I had originally reserved a room for two nights in another hotel (see my review on the Hotel Le Volney), but upon arrival had discovered that the owner had not taken the reservation correctly after all. He found me a room at the Auberge des Écuyers in compensation, assuring me I would like the place. I actually preferred it to the Volney as the room was better and the inn closer to everything, including the train station.

The Auberge des Écuyers combines both a restaurant and a small hotel (about 5 rooms recently renovated) and is situated about 1.5 km from the train station across the Loire River. I was requested to come to the inn at either 11:30 a.m. or around 5 p.m, before the restaurant opened for business for meal times. I was greeted nicely but a bit impersonally and shown to my room on the 1st floor at the back of the inn. There were two keys, one for my room and one for the side door to be used for all clients (to avoid going through the restaurant). I was told about... more