France Guide
Alsace and Lorraine
Hotels
1 Beaucour Romantik 5 rue des Bouchers 
03.88.76.72.00 
www.hotel-beaucour.com Central but rather overpriced hotel in a handsome old house just off place du Corbeau. Rooms are furnished in a cosy Alsatian style; the more expensive come with Jacuzzi baths. Price: €121-150
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Cathédrale 12–13 place de la Cathédrale 03.88.22.12.12 www.hotel-cathedrale.fr Upmarket hotel with comfortable, if unimaginative rooms, the priciest of which boast unrivalled views of the cathedral. Price: €121-150
3 Cerf d'Or 6 place de l'Hôpital 03.88.36.20.05 www.cerf-dor.com Attractive, family-run place, housed in a sixteenth-century building, with a small swimming pool/ sauna and its own restaurant (lunch menu €34). Opening time: Closed mid-Dec to mid-Jan and last two weeks of JulyPrice: €66-80
4 Diana Dauphine 30 rue de la 1er-Armée 03.88.36.26.61 www.hotel-diana-dauphine.com Large, designer hotel a short walk south of the Ill, with contemporary rooms and a chic breakfast café, albeit in a building you wouldn't look twice at. Price: €121-150
5 Dragon 2 rue de l'Écarlate 03.88.35.79.80 www.dragon.fr Seventeenth-century house with a paved courtyard, completely renovated to create a luxurious modern hotel with attractive rooms, decorated in soothing light grey shades. Price: €81-100
6 Le Grillon 2 rue Thiergarten 03.88.32.71.88 www.grillon.com Great budget option just a few-minutes' walk from the train station; homely rooms with creaky wooden floors above the lively Perestroïka vodka bar. Price: €41-65
7 Hannong 15 rue du 22-Novembre 03.88.32.16.22 www.hotel-hannong.com Beautiful parquet floors and tasteful furnishings in the rooms go some way to justifying the room rates; the bar is open late and has live jazz. Price: €101–200
8 De l'Ill 8 rue des Bateliers 03.88.36.20.01 www.hotel-ill.com Immaculate rooms over several stories of an old town house, on a quiet street just 50m from the river; the only drawback is the absence of a lift. Closed end of Dec to mid-Jan. Price: €51-65
9 Kléber 29 place Kléber 03.88.32.09.53 www.hotel-kleber.com Quirky, bijou rooms, themed around spices and fruits, such as cardamom and strawberry; there's even a room inspired by the ubiquitous local kugelhopf.Price: €66-80
10 Patricia 1a rue du Puits 03.88.32.14.60 www.hotelpatricia.fr Decent sized rooms, up an old wooden staircase bedecked in oriental rugs, in a great location in the backstreets of the old town. Reception has limited opening hours. Price: €41-50
11 Suisse 2–4 rue de la Râpe 03.88.35.22.11 www.hotel-suisse.com Friendly hotel in a labyrinthine old house just a stone's throw from the cathedral. It's a superb location, although the rooms (with the exception of the family rooms) are rather cramped. Price: €66-80