In a good location in the centre of Foix, Hôtel Eychenne has simple, carpeted rooms with wooden shutters and bathrooms of a vaguely futuristic (c 1960s) design, with capsule-like showers. There's an easygoing bar downstairs.
Hôtel Eychenne
The Pyrenees
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