The gare SNCF is on avenue Gambetta, across the road from the old town and a ten-minute walk from the tourist office, 2 place Carnot (Mon–Sat 9am–noon & 2–6pm; tel 03.85.27.00.20). A second information point stands opposite the west front of the abbey church.The nicest reasonably priced hotel in town is Hôtel aux Terrasses, 18 av du 23 Janvier (tel 03.85.51.01.74, fax 03.85.51.09.99; €40–55; closed Jan; excellent restaurant from €22.50, closed Jan, Sun eve through to Tues lunch), at the southern end of the old town where the continuation of rue de la République rejoins the N6. The Hotel Gras, 2 rue Fénelon (tel 03.85.51.07.25; €30–40; restaurant €13) has few frills but is friendly and traditional, very close to the abbey church, and serves excellent home-cooked meals. Alternatively, there are the simple chambres d'hôtes at the restaurant Le Voleur de Temps, 32 rue du Docteur Privey (tel 03.85.51.71.93; €30–40; restaurant from €17, closed Mon lunch); rooms are reserved for clients of the restaurant, which offers an idiosyncratic menu of West African and Asian dishes – the perfect antidote, perhaps, to an overdose of boecuf bourguignon. The Hôtel-Restaurant de Saône, quai Georges-Bardin (tel 03.85.51.20.65, fax 03.85.51.05.45; €40–55), has little character but a splendid location on the east bank of the river. Campers should head for Camping Municipal en Bagatelle (tel 03.85.51.16.58, fax 03.85.27.03.39; May–Sept), just south of the town; take avenue du 23-Janvier out of town to the N6, in the direction of Lyon. For further eating possibilities outside of the hotels, there are a number of cafés and brasseries in and around place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville.
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