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ROMORANTIN-LANTHENAY , 67km due south of Orleans, is the biggest town in the Sologne and best visited in the last weekend in October for the Journees Gastronomiques , a major food festival when every restaurant and hundreds of street stalls tempt you with traditional and novel dishes centred on game, wild mushrooms, apples and pumpkins. The rest of the year the only sight of interest is the Musee de Sologne , in the old mills in the centre of Romorantin (April-Nov Mon & Wed-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 2-5pm; rest of year Mon & Wed-Sat 10-11am & 2-5pm, Sun 2-5pm; 25F/?3.81), which presents the history, ecology and traditions of the area. For more information about the Sologne, contact the tourist office on place de la Paix (July & Aug Mon-Sat 8.45am-12.15pm & 1.30-6.30pm, Sun 10am-noon; rest of year closed Sun; tel 02.54.76.43.89). If you fancy a splurge, head for Grand Hotel du Lion d'Or , 69 rue G.-Clemenceau (tel 02.54.94.15.15, www.hotel-liondor.fr ; 500-600F/?76-91), an old manor house, with a fabulous courtyard garden, sixteen well-appointed rooms and a stellar restaurant (meals well over 500F/?76.23).
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