Two nights in Chartes

Try the France forum. And the RS France book has a section on Chartres.

I stayed at the Hotellerie Sainte-Yves, which is tucked in next to the Cathedral. It was easy to go out at night to see the light show on the Cathedral surface. The thing I most loved seeing was the Maison Picassiette, on the outskirts of town. I walked, but gathered that there is a city bus. The site was the home of Raymond Isadore, a foundry- and cemetery worker, who covered pretty much every surface with mosaics he made from broken plates and other found objects.

Thanks very much!

We stayed at the Ibis, very close to the cathedral. Quite inexpensive, depends on what you're looking for. We'd stay there again.