Kyriad Annecy Sud - Cran Gevrier

I attended the Annecy Animation Festival and couldn't afford a room right downtown, so I booked here instead and it worked out great. The hotel was able to call me a cab to take me downtown every morning, though it was a 20 minute wait and about 40 euros, thanks to inflated festival prices. Still much cheaper than a room downtown. It took some work to find a cab to get from downtown back to the hotel at times, there are only a few designated areas where you can pick up a cab it seems, but I managed. Although one night I was having trouble getting a cab so I just decided to walk back, only took about 45 minutes to walk to the hotel from the Old Town area, all very safe. There is an Uber-stye company in France called Bolt, and although I downloaded the app they were always busy, due to the festival again I'm sure. Now for the hotel itself- it felt very homey and informal, a nice casual place to stay and hang out. The decor reminded me of a mix between Swiss and French styles, which fits the area. It had a bit of a ski lodge vibe, but more homey. The staff was very friendly and most speak passable English. The room itself was on the smallish side, but the water was hot and the bed was soft enough, that's all I ask. It was very quiet too, and housekeeping did a great job every day. The hotel had a nice buffet, great selections of meats and cheese, plus delicious baguettes and croissants and jams and other bread items, plus juice, etc. I traveled to the South of France after my stay here and honestly the food at the buffet here stood up well to all the other meats, cheeses, and croissants I had elsewhere. I feel like it's a really good intro to the foods of France and this area in particular. Or maybe it's just standard hotel breakfast fare in France, I wouldn't know, ha! But in any case I thought it was great. Nothing to complain about here, though I will note the hotel does show its age some. It's definitely not a sparkly new luxury hotel, but I thought it was great, I would definitely stay here again.