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Arrival, information and accommodation
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The
gares routiA?re
and
SNCF
are adjacent to each other, just a few minutes' walk away from the centre of town: cross the wide River Oise and go up rue SolfA©rino to place de l'HA?tel-de-Ville. The
tourist office
(Mon-Sat 9.15am-12.15pm & 1.45-6.15pm; Easter-Oct also open Sun 10am-1pm & 2.30-5pm; tel 03.44.40.01.00, fax 03.44.40.23.28) takes up part of the ornate HA?tel de Ville and, for a small fee, will provide you with a plan of the town, on which is conveniently marked an exhaustive visitors' route, including the forest paths
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As for
accommodation
, there are cheapish rooms at the
HA?tel St-Antoine
, 17 rue de Paris (tel 03.44.23.22.27; under 160F/a?¬24), concealed above a Thai restaurant; and the
Lion d'Or
, 4 rue du GA©nA©ral-Leclerc (tel 03.44.23.32.17; under 160F/a?¬24). More comfortable is the
HA?tel de Flandre
, an enormous, recently redecorated place on the riverside at 16 quai de la RA©publique (tel 03.44.83.24.40, fax 03.44.90.02.75; 160-220F/a?¬24-34). Much the best place to stay, however, is the
HA?tel de France
, 17 rue E.-Floquet, centrally located right next to the HA?tel de Ville (tel 03.44.40.02.74, fax 03.44.40.48.37; 160-220F/a?¬24-34; good restaurant from 148F/a?¬22.56), a charming old place with very reasonable rates. The town
campsite
is along avenue Royale, into the forest beyond the palace. Other useful information
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France,
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