ibis Styles La Rochelle Centre Gare

The hotel is good, lovely pool area, friendly staff, clean and comfortable room. A little further out of the centre but we like walking so didn’t mind at all. There is good on site parking at a very cheap rate. Nice bar and lounge area, didn’t eat here so can’t comment on the food! Overall good value for money.

We stayed 2 nights at the start of August 2025 as a family of 4 and booked one of the excellent and large Family Rooms. It was very spacious, the kids loved the bunk bed, we loved the comfy double and the big bathroom with walk in shower. The pool isn't huge for the hotel, but more than big enough for using to compliment visits into the city on a short stay. It's good use of the hotels overall site footprint. The staff were all welcoming and helpful. The ground floor bar and lounging areas came in useful in the evenings for keeping the kids entertained before bed. Lots of games on offer and space to play them or read and draw. The car park is immediately next door to the hotel. It's very secure and well kept. No access unless you have a parking ticket. Pricing is fine @ €11 for 24 hours, so I cost us just over €20 for our 2 night stay. I've not been in a cleaner and better kept carpark, even at more expensive hotels. The location is great, a short walk into the city for the aquarium, harbour or railway station. Loads of cycle routes around too. We had no issues with noise at all, despite the main railway line passing next to the pool. Our boy enjoyed watching them go by. If we're back in the city we'll have it on our shortlist again. Even if it's to watch rugby at Stade Rochelais which is a 45 min walk on the north side of the bay.

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