The Oceanides has 1 swimming pool which is open from 10-19, which is split in 2. I found no noticeable difference in both parts. Although the pool is open from 10, you can mostly get in by 945, after the cleaning is done. Take your parasol from your apartment, there are mounting locations on the sides of the pool. The pool is mostly catered for swimming only, and you must have proper swimming gear (ie. no shorts), although this was not strictly checked when I was there.
Then a few improvement points:
* during my stay, the owner decided to order a drone company to film the hotel for marketing purposes. I was at the swimming pool at that time, which was pretty busy (30-40 people). The (4kg) drone hovered above the pool and the people to photograph it. I alerted the drone operator and the hotel director of this, warning that (apart from the privacy concerns - guests were not informed) flying above people could be dangerous in case of malfunction. The director took time to listen to my arguments, and discussed this with the drone operator (who insisted they had all the permits, which I did not argue), ceasing operation temporarily. Although I do not know the end-result (in which hopefully security would be taken into account better), I found it very good that the hotel listened to their guests.
* I decided to extend my holiday with a few days, and inquired at the Oceanides reception. The lady told me the hotel was fully booked, and no extension was possible. Since I originally checked in at the other (2-star) reception, I decided to try my luck there: there the reception told me (after consultation with the planning officer, who housed in that 2-star reception building) it *was* possible to extend, and arranged everything for me. In case of issues or questions, you might want to try the 2-star reception desk.
In the end, apart from 2 small shortcomings, I found my stay very good, and can surely recommend this small gem to anyone interested in a quiet holiday.
The way the vacation residence works is that a number of obvious things has to be paid as extras: e.g. bed lining, TV (remote control), cleaning. One may actually choose between cleaning himself after the stay or pay for it (ca.65-75€). This ends up in that the kitchen or dishes are not always really clean when you arrive, i.e. previous guests did not care so much. This can be frustrating that after a long drive you have to spend an extra time on cleaning.
One other recent discovery: our car was scratched on the parking lot of the residence (by a door of another car, probably). No note left, but also the residence does not care: "the responsibility for Odalys could not be committed in the event of loss, of flight or degradation of personal effects in our residence, as well in the apartments as on the common carparks or buildings.", as they write.
Just be aware, otherwise a nice place, at least we come back there again and again :-)
Conclusion: holidays at Odalys are like a lottery with the hosting of numerous seminars where you don't know what you're going to encounter...
We have been coming to the Oceanides for several years, and we have seen the renovations done this year: new sofa, new bedding, new furniture.
Indeed, in terms of animations it is probably worse than in other places, but we come mainly for the location.
The pool is great. There are free deckchairs at all times. The water is warm, with 2 safe basins for children.
Calm reigns in the residence, and the people around us seemed happy.
In terms of location, it's great: Check-out from the wild coast of Var.
We'll be back next year.
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