Boutique hotels
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Château de Bagnols
- Style
- Five-star aristocrat
- Setting
- Cultivated Beaujolais
Beaujolais Eating, drinking and dancing
Restaurants
+33 (0)4 78 83 99 49
Auberge de l'Ile
This Michelin-starred restaurant housed in a 17th-century building surrounded by wooded gardens is just north of Lyon, about an hour from Château de Bagnols. It's super-special and well worth the drive to sample Jean-Christophe Ansanay-Alex's delicate cuisine. Book ahead.
Place Notre Dame, I'Ile Barbe, 69009 Lyon
+33 (0)4 78 42 50 05
Grand Café des Négociants
A decidedly grand establishment, this restaurant has fine food in plush gilt-and-mirror surroundings.
Place Francisque Régaud
+33 (0)4 72 42 90 90
L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges
Paul Bocuse's triple-starred restaurant has a gypsy-caravan exterior and refined dining rooms within; the mouthwatering menu is a dream list of classic French treats, including foie gras served with jellied consommé accented with Sauternes, veal various ways, pike quenelles, duck dodine, chicken fricassee, rack of lamb and plenty of seafood.
40 Rue de la Plage, 69660 Collonges au Mont d'Or
+33 (0)4 78 87 00 97
La Rotonde
This art deco restaurant (closed Sunday and Monday) has fine formal dining.
Avenue du Casino, La Tour-de-Salvagny
+33 (0)4 72 10 11 12
Léon de Lyon
A celebrated restaurant, this venue is a century-old temple to haute cuisine. Its bistro is ideal for lunch.
Rue Pleney, Lyon
+33 (0)4 77 71 66 97
Maison Troisgros
Run by one of France’s thrice-Michelin-starred chefs, the magical food, monastically calm kitchen and immaculate cellars make this an unmissable destination.
Place Jean Troisgros, Roanne
+33 (0)4 78 42 15 00
Nicolas le Bec
Minimalist and Asian-inspired, this restaurant is the new-wave in French cooking and offers all the latest foams and froths.
Rue Grolée, Lyon
Troisgros
This bistro prepares simple food with a touch of glamour.
Place Jean Troisgros, Roanne
Bars
+33 (0)4 72 74 40 91
Bus Café
A crowd-pleasing, cocktail-shaking DJ bar in a converted bus station – also has a roof terrace.
21 Quai du Général Sarrail, 69006 Lyon
Le Boudoir
The clubby, informal atmosphere of this place is great for late-night drinks.
Jules Ferry
Victoria Hall
Ths urbane cocktail bar wouldn’t be out of place in Manhattan.
Rue de Repos
Cafés
+33 (0)4 37 28 97 98
Caffe Milano
A fun New York-style Italian bistro and pizzeria.
35 rue de l'Université, 69007 Lyon
