Masq Hotel

La Rochelle


This designer business-class hotel with a human heart is flamboyantly decorated with abstract canvases that hang in all 76 rooms as well as in the artistically lit neo-retro foyer. Other conversation pieces include Philippe Starck Carrara marble tables and Pierluigi Cerri–designed apple-green leather chairs in the breakfast room. Count an additional €15 per person for the copious petit dej buffet.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby La Rochelle attractions

1. Aquarium La Rochelle

0.29 MILES

La Rochelle's state-of-the-art, family-friendly aquarium is home to 12,000 marine animals and 600 different species. Visits begin by descending in a…

2. Tour St-Nicolas

0.38 MILES

The only tower to be decked out like a house, this 37m-high pentagonal stone tower has leaned slightly to one side ever since building was complete in…

3. Tour de la Chaîne

0.43 MILES

To protect the harbour at night in times of war, an enormous chain was raised between the two 14th-century stone towers at the harbour entrance to La…

4. Musée Maritime

0.44 MILES

In a series of boldly coloured, red, blue and yellow canopied hangars at the Bassin à Flot, the Maritime Museum evokes the history of La Rochelle port,…

5. Tour de la Grosse Horloge

0.48 MILES

The gateway to the old city, Tour de la Grosse Horloge is a steadfast Gothic-style clock tower with a 12th-century base and 18th-century top.

6. Musée du Nouveau Monde

0.56 MILES

La Rochelle's role as a departure point for North America is interpreted at this museum, housed in an elegant courtyard-clad mansion built in 1750.

7. Tour de la Lanterne

0.6 MILES

Easily mistaken for an ornate church spire, the conical 15th-century Tour de la Lanterne is La Rochelle's beauty queen. It was so named because of its…

8. Musée des Beaux-Arts

0.6 MILES

La Rochelle's Museum of Fine Arts, housed inside a stunning neoclassical building, hosts an impressive collection of 15th- to 20th-century art.