ibis Budget La Rochelle Centre

We stayed for a week in this hotel and it was great. Excellent location under 10 minutes from train and bus station, centre and beach. The pool area was great with sunbeds and parasols which were always available. Meals and drinks in the hotel were reasonable and nice. All Staff were very friendly and extremely helpful. There is a delicious bakery 2 minutes awa if you don’t want to pay hotel prices for breakfast or lunch. Filtered water available on all floors. I’d definitely book this hotel again when we return.

We got a bus from the airport to about 5min walk away. Staff were helpful and let us store the bags until we could check in later. About 7 minute walk from center of town. It was clean and had a small swimming pool. Rooms were tiny. Good value. Had a bar and pool table. Average hotel in line with its price.

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I could not believe this hotel is only a 2* hotel, it should definitely be listed as a 3* at least. The room is clean, we were supplied with towels and hangers for our clothes in the room. The room is quite small but comfortable. The TV in the room had Chromecast so we could connect our devices easily and watch whatever we wanted. The darkening curtains were excellent as they blocked out the light really well. The only downsides would be the view of the car park from our room and we were only given 1 pillow each and they were soft when I prefer a more firm pillow. The hotel is situated a 15 minute walk from the city centre, La Rochelle port and really close to La Rochelle train station. I could not hear the trains from my room but could hear it from the outside seating area. The lounge area (Ground floor) of the hotel is spacious and well lit, welcoming natural lighting from the glass (floor to ceiling) windows. They serve food and drinks at the bar, and there is an average sized pool past the lounge area with deck chairs. There is space to get some work done, eat and there is also an outdoor seating area, where you can relax or have your breakfast. There is a water refill station in front of the lift of every floor, so if you bring your own water bottles, you can have free water as the hotel do not provide water bottles in the room. The hotel is also safe as you need to use your room card in order to use the lift, and also in the evening to get into the front entrance of the hotel. To get to the hotel from the Airport, you can take the Illico 1b bus from the bus top, to the stop Hopital, which is a 20 minute bus journey and then a 7 minute walk from the bus stop to the hotel. There aren’t many shops near the hotel, there is a supermarket a 15 minute walk away, and there is a food market hall a 10 minute walk away. For £78 for one night, room only (Wednesday - Thursday) I would say this hotel was definitely worth the money spent.

Friendly staff, great pool, good check in times, decent breakfast

We were totally blown away by our stay here. Having booked an Ibis budget we didn’t have huge expectations but wow.The hotel is immaculate, colourful, fun. Games all over receptions area for youngsters to play with, a pool, lovely friendly helpful staff. It was just fab. The addition of a secure car park was great too. The cost of the car park for 24 hours was standard to what we experienced in many other cities throughout our tour so we didn’t think it over expensive. Fabulous stay! Thank you.