Get FREE email communications from Fodor's Travel, covering must-see travel destinations, expert trip planning advice, and travel inspiration to fuel your passion.
We've compiled the best of the best in Laon - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
In business since 1685, this historic hostelry is five minutes from the cathedral and welcomes visitors with its cozy accommodations and venerable dining room. The restaurant's dining room produces sturdy traditional cuisine (trout, lemon sole, guinea fowl) and good-value prix-fixe menus.
A 30-minute drive east of Laon brings you to this upcycled 18th-century hunting lodge, now a boutique hotel that fuses contemporary elegance with period architecture and quirky artwork. Foodies will enjoy the creative dishes served in the Les Epicuriens restaurant (closed Monday and Tuesday), which has lovely views of the gardens. The hotel facilities include a lounge bar, indoor pool, sauna, gym, tennis courts, and bicycles (a supplement is charged for the use of electric bikes).
Within walking distance of the cathedral, this centuries-old town house blends modern comforts with timbered ceilings, creaky stairs, and either wood or terra-cotta tile floors. The five comfortable rooms (one of which can sleep up to four people and one three people) come with a quirky sense of style and are filled with flea-market finds.
