In front of the transatlantic ferry terminal, a large pink building stands out: the Atlantic Hotel. Built in 1922 at the initiative of three major shipping companies linking Cherbourg to America, it is the work of Cherbourgeois architect René Levavasseur. This beautiful Art Deco ensemble welcomes 2,000 emigrants during the 10 to 15 days necessary to settle their administrative formalities and submit to health checks, before the big departure to the New World. The visit offers a dive into that time when Cherbourg was a large transatlantic port and allows to enter the beautiful pavilion housing the dining hall of 800 seats, current room of commissions of the CCI.