D'Argouges 21 rue St-Patrice tel 02.31.92.88.86, [email protected]. Quiet, central and very stylish eighteenth-century building, behind an imposing courtyard off place St-Patrice. Several rooms are very grand, with magnificent exposed wooden beams, and the rates are very reasonable for what you get. €55–70Family Home 39 rue Général-Dais tel 02.31.92.15.22, fax 02.31.92.55.72. Central seventeenth-century building which describes itself as both guesthouse and youth hostel. Its prices are a little over the odds – hostel accommodation works out €16 each for members, €18 for non-members, while private doubles are €28 – and it's a bit self-consciously jolly, but people return again and again. Rates include breakfast. Communal dinners, served at 7.30pm nightly, cost €9.15 per person, or you can dine privately for €12. They also rent bikes and run D-Day tours. Under €30. De la Gare 26 place de la Gare tel 02.31.92.10.70, fax 02.31.51.95.99. Old but perfectly adequate basic hotel, with a simple brasserie, beside the station, on the ring road fifteen minutes' walk from the cathedral. tours of D-Day beaches arranged. Under €30. Lion d'Or 71 rue St-Jean tel 02.31.92.06.90, [email protected]. Grand old coaching inn set back behind a courtyard, just beyond the pedestrianized section of the rue St-Jean. The rooms themselves are brighter and newer than the exterior might lead you to expect. Closed mid-Dec to late Jan. Menus from €23. €70–85 Notre Dame 44 rue des Cuisiniers tel 02.31.92.87.24, fax 02.31.92.67.11. Friendly and very pleasant option, in front of the cathedral, with a magnificent view. Rooms of varying levels of comfort – none especially fancy, but all perfectly adequate. Menus from €14.48 (with rabbit in cider), with a special Norman one at €22.11. Closed mid-Nov to mid-Dec, plus Sun evening & Mon in winter. €30–40 Reine Mathilde 23 rue Larcher tel 02.31.92.08.13, fax 02.31.92.09.93. Simple but well-equipped rooms – all have showers and TV – backing onto the canal. the nice open-air brasserie downstairs serves dinner between May and Sept, with the cheapest menu at €9.90. Closed Jan. €40–55 Le Relais des Cèdres 1 bd Sadi-Carnot tel 02.31.21.98.07. Pretty guesthouse, not far from the station but within sight of the cathedral. The three rooms are fine, and good value, although the atmosphere is not all that welcoming. €40–55
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