If you want soulless modern, then stay away from the Hotel de Paris. This hotel has character, charm, history, service. It lacks air conditioning, but we Europeans are used to that! We arrived at 10pm and were greeted with warmth and courtesy. Despite the late hour a hurried recommendation for eating in Moulins was made. The last renovation gave large... more

I can't undertsand why more people don't visit and appreciate this town, it is so pretty. For the artistic soul there is the cathedral and the lovely old rambling streets, and an extraordinarily over-the-top art nouveau cafe in the centre, and for the chocoholics there is a beautiful chocolate shop, a work of art in its own right! I discovered... more