Hotel 64 Nice

We were very impressed with Hotel 64 right from the start. Aziz, at the reception desk, had excellent English and was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. The hotel has a very convenient location if, like us, you want to explore the Riviera coast by train. I was doing some research and the nearby station made it very easy to go to west one day and east the next. Buy a Sud Azur Explore Pass which gives you unlimited travel on local trains, trams and buses and the Riviera is your oyster ... We found our room (classic double with a balcony) very clean with an extremely comfortable bed. I do like a bathroom with a window and this one had French windows leading onto a narrow balcony from both the bathroom and the bedroom. We wondered if it might be noisy but in fact once the windows were closed, it was incredibly quiet. The balcony made the room feel more spacious than it was, but still, we had plenty of room for everything we needed, and it was nice to sit out on the balcony last thing at night and listen to the trams clanging and see life on the street below. Breakfast was also very good - far better than the usual run of hotel breakfasts and there was a chef available who kept everything freshly topped up and who would cook eggs to order. Proper orange juice too! The service at Hotel 64 was particularly impressive. When our air conditioner didn't work, the manager himself came over to rectify the situation and to ensure that we were offered a new and larger (and cooler!) room. Although I did not expect any compensation, Esther (also speaking impeccable English) rang me after our return and arranged to reimburse my account for a night. The lift is very small (will only take 3 people) and quite slow, but honestly, it hardly mattered to us and I'm groping to find something negative for 'balance'. All in all, I can highly recommend Hotel 64 if you are visiting Nice or the Riviera.