Bayeux's tourist office stands in the centre
of town, on the arched pont St-Jean (June to mid-Sept Mon-Sat 9am-6pm,
Sun 9.30am-noon & 2.30-6pm; rest of year Mon-Sat 9am-noon &
2-6pm; tel 02.31.51.28.28, www.bayeux-tourisme.com ). The gare SNCF is fifteen minutes' walk away to the south, just outside the ring road, while the gare routière is on the other side of town on rue du Manche, alongside place St-Patrice. For information on local buses , call Bus Verts du Calvados (tel 02.31.92.02.92), whose services stop at both the gare SNCF and the gare routière .
As one of Normandy's most important tourist destinations, Bayeux is well equipped with accommodation . On the whole, however, the hotels are more expensive than usual. There's a large three-star campsite on boulevard d'Eindhoven (tel 02.31.92.08.43; closed mid-Nov to mid-March), on the northern ring road (RN13) near the river.
Hotels
d'Argouges , 21 rue St-Patrice (tel 02.31.92.88.86, fax 02.31.92.69.16,
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). Quiet, central and very stylish hotel in an eighteenth-century
building, with an imposing courtyard, and a well-kept garden around the
back. €34-91.
Family Home
, 39 rue Général-Dais (tel 02.31.92.15.22, fax 02.31.92.55.72). Central
seventeenth-century house which describes itself as both maison d'hôtes (guesthouse) and an auberge de jeunesse
(youth hostel). Its prices are a little over the usual odds (hostel
accommodation is €14.48 per person) and it's a bit self-consciously
jolly - but people return again and again. Rates include breakfast.
Meals are taken communally, Madame Lefèvre presiding at the head of a
long table in an old oak-beamed dining room, with dinner for €9.91 at
7.30pm. They also rent bikes and run D-Day tours. Under €24-€46.
de la Gare
, 26 place de la Gare (tel 02.31.92.10.70, fax 02.31.51.95.99). Old but
perfectly adequate basic hotel, with a simple brasserie, beside the
station, on the ring road a 15min walk from the cathedral. Tours of
D-Day beaches arranged. Under €24.
Hôtel-Restaurant Lion d'Or
, 71 rue St-Jean (tel 02.31.92.06.90, fax 02.31.22.15.64). Grand old
coaching inn set back behind a courtyard, just beyond the
pedestrianized section of the rue St-Jean, outside Les Halles des
Grains (now the assembly rooms). The rooms themselves are brighter and
newer than the exterior might lead you to expect. Menus from €22.87.
Closed mid-Dec to mid-Jan. €61-76.
Hôtel-Restaurant Notre Dame , 44 rue des Cuisiniers (tel 02.31.92.87.24, fax 02.31.92.67.11). Friendly and very pleasant logis , with a magnificent view of the cathedral. Menus from €14.48 (with rabbit in cider), with a special Norman one at €22.11. Closed mid-Nov to mid-Dec, plus Sun evening & Mon in winter. €24-46.
Reine Mathilde
, 23 rue Larcher (tel 02.31.92.08.13, fax 02.31.92.09.93). Simple but
well-equipped hotel - all rooms have showers and TV - backing onto the
canal, between the tapestry and the cathedral. No restaurant as such,
but there's a nice open-air summer-only brasserie downstairs, with the
cheapest menu at €7.47 and a good four-course meal for €15.24. Closed
Jan. €34-46.
Le Relais des Cèdres
, 1 bd Sadi-Carnot (tel 02.31.21.98.07). Pretty guesthouse, not far
from the station but within sight of the cathedral. The rooms are fine,
and good value, although the atmosphere is not all that welcoming.
€24-46.
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