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The Mercure is the dependable chain choice. Happy Dock serves from breakfast to dinner, there’s a gym, and covered parking is €12 a night, per Hotels.com.
Check-in from 14:00 is the earliest we found in Le Havre.
Breakfast is about €19 extra. Our pin for it is an estimate, so its place in a three-way tie on 31 is too.
Book it if
- You want an early check-in
- You’re bringing a pet
- You want dinner downstairs
Look elsewhere if
- You want breakfast in the rate
- You want a pool or a spa
- You want the shortest taxi to the ship
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Mercure publishes and our own map estimates.
Happy Dock, French, from breakfast to dinner, with a bar open daily, per Hotels.com.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 1.3 km in a straight line by our estimated pin. The road route round the docks is longer than that line, and the tourist office puts the terminal 2.5 km from the centre, so take a taxi with bags. No official fare is published; an unofficial report puts the terminal-to-centre taxi at about €8.
Not in the rate: a buffet, about €19, 06:30 to 10:00 on weekdays and to 10:30 at weekends, per Hotels.com.
The cruise terminal is about 1.4 km away in a straight line, so it’s a ride, not a walk. Your boarding documents set the check-in time, not the hotel.
Hotels.com lists covered on-site parking at €12 a night, with in-and-out privileges. That’s for your stay; nothing says it covers a cruise.
Night-Before Score: 31 of 100
Every point comes from Hotels.com’s listing (Accor’s page for the hotel timed out for us); the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Mercure is about 184.6 km from Charles de Gaulle in a straight line, and about 1.4 km from the cruise terminal. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
No airport transfer is listed. From Charles de Gaulle it’s the train: SNCF’s fastest is 4h28 with a change at Massy TGV, or the RER B into Paris and 2h00 from Saint-Lazare.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 1.3 km in a straight line by our estimated pin. The road route round the docks is longer than that line, and the tourist office puts the terminal 2.5 km from the centre, so take a taxi with bags. No official fare is published; an unofficial report puts the terminal-to-centre taxi at about €8.
From CDG without a hotel shuttle
There’s no direct train from Charles de Gaulle. SNCF Connect’s fastest CDG–Le Havre trip takes 4h28 with a change at Massy TGV, and the average is 5h39. The other way is the RER B into Paris, €14 and 25 to 30 minutes to Gare du Nord per Île-de-France Mobilités, then across to Saint-Lazare for a train that takes 2h00 at its fastest. The airport page has the fares and the landing check.
Hotels.com lists covered on-site parking at €12 a night, with in-and-out privileges. That’s for your stay; nothing says it covers a cruise.
Parking for your stay: Covered, on site, €12 a night, height limits (Hotels.com).
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 1.3 km in a straight line by our estimated pin. The road route round the docks is longer than that line, and the tourist office puts the terminal 2.5 km from the centre, so take a taxi with bags. No official fare is published; an unofficial report puts the terminal-to-centre taxi at about €8.
Flying in the morning you sail? From the US that’s risky here, with the airport about five hours from the ship by train; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
the cruise terminalShips turn around at the cruise terminal on the Pointe de Floride, Quai Roger Meunier, per the tourist office. Mercure is about 1.4 km from our pin for it in a straight line, and about 750 m from Le Havre station. The road route is longer: the tourist office puts the terminal 2.5 km from the centre and the station. Which of the new terminal buildings your ship uses isn’t published ahead; the Le Havre cruise guide has the rest.
Source: lehavre-etretat-tourisme.comDistance
~1.4 km, straight lineAbout 1.4 km from the cruise terminal in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.
Airport bus
Not statedNo airport bus runs from Paris to Le Havre that we found. The way in is the train from Paris Saint-Lazare, then a taxi from Le Havre station.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedHotels.com lists covered on-site parking at €12 a night, with in-and-out privileges. That’s for your stay; nothing says it covers a cruise.
In town
Vauban car park, booked ahead, no price publishedThe tourist office says passengers embarking or disembarking can reserve long-term parking at the Effia Vauban car park, by the docks. It prints no price, and we couldn’t open Effia’s page to find one. From the docks it’s a taxi to the terminal.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteHappy Dock, French, from breakfast to dinner, with a bar open daily, per Hotels.com.
Breakfast
ExtraNot in the rate: a buffet, about €19, 06:30 to 10:00 on weekdays and to 10:30 at weekends, per Hotels.com.
Address
Chaussée Georges Pompidou, Bassin du CommerceChaussée Georges Pompidou, 76600 Le Havre
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Mercure and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm whether parking can cover a cruise, accor’s own page, our map pin, an estimate, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Not in the rate: a buffet, about €19, 06:30 to 10:00 on weekdays and to 10:30 at weekends, per Hotels.com.
Parking for your stay
Covered, on site, €12 a night, height limits (Hotels.com)
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Allowed, €13 a pet a night; service animals free, per Hotels.com.
Food and drink on site
- Happy DockBreakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner
- BarDaily
Rooms
99 rooms over seven floors, per Hotels.com.
Accessibility
A lift, step-free entrance and an accessible desk and washroom, per Hotels.com; no accessible room type is listed.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedYes
Also worth knowing
- Le Havre station about 11 minutes’ walk, per Hotels.com
- Car and bicycle rental on site, per Hotels.com
- EV charging, per Hotels.com
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Breakfast about €19 extra.
- Parking €12 a night, for your stay.
- Check-in from 14:00.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Whether parking can cover a cruise
- Accor’s own page
- Our map pin, an estimate
Every hotel fact here comes from Hotels.com’s listing (Accor’s page for the hotel timed out for us), read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins, not road routes; the road round the docks is longer.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Mercure: the Le Havre cruise guide and Le Havre as a port of call.
Dinner at Happy Dock, then a taxi to the ship.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Mercure for the night before. No payment on the form.
Mercure FAQ
Is breakfast included at the Mercure Le Havre Bassin du Commerce?
No. Hotels.com lists the buffet at about €19.
Does the Mercure Le Havre have parking?
Covered on-site parking at €12 a night, per Hotels.com. Ask whether you can leave the car while you sail.
How far is the Mercure from the Le Havre cruise terminal?
About 1.3 km in a straight line by our estimated pin. Take a taxi with bags.
Booking the cruise too?
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