Ibis Styles Nantes Centre Place Royale

With this price, I didn’t expect much. However, it’s a bit better than I thought. Yes, the room isn’t that clean, but it’s very quiet at night somehow. Breakfast doesn’t have much variety, but it’s not bad.

This hotel was a bit tough to find, so i will give directions. Taxis from the airport are exorbitant. But there is a direct, airport shuttle bus, costing 10 euros. You pay on the bus, only by credit card. Get off at the 2nd stop, which is “Hotel Dieu.” It is on Cours Olivier de Clisson, which almost immediately becomes Cinquante Otages. It’s 10m to the first cross street. After crossing the tram tracks, the 2nd cross street is Franklin Roosevelt. Go left here, and after about 100m., go right, on to Rue du Couedic. The hotel is 50m on the left, across from the Mercure. The hotel is not exceptional in any manner, but it is perfectly acceptable in every way. The location is very good. The breakfast is nothing special, but is adequate. The reception staff was friendly, and Jade, in particular, was most helpful. To open and to lock the door, you must lift up the handle. They use old-fashioned keys, but if you don’t know to lift the handle, you will get frustrated. The public transportation is gratis on the weekends, so that’s a lovely thing that Nantes offers. The Gare Nord train station is a 15-20 minute walk, straight up Franklin Roosevelt, in the opposite direction that you took it when coming from the airport shuttle. Directly across from the train station is a very lovely botanical garden, and 3/4 of the way to the train station is the Chateau de les ducs, which is excellent, but closed Mondays.

Great hotel, very conveniently located close to everything, shops, restaurants and attractions. The staff were very helpful and nice. The room was comfortable and clean. The carpet was perhaps the worst aspect of it but that did not take in any way from our stay. The breakfast was included and it was really nice, a continental style breakfast of all you could eat. It was superb value for money, very reasonable for the centre of Nantes. I’d highly recommend this hotel.

This is a really crap hotel but in a beautiful neighbourhood. When we arrived they sent us to a dog box on the 7th floor - I said we weren’t prepared to stay there. They gave us room 101 on the first floor which was luxury in comparison. Not all rooms are the same. E We had a lovely stay and the Bistro Royale next door was great.

Really enjoyed our stay here, nice hotel friendly staff and the location was so good we could walk everywhere and visit the sites. The hotel was nice, the rooms clean and enjoyed the breakfast as we were able to take it to our room.