The Luxury Hotel in Rouen
Hand-picked in Rouen: the 5-star hotel Hotel de Bourgtheroulde. Included with every suitespot booking: breakfast for two, a room upgrade subject to availability, hotel credit and VIP service – benefits of over €500.
Your guide to the best luxury hotel in Rouen
Hotel de Bourgtheroulde Rouen · Centre-villeFor this guide we reviewed the best hotels in Rouen and picked one: a single luxury hotel in a 16th-century town mansion – and it sits at 4.7 out of 5 in our ranking.At no extra cost: booking through suitespot costs the same as booking direct with the hotel – the benefits come on top, free of charge.
One luxury hotel in Rouen – and who it suits
Our choice for Rouen is the Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde on Place de la Pucelle, right in the centre. It sits at 4.7 out of 5 in our ranking, and a night starts at 184 euros. The hotel belongs to the Autograph Collection and takes part in Marriott Bonvoy.
Why we recommend it: Because the building itself is the reason: a 16th-century town mansion in Flamboyant Gothic, with Renaissance frescoes, reliefs showing Francis I and Henry VIII, a court of honour and a gallery that still stand. Inside, 78 rooms, the restaurant L’Aumale and a 700-square-metre spa with an 18-by-9-metre indoor pool, steam bath, sauna and eight treatment rooms – in a city where you would not expect it. Our recommended category is the Privilege King.
Our travel advisors’ insider tip
Thirteen categories – and three questions that sort them.
The hotel offers 13 categories. Their names tell you a style – Tradition or Moderne – and a tier, Privilege.
And one more thing is rarely put so plainly: two categories are called “Limited View”. The hotel itself tells you where you will not be looking. Four categories look out over the city, one onto the courtyard.
Our advice in three steps: first, decide the style – Tradition is the side of the old mansion, Moderne the other. Second, ask for a category without Limited View; that is the key question here, because the hotel has raised it itself. Third, have the square metres confirmed when you enquire. Tell our travel advisors those three things, and the thirteen names sort themselves.
Where to stay in Rouen: on Place de la Pucelle, in the centre
The Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde stands on Place de la Pucelle, in the middle of the historic centre – the square carries Joan of Arc's epithet, and the Vieux-Marché where she was executed in 1431 is a minute away.
Our recommendation is therefore for anyone who wants to take Rouen on foot: cathedral, Gros-Horloge and the half-timbered lanes all lie within ten minutes.
What is within reach: Notre-Dame cathedral, whose façade Monet painted in thirty canvases in every light; the Gros-Horloge, the Renaissance clock over the shopping street; and the church of Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc on the Vieux-Marché, a 1970s building with 16th-century stained glass.
For orientation: Rouen-Rive-Droite station is a quarter of an hour on foot to the north; the train to Paris Saint-Lazare takes a good hour. Giverny with Monet's garden is an hour away, Honfleur and the coast an hour and a half.
13 categories: the best hotel in Rouen from the inside
The Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde offers 13 categories, one suite among them – the Prestige Suite. Our travel advisors confirm the exact size before you book.
The names tell you the style: Tradition for rooms in the character of the mansion, Moderne for the contemporary ones, Privilege as the tier above – and Larger for the categories with more space.
On the outlook: four categories look out over the city, one onto the courtyard, and two are called “Limited View”. Our advice: ask for a category without “Limited View”.
What applies to every category alike: breakfast for two people, the 100 US dollar hotel credit for food and drink and the upgrade on arrival subject to availability.
What a night at the luxury hotel in Rouen costs
A night at the luxury hotel in Rouen starts at 184 euros.
There is expressly no minimum stay: a single night is bookable – and for a city a good hour from Paris, that is the rule you need. Included are: breakfast for two people, a 100 US dollar hotel credit that here applies to food and drink, an upgrade on arrival subject to availability, regular points and status benefits with Marriott Bonvoy, and early check-in and late check-out subject to availability.
When it is at its best: in May, June and September. Normandy is green, the lanes are full but not crowded, and Giverny is in bloom.
When Rouen lights up: from June to September, when the cathedral façade is illuminated with projections in the evening.
When the city goes to the river: every four to six years for the Armada, when tall ships come up the Seine and the quays are full for a week; anyone coming then books months ahead.
When it is quietest: from November to February. It rains more often, the city belongs to itself, and an 18-metre indoor pool is exactly what that is for.
When to enquire early: for the Armada and summer weekends. With 13 categories it is not the hotel that is scarce but the ones without Limited View.
How long to stay: two nights for Rouen – or three if Giverny and Jumièges Abbey are added.
And whatever the date: you get the suitespot benefits in the quietest week of the year just as you do in the busiest.
Renaissance, spa and exclusive services in a 5-star hotel
Normandy is France's land of apples, half-timbering and churches of pale limestone. Rouen is its capital and was one of the largest cities in the country in the Middle Ages – which is why two thousand half-timbered buildings stand here, and a cathedral whose spire was briefly the tallest structure in the world in 1876.
Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comThree things belong to it. First the Vieux-Marché: Joan of Arc was burned here in 1431, and the church the city placed on the spot in 1979 looks like an upturned boat. Second Giverny: Monet's garden with the water-lily pond, an hour upstream, most striking in spring and early summer. Third Jumièges Abbey: an 11th-century ruin in a bend of the Seine that Victor Hugo called the most beautiful ruin in France.
For everything else there is the hotel credit: 100 US dollars, here expressly for food and drink – an evening at L’Aumale, then.
What our travel advisors arrange most often: the train tickets from Paris, because Rouen works better without a car than with one, and the day trip to Giverny, which needs a time slot in summer.
And for members of Marriott Bonvoy: our benefits come on top of the programme's, they do not replace them. Give us your membership number when you enquire and both run together.
Earn points & use your status in Rouen
The most widely represented is Marriott Bonvoy. suitespot rates are genuine direct rates: you keep earning regular points and elite nights in the hotel's loyalty program and retain your status benefits – on top of your suitespot benefits. These programs are represented in Rouen:
At no extra cost: you pay the same rate as booking direct with the hotel – the suitespot benefits come on top, free of charge.
| Program | Hotels | Examples in Rouen |
|---|---|---|
| Marriott Bonvoy | 1 hotel | Hotel de Bourgtheroulde Rouen |
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Frequently asked questions about luxury hotels in Rouen
How many luxury hotels in Rouen does suitespot have?
We reviewed the best hotels in Rouen and picked one: the Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde on Place de la Pucelle.
What does a luxury hotel in Rouen cost per night?
A night starts at 184 euros.
Which is the best hotel in Rouen?
The Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde, a 16th-century town mansion. It sits at 4.7 out of 5 in our ranking and belongs to Marriott's Autograph Collection.
How large are the rooms at the luxury hotel in Rouen?
Our travel advisors confirm the exact size before you book. The names tell you the style instead: Tradition, Moderne or Privilege.
Which rooms in Rouen have a view of the city?
Four categories look out over the city, one onto the courtyard – and two are called “Limited View”. Ask for a category without that addition.
What can the hotel credit in Rouen be used for?
For food and drink: 100 US dollars, for an evening at the restaurant L’Aumale, say. That is exactly what it is for.
Is there a minimum stay in Rouen?
No, expressly not. A single night is bookable.
When is the best time to visit Rouen?
It is at its best in May, June and September; from June to September the cathedral is illuminated in the evening. It is quietest from November to February – and that is what the indoor pool is for.
