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Hôtel de l’Abbaye
Handily located in the heart of
Presqu’île, near the Romanesque
Basilique Saint-Martin-d’Ainay, the
4* Hôtel de l’Abbaye, which was
once the presbytery of the basilica,
has 21 individually-designed rooms
and suites, many – despite the hotel’s
Florentine palazzo façade – with a
playfully retro 1970s feel (check out
the royal blue Pierre Paulin mushroom
chairs). Centrally located, and perfect
for shoppers: the pretty rue Auguste
Comte with its antique dealers, food
shops, galleries, design boutiques
and traboules (Lyon’s ancient
passageways between streets) is just a
short walk away.
The view over looking Lyon from the balcony at Villa Maïa
Hôtel-Dieu, Lyon. A former hospital, now a multi-use historic monument, that served as Lyon’s main hospital for over 800 years
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