When you a stay at Château d'Island Avallon Vézelay in Island, you'll be on the riverwalk, just steps from Morvan and Morvan Regional Natural Park. .This family-friendly hotel is 0.1 mi (0.1 km) from Vezelay Abbey and 4.1 mi (6.7 km) from Tour de l'Horloge.
What's nearby
Vezelay Abbey - 1 min walk
Church of Saint Lazare - 8 min drive
Musée de l'Avallonnais - 8 min drive
Parc des Chaumes - 10 min drive
Caves of Arcy-sur-Cure - 19 min drive
Getting around
Avallon Station - 11 min drive
Restaurants
Le Chapeau Rouge - 7 min drive
McDonald's - 8 min drive
Le Relais des Gourmets - 7 min drive
Le Grand Café de l'Europe - 8 min drive
Bar de l' Hôtel de Ville - 8 min drive
About this property
Château d'Island Avallon Vézelay
Riverwalk hotel with a coffee shop and a bar
Château d'Island Avallon Vézelay offers 24 accommodations with safes and hair dryers. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations have separate dining areas and include day beds. Select Comfort beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with satellite channels.
Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers and complimentary toiletries. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include portable fans and blackout drapes/curtains. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 24 individually decorated guestrooms. Your Select Comfort bed comes with premium bedding. Satellite television is provided for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. This hotel also features concierge services, babysitting (surcharge), and wedding services.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's coffee shop/cafe, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 8 AM to 11 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in Island? This hotel has 2152 square feet (200 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Languages
English, French, German
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Internet access
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired Internet
Parking and public transport
Free extended parking on site
Motorhome/coach/lorry parking (free) on site
Electric car charging station on site
Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking available
Free off-site parking
Food and drink
Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 8 AM–11 AM
1 coffee shop/cafe
1 bar
Free daily reception
Room service available
Coffee/tea in a common area
Things to do
Billiards/pool table
Playground
Family friendly
Babysitting (surcharge)
Cots/infant beds (surcharge)
In-room childcare (surcharge)
Laundry facilities
Playground
Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Separate dining area
Separate living room
Soundproofed rooms
Conveniences
Banquet hall
Front-desk safe
Guest services
Concierge services
Daily housekeeping
Dry-cleaning service
Front desk (limited hours)
Laundry facilities
Luggage storage
Multilingual staff
Turndown service
Wedding services
Business services
Conference space (2152 square feet)
Meeting rooms
Outdoors
Garden
Terrace
Accessibility
If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Check-in start time: 4 PM; Check-in end time: 9 PM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before noon
Express check-out available
Special check-in instructions
Front desk staffed during limited hours
Renovations and closures
The property is closed between November 15 and March 15.
Access methods
Front desk (limited hours)
Pets
Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 15 per pet, per day, plus a deposit of EUR 15.00 per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
Food and water bowls are available
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 35.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are available for EUR 12.0 per night
Payment types
Important information
Fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:
A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.60 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 18 years of age.
We have included all charges provided to us by the property.
Optional extras
Pet deposit: EUR 15.00 per stay
Pet fee: EUR 15 per pet, per day
Service animals are exempt from fees
Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 12.0 per night
Rollaway bed fee: EUR 35.0 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts major credit cards
We should mention
This property does not have elevators
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1000, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
Property is also known as
Château Avallon Vézelay
Château Avallon Vézelay House
Château Avallon Vézelay House d'Island
Château d'Island
Château d'Island Avallon Vézelay
Château d'Island Vézelay
Château d'Island Avallon Vézelay Hotel
Château Avallon Vézelay Hotel
Château d'Island Avallon Vézelay Hotel
Château d'Island Avallon Vézelay Island
Château d'Island Avallon Vézelay Hotel Island
Château d'Island Avallon Vézelay Reviews
Reviews
6.8
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travellers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Rating 10 - Excellent. 5 out of 33 reviews" "
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Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 33 reviews" "
6 - Okay
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8.0/10
Cleanliness
7.2/10
Staff & service
6.0/10
Amenities
6.4/10
Property conditions & facilities
8.0/10
Eco-friendliness
Reviews
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
2 Sept 2020
Liked: Cleanliness
Nice castle, for a high price
Beautiful small castle, but far too expensive (bad ratio quality price)
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
Travelled with partner
22 July 2019
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
The Château is situated outside of Vézelay and it will take a 15 minute drive to get to the town. It is almost eerily quiet. The service is very standard but friendly. Although they advertise grand rooms, the standard rooms are rather basic and the decoration more 80s than 18th Century. We had a good night sleep.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
4/10 Poor
meb, amsterdam
9 Aug 2015
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Overpriced and short sighted
The hotel is in a beautiful setting.
