Le Relais St-Jean

Troyes


On a narrow medieval street in the heart of the old city, this hotel combines half-timbered charm with 24 contemporary rooms, a mini tropical hothouse, a jacuzzi in the 16th-century cellar, a small fitness centre and facilities for people with disabilities. There’s direct access from the underground car park (€10).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Troyes attractions

1. 16th-Century Troyes

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Half-timbered houses – some with lurching walls and floors that aren’t quite level – line many streets in the old city, rebuilt after a devastating fire…

2. Ruelle des Chats

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Off rue Champeaux (between Nos 30 and 32), a stroll along tiny ruelle des Chats (Alley of the Cats), as dark and narrow as it was four centuries ago – the…

3. Église Ste-Madeleine

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Troyes’ oldest and most interesting neighbourhood church has an early Gothic nave and transept and a Renaissance-style choir and tower. The highlights…

5. Église St-Pantaléon

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Faded with age and all the more enigmatic for it, this Renaissance-style, cruciform church, with its barrel-vaulted wood ceiling, is a great place to see…

6. WWII Memorial

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This memorial pays homage to those who fought and died in WWII.

7. Basilique St-Urbain

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Begun in 1262 by the Troyes-born Pope Urban IV, whose father’s shoemaker shop once stood on this spot, this church is exuberantly Gothic both inside and…

8. Hôtel de Vauluisant

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This haunted-looking, Renaissance-style mansion shelters a twinset of unique museums. The Musée de l’Art Champenois is a repository for the evocative…