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The
gare routiA?re
is awkwardly placed on quai de la RAİpublique, and the
gare SNCF
further out still on quai MarAİchal-Joffre - though it is on the main bus route, which circles Mont St-Clair (last bus about 7pm).
Ferries
for Morocco (1-2 weekly) and Mallorca (1-3 weekly) depart from the
gare maritime
at 4 quai d'Alger (tel 04.67.46.68.00). Be warned that
hitching
out of SA?te is horribly difficult; you're better off taking a train or bus to the nearest town and trying from there. The
tourist office
, at 60 Grand'Rue Mario-Roustan (July & Aug Mon-Sat 10am-1pm & 3-8pm, Sun 10am-1pm; Sept Mon-Fri 9.30am-noon & 2.30-6pm, Sat 9.30am-noon; rest of year Mon, Wed & Fri 9.30am-noon & 2.30-6pm, Sat 9.30am-noon; tel 06.12.57.46.32,
www.sete.org
), has a good array of English-language information.
For accommodation , try HA?tel Family , right on the quayside at 28 quai de Lattre-de-Tassigny (tel 04.67.74.05.03, andre.Schuller@wanadoo.fr ; 160-220F/a?Ĵ24-34), or the Grand HA?tel de Paris (tel 04.67.74.98.10; 160-220F/a?Ĵ24-34; closed Oct-April) at 2 rue FrAİdAİric-Mistral. For somewhere more comfortable, there's the Belle Aİpoque splendour of the Grand HA?tel , 17 quai de Lattre-de-Tassigny (tel 04.67.74.71.77, fax 04.67.74.29.27; 300-400F/a?Ĵ46-61), and L'Orque Bleu at 10 quai Aspirant-Herber (tel 04.67.74.72.13; 300-400F/a?Ĵ46-61). The HI hostel (tel 04.67.53.46.68, fax 04.67.51.34.01) is high up in the town on rue GAİnAİral-Revest. Campers should ask the tourist office for details of the numerous campsites in the area.
There is a barrage of
restaurants
along quai GAİnAİral-Duran, from the Pont de la Savonnerie right down to the fish market at the mouth of the pleasure port, all offering seafood in the 50-150F/a?Ĵ7.63-22.88 bracket. The
MarAİe Bleu
at no. 17 stands out, if only because they usually offer a free
apAİritif
to pull in the punters. For a more upscale seafood meal, try
La Galinette
, 26 place des Mouettes (tel 04.67.51.16.77; closed Sun evening, Fri lunch & Sat lunch out of season; menus from 220F/a?Ĵ33.55), on the north side of town. Other useful information
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