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    Fortress Inn Louisbourg

    53 Reviews
    #6 of 9 B&Bs / Inns in Louisbourg
    7464 Main St, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia B1C 1H5, Canada
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    2.5
    53 reviews
    • Excellent7%
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    • Average27%
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    2 weeks ago
    “A traditional-style motel accommodation -- fully satisfactory for our 1 night stay in Louisbourg.”
    19 Jul 2017
    “Clean but overpriced ”
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    1 - 5 of 46 reviews

    Reviewed 2 weeks ago
    A traditional-style motel accommodation -- fully satisfactory for our 1 night stay in Louisbourg.

    It is a traditional motel-style accommodation -- decor and furnishings a bit dated, but functional. Bed was small, but comfortable. Very convenient to have the car parked right outside our unit. Breakfast was not included, and there is apparently only 1 restaurant in town that...More

    Thank honeybee1951
    Reviewed 4 weeks ago
    Basic Accommodations, Good Value

    We stayed at this Hotel on a return trip to the East coast and were very impressed with the friendly reception, the neat reception area, and the roadside view. The motel provides very clean and comfortable accommodations and is located close to restaurants, downtown Louisbourg...More

    Thank David B
    Reviewed 7 August 2017
    Musty

    never again will my husband & I stay at Fortress Inn in Louisbourg, we were first given a room that was so musty that it was sickening so we went back to the office and complained , the young woman at the desk gave us...More

    1  Thank Christine H
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    Reviewed 19 July 2017 via mobile
    Clean but overpriced

    Was a decent room clean standard motel, but cost as much as a nicer hotel (was during the summer -on season- though). There is the only bar in louisburg in the motel though so could get loud. If we were to go again we would...More

    Thank A TripAdvisor Member
    Reviewed 20 January 2017
    Motel with night club

    It is not a place I will recommend. The rooms are not nice. No services Everything is closed at 8pm It is better to take the breakfast outside in the village. I advice to take a room in a hotel in Sydney which is not...More

    Thank bertrand b
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    • Free Internet
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    • US$102 - US$106 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
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    • Number of rooms
    • 46
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    • Louisbourg
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