2 Bis Rue De Chateaubriand, 44000 Nantes

Hôtel Chateaubriand

Name: Hôtel Chateaubriand
Address: 2 Bis Rue De Chateaubriand, Nantes, 44000, FR
Price range: 53 EUR
Rating: 4.1

Hotel 2-star in Nantes

Presentation

Since the beginning of the 19th century, the Hôtel Chateaubriand has occupied a black granite building in the heart of Nantes’s Talensac district. You enter through a courtyard where iron rings are still set into the stone: they were used to tie up the animals of livestock farmers who came to sell their cattle to the nearby slaughterhouses, until 1933. The inn has changed its purpose. The building, however, has kept its stature.

The 2012 renovation preserved the volumes without disguising them. In the reception room, the granite walls were left exposed. Upstairs, the tone changes: white, muted red on the window frames, bright light. Eighteen rooms are spread over two levels, doubles with a 140 cm bed, triples with a sofa bed, and a few family rooms for five. No elevator. Over two floors, that remains reasonable, but it is better to know before hauling luggage up on a very hot day, or to ask for a ground-floor room if stairs are not your friend.

On the ground floor, breakfast is served in a small room or outside in the courtyard, as soon as the weather allows. Bread, pastries, cold cuts, and products that are largely organic and artisanal. A gluten-free option is available, provided you give notice the day before.

Step outside, and the tram stops a hundred meters away. The Château des Ducs and the cathedral are a five-minute walk away, and the Erdre is even closer. The neighborhood keeps its market rhythm: stalls in the morning, streets that empty in the afternoon.

For those arriving by car, the hotel has a private parking area in the courtyard, eight euros per night. Spaces are limited. Letting them know your arrival time allows one to be assigned without any unpleasant surprises; otherwise, the public Talensac parking lot takes over a few minutes’ walk away. A free bicycle garage rounds out the amenities, and in summer, a cargo tricycle can be rented to take up to three children out to discover the city in a different way.

Dogs are welcome for an additional five euros, which, in a house that long housed livestock in its courtyard, makes perfect sense.

One last tip for the evening of arrival: ask reception for the number of your parking space before leaving for dinner, as the courtyard is not lit like a boulevard.

Summary of a few positive reviews read on the web

Arriving late one evening, reception still found us a parking space and explained the access code without making a fuss.
The parking is in the courtyard; you just need to let them know your arrival time to get the space number, otherwise parking is more complicated.
Less than a ten-minute walk from the cathedral and the Château des Ducs, with the tram stop right at the end of the street.
Simple but decent breakfast buffet, organic bread and pastries, we were able to have coffee in the courtyard on a sunny morning.
Courtyard-facing room was fairly quiet at night, comfortable bedding, just a bit of noise coming through from the floors above and below depending on the room.