Hôtel de la Paix

La Rochelle


A sweeping staircase of polished wood leads up to 19 functional rooms, some with exposed-stone walls, at this good-value budget hotel inside an 18th-century building. Interior decoration embraces plenty of splashes of colour and character, and rooms sleeping five are very family-friendly. Handily, the hotel offers free bicycle parking. Breakfast €8.

If the Peace Hotel is full, try its similarly-priced sister Hôtel de Paris, a couple of doors away on the same street.