The hostel is wonderfully located "downtown" Bayeux. The couple who lived in this ancient building turned it into a hostel many years ago. The lady still runs the place on her own. She doesn't want to spend her life behind a reception desk so you may well have to wait several minutes in the tiny reception before you get to check in. It is worth the wait.
The dining room is furnished with Louis XIV style table and chairs. There are two tv rooms with cable, a fully equiped kitchen, a game room (with a pin-ball machine) and a video room (that offers a small choice of films, including Saving Private Ryan in original version, an appropriate choice considering we are in the heart of Normandy). I spent my best evening of the trip in the interior courtyard, drinking a bottle of wine with two backpackers met on the spot and the stars shining over my head.
To get to my room, I had to climb a small stone staircase that looks like it dates from the Middle Ages. The room is furnished with two beds, a sink, a "bidet", a coffee table, a closet and a bureau. The decorator was probably color blind: fluo pink walls, brown and green carpet, dark pink velvet curtains, black and white modern pictures on the wall. Since I sleep with my eyes shut, it doesn't really matter.
The breakfast served here is the best you will ever get in a French youth hostel. Baguette, croissants, pains au chocolat, jams, nutella, cheese (camembert or brie!), cold meat, hard-boiled eggs... Enough to fill your stomach for the day!
Save a bit of money by helping in the kitchen: you get the night free. The curfew is supposed to be 11 pm, but the lady locks the door when she decides to go to sleep. On the key chain, there's the code for the side door.