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Old Jun 5th, 2003, 02:04 PM
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Hotel Recommendation for Lyon, France

I need to spend one night in Lyon in June,en route to Provence. Can anyone recommend something quaint or worthwhile, or at least comfortable and not too expensive?
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Libertel Carlton
4, rue Jussieu
great area, good rate, nice room
www.mercure.com
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Either Hotel La Residence or Hotel Bayard is good also.
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This advice is only if you're driving. If you're not then never mind.

When I need a stopover between destinations I usually look at staying away from a major, metropolitan area. Lyon is France's second largest city and certainly is a blast, I was there in May. But why do you want to add the aggravation of driving into one night and out of the next morning a major European city?

When I do this I use a site like www.chateauxhotels.com and find a very nice property in a remote little town. Your euro will go a lot farther and you can sometimes stay at a stunning property for less than a 3* in Paris. For the convenience I also pick one with a restaurant. I will warn you though, I've spent more for dinner for two at properties like this than I have for the room itself: a price I'm willing to pay.
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thank you, indytravel and others who answered. Yes, indy, I will be traveling by car and realized I don't want to do a stopover in downtown Lyon after all. Based on advice in other message threads on this board I booked something through Logis de France (a country property) that I hope will be OK. It is near the autoroute, anyway!

But next time I go to Lyon itself for a few days, I will check out the Hotel Residence as it seems to be recommended repeatedly.

thanks again!
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