Parc D'activités - Rue Edouard Branly, 51500 Reims

Brit Hotel Essentiel Reims Taissy

Name: Brit Hotel Essentiel Reims Taissy
Address: Parc D'activités - Rue Edouard Branly, Reims, 51500, FR
Price range: 58 EUR
Rating: 3.85

Hotel 2-star in Reims

With parking

Presentation

Brit Hotel Essentiel Reims Taissy. The name sounds almost administrative, and yet you quickly understand what it covers when you arrive by the road that runs along the southeast of Reims, toward Taissy. The cathedral is still a fifteen-minute drive away. You cannot see it from the room. That is not what you come here for.

You park the car without thinking about it: the parking is private, free, monitored, and charging stations are waiting for those traveling by other means. For a stay organized around the road, between Reims and the first slopes of the Champagne vineyards, this is a detail that matters more than one might think when booking.

Reception hours change depending on the day of the week, a bit like in a neighborhood shop: it opens earlier on a Tuesday than on a holiday Sunday, and the team makes that clear if arrival is expected to be late.

The 48 rooms come in three versions: standard, comfort, family. Air conditioning, Wi-Fi, shower, bedding that does not try to impress but does its job. The furnishings remain understated. There is no hint of a decorator’s whimsy, more a well-kept stopover room.

Morning changes the rhythm of the house. The breakfast buffet is set up early on weekdays, a little later on weekends, and there is an extra charge to access it: a detail to anticipate when booking, but one that also leaves the freedom to skip this step and head straight to the city center and a café terrace near the cathedral.

Back down on the ground floor, a drinks and snacks vending machine helps out late arrivals or departures before dawn. Outside, a terrace and a bit of garden give some air to summer evenings, far from the bustle of a historic center that, in turn, must be earned by car or in about ten minutes of driving to the train station and the convention center.

Taissy is not Reims. You know that before booking, and that is precisely what shapes the choice: a quiet base, practical for groups and road trips, a few minutes from a city where Notre-Dame Cathedral saw thirty-three kings of France crowned, and where the Palace of Tau preserves the memory of that history.

A tip for Sunday: reception closes at 1 p.m. that day, so it is better to sort out departure details before noon if you still plan to wander around the cathedral.

Summary of a few positive reviews read on the Web

Attentive welcome at reception; we were asked about allergies before breakfast. A simple but reassuring detail for a family room.
Room was decent but rather small. We slept very well, and the neighborhood remains quiet even on an Easter weekend.
Clean and recently renovated room. Small downside with the bathroom, a bit of dust on the toilet tiles on arrival day.
Average soundproofing between rooms. The boiler located just behind the wall could be heard for a good part of the night.
Private and free parking, easy to access from the motorway. Convenient for an overnight stop before heading into central Reims the next day.