We strongly disagree with the previous post. Our stay in the Portalet was very pleasant. We stopped there for 3 nights with 2 young children (3 and 4) and our au-pair and we all agreed that location is ideal for town centre, restaurants and sightseeng, it was not noisy at all as we kept windows shut at night anyway and were away all day. Ideal for airport as only took us 20 mins by taxi.
We prepared ourselves for worst as never been in 2* hotel before and were very pleased to find that rooms vere large and clean (cleaned and linen changed daily), bathroom fittings modern, bedlinen and towels of a good quality. The only thing missing was a kettle and no sockets in the room. Cant tell much about breakfast as had it elsewhere. The staff was very polite, did not speak much lingo, but tried hard to help - got us some maps of town, gave directions and filled our flask when we went on outings. Left baggage there after checking out no problems
Would recommend hotel to anyone apart from people with limited mobility as stairs quite steep.

I read the other review so booked the Portalet. The location is good but the hotel is really noisy which makes it difficult to sleep. When I arrived with my mother we saw that our room was on the corner of the hotel right near the busy square so we asked if we could change rooms. The very cold girl at the desk told us the hotel was full. After a sleepless night I asked the same girl if we could now change rooms as maybe some people had checked out. She said it was impossible as the hotel was completely full. She was very forceful with her negative response. She said that the rooms at the back were just as noisy and that if we left we wouldn't find another room in Hyere as the town was full. I had my doubts about the girls response as the hotel hadn't seemed all that busy so I asked if I could speak to the manager. The girl said that she was the manager. We had already paid in full so decided to stick it out. My mother and I stayed out of the way of the hotel staff for the remainder of our stay. The hotel offers a very reasonable breakfast which we ate on the first day but after our experience of the staff member we decided to eat else where. When we finally checked-out a different girl served us. She was much more amicable and we asked her if the hotel had been full whilst we were there as there didn't seem to be many guests. She said that it had been only half full. We told her what the other girl had said and were then informed that the other girl was not the manager, but a receptionist and that she could and should have moved us. My mother and I could not understand why the receptionist had been so unreasonable. It marred the holiday and I would not wish the experience on anyone. The rooms are clean and pleasant but noisy and the service stinks!

What a pleasant surprise!
This hotel is ideally situated on the edge of the medieval part of Hyeres for Cafes, restaurants and shops. The hotel has been recently renovated. Staff were very pleasant and attentive. The room was pleasant. The en suite had just been renovated (no shaver point though), new white towels. Room tidy, wall mounted T.V. The bed linen very clean and crisp.
Breakfast selection was very good with fresh produce.
I would have no hesitation in returning to this hotel.