Hôtel du Mail

Top choice in Angers


Rose-adorned carpets and bright-red walls greet you at this attractive hotel, arrayed around a quiet courtyard in a converted 17th-century convent. The 25 rooms have antique-style furnishings, creative light fixtures and white-tile bathrooms; superior rooms are spacious, and most have large windows. No lift. Situated 250m east of place du Ralliement.


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Nearby Angers attractions

1. Maison d'Adam

0.25 MILES

Right behind Cathédrale St-Maurice stands the Maison d’Adam, one of the city’s best-preserved medieval houses (c 1500), which is decorated with a riot of…

2. Cathédrale St-Maurice

0.3 MILES

Angers' austere, mainly 12th- to 13th-century cathedral has a striking Norman porch and nave (mid-1100s); the latter's three convex vaults, forming a…

3. Musée des Beaux-Arts

0.31 MILES

Has a superior 14th- to 20th-century collection (mainly paintings) that ranges from French masters Ingres, Fragonard and Watteau to the Florentine Lorenzo…

4. Quartier de la Cité

0.32 MILES

One of the earliest examples of Angevin (Plantagenet) architecture in France, Gothic Cathédrale St-Maurice is distinguished by its striking Norman portal…

5. Montée St-Maurice

0.33 MILES

The square in front of Cathédrale St-Maurice is linked to a new riverside esplanade (under construction in 2018) and a gourmet covered market (set to open…

6. Galerie David d’Angers

0.37 MILES

The Angers-born sculptor Pierre-Jean David (1788–1856), aka David d’Angers, is renowned for his lifelike sculptures, which adorn public monuments such as…

7. Château d’Angers

0.49 MILES

Looming above the river, this forbidding medieval castle – seat of power of the once-mighty counts of Anjou – is ringed by moats, 2.5m-thick walls and 17…