Celtic 106 rue Voltaire tel 02.35.42.39.77, www.hotel-celtic.com. Friendly and comfortable option, in the long buildings that flank the Espace Oscar Niemeyer. €40–55Faidherbe 21 rue Général-Faidherbe tel 02.35.42.20.27, fax 02.35.42.57.03. Simple rooms, some with sea views, in a welcoming family hotel very near the ferry port in the old town. Under €30. Parisien 1 cours de la République tel 02.35.25.23.83, www.i-france.com/hotel-parisien. Well-appointed place, with congenial management, facing the gare SNCF on a busy corner. All rooms have shower and TV. 25 percent reductions on Fri & Sat Dec–March. €40–55 Vent d'Ouest 4 rue de Caligny tel 02.35.42.50.69, www.ventdouest.fr. Plain, cream-coloured cement building, beside the main entrance to the St-Joseph church, where all the good-quality, well-renovated rooms have TV plus either bath or shower. €70–85 D'Yport 27 cours de la République tel 02.35.25.21.08, fax 02.35.24.06.34. Another option opposite the SNCF station, this time slightly quieter, set well back from the street beyond a courtyard, and unusually hospitable. Rooms with en-suite facilities cost only fractionally more, but there's a €3 charge to park a bicycle. Under €30.
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