There were very few guests and it would have been nice to get a bit better room.
I mentioned my Expedia Gold status without any response. Breakfast was very disappointing, should have been included in the room price, but certainly not worth €16 per person - it was expensive, they ran out of eggs. For the total price of the stay for the two of us, there are much better options in the area. We won't return. It's a shame as the place had great potential.
meb
6/10 Okay
kc, laguna beach, ca
17 Nov 2014
Liked: Staff & service
authentic country stay
Picked this location as easy to get to on arrival to France [vs having to navigate a village]. The hotel is incredibly peaceful ... joked about having our own chateau! That said, it's not for everyone. Don't expect too much, just accept what is and you'll enjoy it.
We were literally the only ones in the Chateau. The grounds are nice. Not perfect, in a bit of decay, but in a charming way. There is a nice small little garden next to the hotel, but the main grounds are not landscaped very well. We stayed here because it was a good spot between Lyon and Paris. Breakfast was great. The salon is very pretty. Our room was underwhelming, but it looked like there were some nice rooms.
My wife and I stayed here for one night as our half way point across France. We had a wonderful stay. It was like stepping back to the Baroque. NOTE: Learning some French will benefit you greatly as one of the owner (the husband) is the only English speaking representative at the estate.
NO conditioning, bad smell makes this hotel disatractive for staying. No lift, no near shops and no any attraction on place. The beautiful nature surrounding, gentle service, very testy breakfast, good parking.
a very disappointing stay - a 2 star experience for a 5 star price.
Verified traveller
8/10 Good
Sue, Washington, DC
6 Apr 2012
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The hotel is located in a very beautiful country area of France. The staff has limited English but were consistently polite. We had a problem with our credit card but the manager was more than helpful with working out the problem.
Le personnel est très accueillant et agréable. Ce château rural est dans un cadre magnifique, verdoyant, fleuri et ombragé. Notre chambre était simple mais décorée avec goût.
La salle de restaurant est agrémentée d’une immense cheminée pour y passer un dîner chaleureux.
Le petit déjeuner est simple mais suffisant.
Francois
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
6/10 Okay
Karen
23 May 2023
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I liked the style of the hotel and the quietness it has. But the price is far too high compared to other hotels in that
price range. A next time I won't stay in the hotel if I have to pay the same amount.
Schöner Park. Haus in die Jahre gekommen; zu teuer
Das Hotel ist wunderschön gelegen mit einem traumhaften Park. Leider war unser Zimmer sehr in die Jahre gekommen und das Bett resp Matratze war eine Katastrophe. Der Zimmerpreis ist eindeutig zu teuer für was man kriegt!
Das Abendessen war ausgezeichnet aber relativ teuer und die Bedienung nur mittelmäßig. WLAN nur bei der Rezeption und nicht in den Zimmer oder dem Restaurant.
Sandra
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
5 Aug 2018
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Hübscher Aufenthalt in einem gut geführten mittelalterlichen Schloss. Aus den baulichen Gegebebheiteb wurde das Maxim herausgeholt. Sehr nostalgisch. Nettes Personal
Bonjour notre séjour dans ce château a été formidable.nous avons été très bien accueillis. L’endroit est exceptionnel.? Nous avons dormi dans le donjon du château expérience fabuleuse et inattendue. Nous conseillons fortement ce bel endroit.
L'endroit est sublime, vraiment. Et après tout est décevant. L'accueil pour commencer: nous n'avons vu le premier jour qu'un brave réceptionniste-serveur tout en un mais qui n'était pas à la hauteur. Le lendemain au petit déjeuner nous n'avons vu personn, il y avait juste une table dressée avec tout dessus.
La chambre n'etait pas mieux: propre mais malodorante. En plus le château était vide et nous avons été relégués dans une dépendance ...
Ruhiger Platz und angenehmes Zimmer . sehr geschäftstüchtige Gastgeberin, die bei unvorhergesehener Mitnahme des Enkelkindes , 4 Jahre, sofort ein neues Zimmer anbot ( plus40 Euro) mit Zusatzbett(plus 25 Euro) und das Frühstück für das Kind auch noch berechnete, sodass der Aufenthalt von 2 Nächten den ursprünglichen Preis um rund 140 Euro überstieg und teurer war als im Hotel der gehobenen Kategorie.
Das Hotel ist ein seit fünf Jahren renoviertes Schloss in hervorragender Lage zwischen Avallon und Vezelay. Die Zimmer und Aufenthaltsräume (Kaminzimmer für das Frühstück, großer Salon) sind sehr geschmackvoll und liebevoll eingerichtet worden. Der Service ist ausgezeichnet. Das Preis- Leistungsverhältnis stimmt. Das Frühstück war nicht zu übertreffen.