Semur's tourist office is on the small place Gaveau (mid-June to mid-Sept Mon–Sat 9am–7pm, Sun 10am–noon & 3–6pm; mid-Sept to mid-June Mon 2–6pm, Tues–Sat 9am–noon & 2–6pm; tel 03.80.97.05.96), at the junction of rues de l'Ancienne-Comédie, de la Liberté and Buffon, where the medieval Porte Sauvigny and Porte Guillier combine to form a single long, covered gateway.The least expensive hotel rooms in town are at the rather ordinary Le Commerce, 19 rue de la Liberté (tel 03.80.96.64.40; 30–40), 100m from the tourist office, and the Hôtel des Gourmets, inside the medieval city proper at 4 rue de Varenne (tel 03.80.97.09.41, www.hotellesgourmets.fr.st; 30–40). The latter has a good, reasonably priced restaurant (closed Mon, Tues & Dec), as does the rather smarter Hôtel de la Côte d'Or, 3 place Gaveau (tel 03.80.97.03.13, [email protected]; 40–55). Tucked away off a winding backstreet, the Hôtel des Cymaises, 7 rue du Renaudot (tel 03.80.97.21.44, www.proveis.com/lescymaises; 40–55; closed Nov & Feb) provides well-furnished rooms in a grand old mansion house. The local campsite is at Lac-de-Pont, 3km south of town. Decent plats du jour and grills can be had at Le Saint-Vernier, 13 rue Févret, but for something special, it's well worth wandering down to the river and the Pont des Minimes, where the Restaurant Les Minimes (tel 03.80.97.26.86; closed Sun evening & Mon; menus at 15 and 25) serves rather refined meals in a warm and familial atmosphere. In the heart of the old town, the patisserie-chocolaterie at 14 rue Buffon (closed Mon) specializes in local semurettes, addictive little nuggets of chocolate made without butter.
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