Le Centre Thermal, Yverdon-les-Bains

This is hotel located on a large plot of land and composed of an 19 th century impressive older building with reception area and restaurants, which was complemented with a new semi circle extension in which the bedrooms are located. The outside gives a mixed feeling: an impressive entry to the entrance building, while garden and parking lots are looking messy and not maintained. The reception staff is very friendly and welcoming and provided all info that we wished for. A special thanks to Johnny for his great service and welcome. The rooms are of a normal size and are well equipped with a good bathroom. Minibar is stocked quite limited. From the room you have access to the hotel pool, but more importantly any hotel guests have free access through there own entry to the thermal pools and spa. This is a great benefit of staying at this hotel. Breakfast is served in the historical building in a large room. The breakfast offers the usual fare although there was no mention of eggs or omelets etc. When asked we were provided with them. The rooms was quite full with guests and the staff had to work hard to arrange and clear the tables and refill the buffet. The hotel is between a 3 and 4 star hotel category, and would need some upgrading in the areas commented upon above. Nevertheless, the hotel is fairly priced and overall we enjoyed our stay at this hotel, the access to the thermal pools and the excellent service from Johnny.

The bath itself was pretty relaxing. I wish there were a section for only adults (children are really cute, but also loud and love splashing around in the water), and a section with hotter water (the hottest was the one outside with 34°C). What I didn't like is that the lockers were inside the bathing area, after you already got changed. So you have to take your jacket and shoes inside, and when you're done with the bath and dripping wet, you have to get your jacket, shoes and bags and take them into a small changing cabin. That was a bit of a hassle.