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Practicalities
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Grasse's
gare routiA?re
is to the north of the old town at the Parking Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs. Head downhill on avenue Thiers becoming boulevard du Jeu de Ballon (where there's an annexe of the tourist office) and you'll find the museums and the main
tourist office
on cours HonorA©-Cresp (July & Aug Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 9am-12.30pm & 1.30-6.30pm; rest of year Mon-Sat 9am-12.30pm & 1.30-6.30pm; tel 04.93.36.66.66,
Tourisme.Grasse@wanadoo.fr
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Two possible hotels at the cheaper end of the market are: NapolA©on , 6 av Thiers (tel 04.93.36.05.87, fax 04.93.36.41.09; 160-220F/a?¬24-34), right next to the gare routiA?re , and Les Palmiers , 17 av Y.-Baudoin (tel & fax 04.93.36.07.24; 160-220F/a?¬24-34), with a pleasant garden and good views, if not particularly friendly. More expensively, the Panorama , on place du Cours (tel 04.93.36.80.80, fax 04.93.36.92.04, hotelpanorama@wanadoo.fr ; 400-500F/a?¬61-76), offers rooms with views and all mod cons. There is also dorm accommodation available at Altitude 500 , in the Centre Culturel G. Gibelin (tel 04.93.36.35.64, fax 04.93.40.09.23).
Restaurants
in the old town are good value, with several menus to choose from on rue de la Fontette. The best place in town, however, is
La Bastide de Saint Antoine
, 48 rue Henri Dunant (tel 04.93.70.94.94), which serves regional dishes (menus from 260F/a?¬39.65 and up) in a bright sophisticated decor. For tasty pizzas and
socca
(chickpea pancakes) at reasonable prices, head for the relaxed
La Socca
, 17 rue Paul-Goby. For
drinks
, the bars on place aux Aires are friendly. At Maison Venturini, 1 rue Marcel Journet (closed Sun & Mon), you can buy fabulous sweet
fougassettes
, flavoured with the Grasse speciality of orange blossom, to take away. Other useful information
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