On the western edge of Nantes, the Sure Hotel by Best Western Nantes Saint-Herblain, Saint-Herblain, Pays de la Loire, brings a contemporary look of warm wood and soft greys touched with bright colour, its cosy rooms each with free Wi-Fi, air conditioning, and a courtesy tray, and a reception open around the clock.
A generous breakfast opens the day, the parking is free and closed at night, and the tram or bus reaches the city centre quickly, with a concert hall and a shopping mall a short walk away. Two meeting rooms and a bar round out the stay.
Nantes itself rewards the short trip in, a lively former ducal capital on the Loire where the castle of the Dukes of Brittany, the glass-roofed Passage Pommeraye, and the fantastical mechanical elephant of the Machines de l'lle draw visitors year-round. Out west, the hotel keeps an easy, well-connected calm at the edge of the city.