The tourist office is just inside the town's main gate, the Porte des Moulins (May to mid-July & mid-Aug to Sept Mon–Sat 9am–noon & 1.30–6.30pm, Sun 10am–12.30pm & 2–6pm; mid-July to mid-Aug Mon–Sat 9am–12.30pm & 1.30–7pm; April & Oct Mon-Sat 9am–noon & 1.30–6pm; Nov–March Mon–Sat 9am–noon & 1.30–5.30pm; tel 03.25.87.67.67, www.paysdelangres.com.fr), on the other side of town from the gare SNCF (infrequent connections to Troyes and Dijon); they can give you a useful map with a walking route that takes in the main sights. The bus timetable from the train station to the Porte des Moulins is loosely based on the train timetable; however, the last bus leaves at 7pm Monday to Friday, 4pm on Saturday and there's no connection on Sunday.For accommodation, there's a hostel close by the Porte des Moulins on place des États-Unis (tel 03.25.87.09.69, fax 03.25.88.83.25; book ahead for Sat & Sun as the reception closes at weekends; €11.20 in single room, €7.80 per person in double room; breakfast and bedding extra), and the reasonable Auberge Jeanne d'Arc, 26 rue Gambetta (tel 03.25.87.03.18, fax 03.25.88.82.85; €30–40; closed Nov & March), in the centre of town. More comfortable rooms can be had at the characterful Cheval Blanc, in a converted church on rue de l'Estrés (tel 03.25.87.07.00, fax 03.25.87.23.13; €40–55); or in the seventeenth-century Grand Hôtel de l'Europe, 23–25 rue Diderot (tel 03.25.87.10.88, fax 03.25.87.60.65; €40–55). For good but expensive food, try Restaurant Diderot at the Cheval Blanc (closed Tues evening & Wed lunch). Better value is to be had at the Lion d'Or, just outside the town on the route de Vesoul (tel 03.25.87.03.30). Langres has its own excellent bright-orange cheese which you can buy at the Friday market on place Jenson.
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