The gare SNCF is at the western end of avenue Jean-Baptiste Lebas, a five-minute walk along which leads to the central Grand'Place. The tourist office is another couple of minutes' walk to the southeast, at 10 rue de la Tuilerie (Mon 10am–7pm, Tues–Fri 9am–noon & 1–6pm, Sat 9am–noon; tel 03.20.65.31.90). Cheaper and more convenient than the train, if you're coming by public transport from Lille, is the métro, which stops at Roubaix Gare/Jean Lebas, Grand' Place and Eurotéléport, taking twenty minutes; the latter, immediately to the east of Grand' Place, is also the terminus of the tramway from Lille's Eurostar station, which has the sightseeing advantage of being overground, though the journey takes ten minutes extra (fares are the same, €1.15 one way).You're really better off staying in Lille, but hotels in Roubaix include the renovated Grand Hôtel Mercure, a nineteenth-century palace with comfortable, stylish rooms and a beautiful brasserie, at 22 ave J-B Lebas (tel 03.20.73.40.00, [email protected]; €85–100; brasserie menus from €18); the standard but decent two-star Campanile, 36 rue de la Communauté Urbaine (tel 03.20.70.19.20, fax 03.20.27.43.25; €40–55); and the Ibis, another chain hotel, reliable if nothing else, at 37 bd du Général Leclerc (tel 03.20.45.00.00, [email protected]; €40–55). Ask at the tourist office for details of chambres d'hôtes.
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