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Sleeping
ROYAL HÔTEL €€
( 04 66 58 28 27; www.royalhotel-nimes.com , in French; 3 bd Alphonse Daudet; r
€60-80; ) You can't squeeze this 21-room hotel, popular with visiting artists
and raffishly bohemian, into a standard mould. Rooms, some with ceiling fans, oth-
ers with air-con and nearly all with bathtubs, are furnished with flair. Most overlook
pedestrian place d'Assas, a work of modern art in its own right - though the noise
might be intrusive on summer nights.
Hotel
HÔTEL AMPHITHÉÂTRE €
( 04 66 67 28 51; http://perso.wanadoo.fr/hotel-amphitheatre ; 4 rue des Arènes; s
€41-45, d €53-70; ) The welcoming, family-run Amphithéâtre is just up the road
from its namesake. Once a pair of 18th-century mansions, it has 15 rooms decor-
ated in warm, woody colours, each named after a writer or painter.
Hotel
Eating
CARRÉ D'ART €€
( 04 66 67 52 40; www.restaurant-lecarredart.com , in French; 2 rue Gaston Boissi-
er; 1-/2-/3-course menus €19/24/29; closed Sun) This is a place to enjoy excep-
tional cuisine in sublime surrounds. The classical decor, with its gilded mirrors and
moulded ceilings, blends harmoniously with fresh flowers; bright, contemporary art-
work; cascading, feather-light chandeliers; and sotto voce canned jazz.
Classic French
LE MARCHÉ SUR LA TABLE €€
( 04 66 67 22 50; 10 rue Littré; mains €17-19; Wed-Sun) Up-and-coming young
chef Éric Vidal buys fresh and organic from the nearby food market (his fish is nev-
er farmed) and his partner, Caroline, maintains a large selection of local wines. Eat
in the attractively furnished interior or quiet, green rear courtyard.
Modern French
Information
Tourist office ( 04 66 58 38 00; www.ot-nimes.fr ; 6 rue Auguste; 8.30am-6.30pm Mon-
Fri, 9am-6.30pm Sat, 10am-5pm Sun) Rents out audioguides to central Nîmes (one/two ter-
minals €8/10).
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