Very nice hotel. Clean, great service, & comfortable beds. The basic room had a queen bed & single murphy bed hidden inside an armoire design. Table with good work/eating space, dresser, bedside table, wall mounted open hangers, iron and ironing board behind murphy bed, flat screen TV with all the French programming you could want (including those crazy cartoons), lounging chair, desk chair, and mini fridge to complete the room.
The front house staff were very polite and seemed to be the only ones with some command of the English language in Trois-Rivieres, which was comforting since I have no command of the French language.
There is a beautiful park just 5 minutes walk past the bridge to the right of the hotel. It was along the riverfront and had a great view of the entire bridge. There was an ice-cream shop at the front of the park. Walking/biking path surrounded several large fields for soccer & outdoor activities. It was a Saturday when I visited, so many people were out playing or having a picnic.
Past the park about another 5-10 minute walk began retail/grocery storefronts. There was a buffet across the road less than 5 minutes from the park in which the taxi driver recommended (at least I think it was a recommendation), but I'm not big on those. So I kept walking (it was a beautiful day), after another 10 minutes I passed a Tim Horton's, Subway, & some other restaurants/cafes tucked inside the strip malls.
I continued to walk until I hit the epicenter for gathering by the locals; Rue Des Forges. Countless retail, bars, & restaurants. This was about 30 minutes walk from the hotel, but worth it. (google maps states 2.7 miles) I settled on Angelines after seeing the Yelp reviews & it was worth it.
Overall it was a great experience. This hotel is a little far from the action of the town, but if you don't mind a walk or paying for a cab to get there I highly recommend it. There was an outdoor pool & tennis courts on the premises as well. I'm sure they had a gym, but I was there for a limited time and did not go looking. I would not recommend eating breakfast in the hotel though. It was an additional $6 and did not look appetizing at all (I didn't partake based on the presentation alone).
I stayed on a Friday night in September 2014; the room rates were $140 Canadian per night.
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