Ibis La Rochelle Vieux Port

La Rochelle


Even if you don't usually go for a chain hotel, you might make an exception for this: the 79 bright modern rooms of this contemporary hotel lounge behind the beautiful façade of a 17th-century chapel, built in a Jesuit style in 1628. The church was deconsecrated in 1887 and later became a warehouse. The striking lobby-lounge, with designer bar and sofa-strewn patio in an alfresco interior courtyard, are gorgeous spaces to linger.

The excellent buffet breakfast costs €10.50.