Lyon · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near France
Marc Delacroix France
These are my five favourites in Lyon, out of the 30 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.
All five are within 2.7 km of France.
Highest rated of the five
Hotel Drisco Pacific Heights
★★★★★4.9 from 693 reviews
Hotel Drisco Pacific Heights comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 693 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 5 star property, found under poi and around $2558 a night on the dates we checked.
30 hotels in Lyon qualified for this list and five made it. Lodge at the Presidio is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Gymopen to guests, not a partner pass down the road
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
All five, ranked
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Hotel Drisco Pacific Heights
★★★★★4.9 from 693 reviews
300 m from France, about a 4 minute walk
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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2Lodge at the Presidio
★★★★★4.8 from 273 reviews
1.4 km from France, about a 18 minute walk
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Accessible
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3Fairmont Heritage Place - Ghirardelli Square
★★★★★4.6 from 705 reviews
2.5 km from France
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
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4Victorian Stay, City View, Golden Gate Rm.
★★★★★4.9 from 231 reviews
2.7 km from France
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5Infinity Hotel San Francisco, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
★★★★★4 from 179 reviews
900 m from France, about a 11 minute walk
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
How this list was put together
30 Lyon hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to France second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Marc Delacroix France
Closes the shop two weeks each winter and goes wherever people make something fermented. Dairies in the Basque country, the Caucasus and rural Sardinia.
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