Oh... my... god. We had second thoughts about coming here. We had thought maybe one day might not be worth 8 hours' drive and $200 in gas and tolls. Within 2 hours of our arrival last night, it had already been worth it. There is no better word to describe this place than opulent. The architecture is absolutely magnificent. The Club Med here is "housed" in 2 buildings. The Curtilles, which is a block or two down the street in town, so to speak, and the main building, Le Grand Hotel. Originally, we were supposed to stay in the Curtilles but when we arrived, we met Caroline, the Chief De Village's wife and reception manager, who is the nicest, most beautiful woman. She upgraded us to the one remodeled room in the main hotel. It's called "the concept", like a model home. I guess it's redecorated so that corporate has the chance to see a final draft so they can choose to pour a ton of money into the rest of the hotel if they decide. This decision process takes quite a while, from what I understand of Club Med. Understandable, with just under 80 clubs worldwide. We're also lucky enough to have a connecting room... side by side rooms with a main outside door and an individual door into each room. So if you want to open both individual doors and close the one door to the hallway, it becomes a double room for families. Last night, Caroline gave us a key to both rooms so we could take pics of our redecorated room, and the other which is the standard room that is offered right now. We were going to open up both rooms last night and close the hall door, but frankly, the hotel is just a little too "The Shining" for that. The hallway creeps us out at night. :):) I forgot what year it was built, but it was a hospital in the early 1900s, so that means people died here. Ooo... Love it!
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