This former post office close to the palace counts as one of the best local hotels. Pastel-color rooms have modern furniture and marble baths and look out onto terraces or the indoor patio. The largest room is No. 214, a junior suite. The plush restaurant, La Table des Maréchaux, with its golden wallpaper and crimson velvet seating, is the smartest in town and serves satisfying, deftly prepared classics, and the EUR 40 Menu Napoléon, featuring rabbit with apricots and pike-perch with celery puree in Sancerre sauce, is a succulent deal. Pros: tastefully modernized; very stylish bathrooms. Cons: service is sometimes stuffy; finding parking can be tricky.
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