Practicalities
Information on Amboise and its environs is available at the tourist office on quai du General-de-Gaulle, on the riverfront (mid-June to mid-Sept daily 9am-8pm; rest of year Mon-Sat 9am-12.15pm & 2-6.30pm, Sun 10am-noon & 2-4pm; tel 02.47.57.09.28, fax 02.47.57.14.35). Some of the town's hotels are overpriced, but worth trying are the central Lion d'Or (tel 02.47.57.00.23, fax 02.47.23.22.49; 220-300F/?34-46; half-board compulsory in season) and Belle Vue (tel 02.47.57.02.26, fax 02.47.30.51.23; 220-300F/?34-46), both on quai Charles-Guinot, just below the chateau. You could also try the pleasantly decorated, good-value Chaptal , 13 rue Chaptal (tel 02.47.57.14.46; 160-220F/?24-34), or the more expensive, but thoroughly romantic Vieux Manoir , 13 rue Rabelais (tel 02.47.30.41.27, fax 02.47.30.41.27, www.le-vieux-manoir.com ; 600-800F/?91-122), run by an American couple. At the budget end of the scale, there's a good campsite on the island across from the castle, the Ile d'Or (tel 02.47.57.23.37), with a hostel , the Centre Charles Peguy (tel 02.47.57.06.36; reception 3-8pm; closed Mon all year & Sun in winter), next door. Bikes can be rented from Cycles Richard, 2 rue Nazelles (tel 02.47.57.01.79). The restaurants in town don't stay open beyond 10pm. Try the dependable Lion d'Or ( menus from 66F/?10.06), or the creperies on the approach to the chateau: Creperie Anne de Bretagne , 1 rampe Chateau (closed Thurs) and Creperie L'Ecu , at 7 rue Corneille (closed Sun & Mon during term-time). A cheap, hearty lunch can be had at 50 rue Rabelais, where a small working-man's cafe offers a 50F/?7.62 menu.
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