I love this hotel, but the Internet connection is the worst I've had in france.read more

I've been traveling to paper museums, and this particular museum is not necessarily the best for…read moreexplaining making paper, but its exhibition space is devoted to the art of paper. The particular exhibition April to December 2018 anticipates the centenary of the end of World War I, which will be commemorated November 11. The paper sculptures of WWI soldiers and the women they left behind are in the exhibition space. Not to be missed is the 12-minute film (English subtitles) created from these paper sculptures in a masterful stop action animated film. It is charming as well as tragic. A nice small boutique includes colorful graphics from the era when the factory rolled out cigarette papers after it became fashionable in 1850 France to "roll your own." The machinery on the first floor of the mill is signed, and there are some English translations. One sign notes the "master of the paper," Jacques Brejoux, who is in residence at another historic mill in the countryside: Moulin du Verger. He is still actively working on handmade paper and book restoration. (Call for an appointment to tour that mill.)

Just plain weird. We booked online and the photos made it seem a bohemian interesting place. It's…read morenot. Rooms are obliterated with a single strident hue - purple walls, carpet, ceiling and bed linen. Blue or pink in other rooms. It's not restful, but as the bed is impossibly uncomfortable you won't sleep anyway. The bathrooms are typically cramped, when I tried to use the soap in the teeny tiny shower my elbow turned the water off, and I'm not a large person. The location in a beautiful square on the historic plateau is ideal, with easy strolls to bars and restaurants and free parking. The facade of the hotel is gorgeous. Take a photo and stay elsewhere.