Hotel le Chardon Bleu is quite a find among "two star" European hotels. It's very clean, and has spacious rooms & bathrooms (rare in Europe). The price was also very affordable! Monseiur Kozak, who runs the hotel, is very friendly and accomodating. The 7-euro breakfast was convenient and plenty to fill us up. The location is also great-- right in the middle of Ste. Maxime, close to all. *Note - Ste. Maxime, though very charming, is quaint and very quiet. So if you're looking for St. Tropez-type action, you should stay at a hotel closer to St. Tropez as the cab ride is VERY expensive ($50-75), and the ferrys don't run very late. Bon voyage!

This is a truly nice hotel. The rooms almost all have balconies or a terrace, they are very clean and well maintained, the location is GREAT, very near the beaches and the pedestrian zone of the center, and the owners are very nice and helpful. There was a refrigerator in the room, and the room was airconditioned. Breakfast was nice.

When we went here we were a little suspicious because we had just had a bad experience in a hotel in Juan les Pins, which had about the same price for a room as the Chardon Bleu. But we were very pleasantly surprised! My 5-star rating does not mean that it is a luxurious hotel, but that the price quality ratio is really good. If you are looking for a family run, simple and clean hotel in a great location and you do not want to spend a lot of money, this is the hotel you are looking for.

We stayed in Hotel Le Chardon Bleu on June 17, 2004 and booked two rooms for one night. This is an owner-operated hotel and therefore the rooms were immacutely clean and well maintained. We usually get rid of the bedspread the first time we walked into any hotels, but in this hotel we got the clean and white afghan instead that looked fresh out of the laundry. The bathroom was very clean as well and the shower worked great. There was no hair-dryer in the bathroom. The rooms are very spacious, more than your average European hotel rooms.
The hotel does not have its own parking. We arrived late that night and there was plenty of parking space on the street where the hotel was. It costed us 1 Euros per car to park from 11pm to 10am the next morning. Morning rate will definitely cost more so if you consider staying in this hotel more than one night, I would suggest you to ask Mr. Kozak, the owner, for the nearest parking place.
The location is really great. It took us 2 minutes to walk to the beach and to the shops at the promenade.
Breakfast was generous. For 6.5 Euro, we got refillable orange juice, coffee, tea, fresh croissant, bread, jam, nutella, butter.
Last but not least, Mr. Kozak is very helpful. We arrived late but was warmly welcomed.
Hotel Le Chardon Blue is truly a gem!