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Quietly confident French luxury. Art deco gestures, Japanese influences, Japanese toilets, Carrara marble bathrooms, and circular Anamorphosis artworks by Normandy artist Charles Maze in every room. Feels more like a private home than a grand hotel — intentionally intimate, serene, and a little otherworldly up on the hill.
Request a city-view room explicitly — garden-view rooms are beautiful and peaceful, but the city panorama at night is something else entirely.
Why It Matters
The only 5-star hotel in Lyon to carry both Leading Hotels of the World membership and Green Key certification. The design pedigree (Wilmotte + Grange + Benech) is genuinely rare — Jacques Grange previously worked on the homes of Yves Saint Laurent and Princess Caroline of Monaco. The spa is built on the actual site of Roman thermal baths discovered during construction. The owner's Beaujolais vineyard, Château de La Chaize, adds a wine-country dimension unavailable at any other city hotel.
Villa Maïa opened in March 2017 on Fourvière Hill — the former Antiquaille site where Roman baths once stood — and it has since become Lyon's most design-forward luxury address. Three French heavyweights collaborated to build it: architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte on the structure, Jacques Grange on the interiors, and landscape artist Louis Benech on the gardens. The result is 34 rooms and suites done in grey, beige and cream with unexpected pops of colour, a 20-metre indoor pool built directly above the original Roman mosaic floor, and panoramic views that stretch on a clear day all the way to Mont Blanc.
Where You'll Stay
4 room types available
City View Room
Same 30-35 m² footprint as the garden rooms, but with a private terrace facing Lyon. Available on request and subject to availability. Watching the city lights come on at night — the Saône winding below, the Basilica of Fourvière glowing in the distance — is worth specifically asking for. Same high-spec fittings: Carrara marble, heated floor, Japanese toilet, Grasse-created scent throughout.
180x200 cm or 200x200 cm queen/king (twin on request) · 32 sqmGarden View Room
Compact but thoughtfully designed rooms between 30 and 35 m². Each has a private terrace overlooking Louis Benech's contemplative gardens — all oaks, yews, irises and wild grasses, designed to be observed rather than walked through. Décor follows the Grange palette: tones of brown and oatmeal, made-to-measure furniture, a circular Charles Maze Anamorphosis artwork, and Carrara marble bathrooms with heated floors and Japanese remote-control toilets. Complimentary minibar on arrival day (non-alcoholic). Silk-fibre duvets made in France.
180x200 cm or 200x200 cm queen/king (twin on request) · 32 sqm
Suite
Six suites ranging from 60 to 65 m², each with a separate living room and a private terrace with city views over Lyon. Conceived by Jacques Grange, these are the romantic-weekend option — bigger marble bathrooms, some with a bathtub large enough for two (according to Mr & Mrs Smith reviewers). Same Anamorphosis artwork and Grasse-created scent. The step-up in space is genuinely noticeable compared to the standard rooms.
King or queen · 62 sqm
The Apartment
A single, one-of-a-kind unit of approximately 95-100 m² at the top of the hotel. On a clear day you can see Mont Blanc from the terrace. The view takes in both the Saône and Rhône rivers below and the city skyline spreading out in every direction. For the apartment, the complimentary arrival bar includes alcoholic drinks — a small but meaningful upgrade from the standard rooms. One unit, no alternatives, book well ahead.
98 sqmThe Property
Eat & Drink
3 venues on property
Restaurant
Spa & Wellness
Treatment Menu
On Property
How you'll actually spend your days.
A conference room for up to 15 people with views overlooking the city. Made-to-measure setup for business meetings or private events.
The concierge team is widely praised in guest reviews for genuinely insider knowledge of Lyon's dining, cultural and neighbourhood scene. Worth using as a resource for bouchon restaurant reservations, museum tips and neighbourhood walks.
Concierge-arranged orientation walk through Lyon's famous covered market, Les Halles Paul Bocuse — the best introduction to what makes Lyon France's so-called gastronomic capital.
The Maïa Group owns Château de La Chaize, a historic 400-acre Beaujolais estate built in 1676 and designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and André Le Nôtre (the same duo behind Versailles). The hotel can arrange a visit, wine tasting and picnic on the estate, about 30 minutes outside Lyon.
Amenities & Practical Info
The details that matter for planning.
Three accessible rooms with roll-in showers, handrails and wide doors.
Fully enclosed private garage open 24/7 with valet service. Available to hotel guests and bar visitors. Costs €39/day for hotel guests.
Pets welcome for a supplement of €35. Water bowls provided.
Gift certificates available to purchase for spa treatments and stays via capcadeau.com partner.
Hotel holds Green Key environmental certification.
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