Vichys Palaces

There's a visit for the rich inns and loft structures formed when Vichy was on the guide for movers and shakers from around the globe. The diversity in form when Napoleon III was here gave these royal residences an odd assortment of styles. Head of Stare Marshal Pétain's private condo was on the third floor.

In any case, what joins them all is the no-cost saved feeling of magnificence. The Hôtel du Parc, has a darker history than most as it housed the workplaces of France's wartime Vichy Regime. Inverse the musical show house is the Mannerist restoration Hôtel des Ambassadeurs, which was one of Vichy's most recognized lodgings in the late-1800s, at last shutting in 1989.