Hôtel Amiral

Nantes


The rooms at this modest three-star hotel, tucked on a quiet street behind the Opera house, don't really stand out from the crowd but the common areas are bright and cheerful, and breakfast (€11) is served in a light-filled space with green vegetal wall.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Nantes attractions

1. Musée d’Histoire Naturelle

0.13 MILES

Nantes' Natural History Museum has a fascinating collection of minerals, fossils, stuffed animals and an impressive whale skeleton. There are frequent…

3. Les Machines de l’Île de Nantes

0.63 MILES

Nantes' quirkiest sight is this fantasy world – a serious and seriously wacky workshop with mechanical contraptions galore displayed in plant-filled…

4. Château des Ducs de Bretagne

0.65 MILES

Forget fusty furnishings – light-filled rooms inside the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany house multimedia-rich exhibits detailing the city's history. Look…

5. Le Cale 2 Créateurs

0.66 MILES

Edgy temporary art exhibitions, events and happenings fill this old industrial slipway, shaped like a wedge of cheese at the foot of Île de Nantes'…

6. Cathédrale St-Pierre et St-Paul

0.67 MILES

Inside Nantes' Flamboyant Gothic cathedral, the tomb of François II (r 1458–88), Duke of Brittany, and of his second wife, Marguerite de Foix, is a…

7. Musée d’Arts de Nantes

0.83 MILES

A six-year renovation job by London architects Stanton Williams has done wonders for Nantes’ art museum, open again since 2017 inside the historic Palais…

8. Jardin des Plantes

1.01 MILES

Opened in 1860, this exquisitely landscaped park is among France's most interesting botanical gardens. Century-old magnolia and mulberry trees, Japanese…