Novotel Dalat Hotel****

Our brief comments:
The 144-room French colonial style Novotel Dalat is located adjacent to the Sofitel Dalat Palace, both managed by the respected Accor group. The building, constructed in 1932 and named the 'Du Parc Hotel', was extensively renovated in 1997. Care was taken to retain its many original features.

The hotel is unusual in that the guest rooms and restaurant are in separate buildings facing each other across a road junction.

The accommodation building is on four floors. Extensive use of dark woodwork adds an air of period elegance, but makes corridors and rooms somewhat gloomy. Beds are comfortable, and rooms are well-appointed.

There is a large lobby lounge and reception area on the ground floor, but no other public areas. The building fits precisely on its plot - no gardens apart from plants delineating the vehicle access road.

The restaurant building, the 'Cafe de la Poste', has two floors, and serves a combination of Vietnamese and French cuisines.

Guests of Novotel Dalat have access to the facilities and services of the Dalat Palace, a few minutes walk away.

(Last inspected in Summer, 2002 - comments welcomed if you've visited more recently!)

Room facilities (?= awaiting further information from the hotel):

Room Categories	Superior	Deluxe	Executive Suite
Number of rooms	89	43	12
Air-conditioner	?	?	?
Satellite television
Shower or bath
Bath with shower
Bath + separate shower
Personal safety box	?	?	?
Coffee and tea facilities
Laptop connection	?	?	?
Free broadband access	?	?	?
Extra bed available?
Child's cot available?
Room size (m2)	28	35	70
View	hill	lake	lake

Additional room facilities:

Hotel facilities:

Outdoor pool		Non-smoking floor(s)
Pool bar		Non-smoking rooms only	36
Fitness/health centre		Vietnamese/Asian restaurant
Sauna		International restaurant
Massage		Patisserie/coffee shop/cafe
Jacuzzi		Business centre

Additional hotel facilities: Hotel history corner, children's playground, tennis courts, mountain bikes available, access to the Dalat Palace Golf Club