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Where to stay in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This guide covers 12 destinations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, a first-level administrative division of France, with 214 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Metropolis of Lyon, Lyon and Saint-Étienne. Across its destinations, July and August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS).
- Destinations in this guide
- 12
- Places to stay
- 214
- Comfortable in the most places
- July and August
- Main airport
- LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Paris
Destinations
Destinations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Every destination in this guide in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon | 519,127 | 52 | LYS · 20 km |
| Annecy | 132,117 | 28 | NCY · 4 km |
| Valence | 64,458 | 22 | GNB · 59 km |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 146,351 | 20 | CFE · 6 km |
| Chambéry | 59,964 | 18 | CMF · 9 km |
| Grenoble | 156,140 | 17 | GNB · 37 km |
| Vaulx-en-Velin | 53,069 | 15 | LYS · 15 km |
| Metropolis of Lyon | 1,436,354 | 13 | LYS · 19 km |
| Vénissieux | 65,502 | 11 | LYS · 16 km |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 10 | GVA · 41 km |
| Saint-Étienne | 173,136 | 7 | LYS · 64 km |
| Villeurbanne | 163,684 | 1 | LYS · 17 km |
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
1 place to stay in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with a published guest score, ordered by that score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Each links to its own website.
| # | Place to stay | Where | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hotel Évian-les-Bains by Leonardo Hotels hotel | Évian-les-Bains | 163 | 83/100 1,230 reviews |
Where to stay
More hotels in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
212 hotels in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Hôtel Terminus | Lyon | |
| Hôtel Bernascon (Aix-les-Bains) | Chambéry | |
| Imperial Palace, Annecy | Annecy | 1913 |
| Pomier Charterhouse | Annecy | 1170 |
| Boscolo Lyon | Lyon | |
| Château de Bagnols | Lyon | |
| Château des comtes de Challes | Chambéry | |
| Fourvière Hôtel | Lyon | |
| Grand Hôtel | Chambéry | |
| Hostellerie du Vieux Pérouges | Vaulx-en-Velin | |
| Hotel Beau-Site | Chambéry | 1883 |
| Hôtel de François Marc | Grenoble | |
| Hôtel de la Première présidence | Grenoble | |
| Hôtel Excelsior | Chambéry | |
| hotel Mirabeau | Chambéry | |
| Hôtel Royal | Chambéry | |
| Hôtel Royal | Évian-les-Bains | 1909 |
| Valpré-Lyon | Lyon | |
| Villa Florentine | Lyon | |
| centre Jean Bosco de Lyon | Lyon | |
| Hotel Axotel Perrache | Metropolis of Lyon | |
| Hotel Carlton Lyon - MGallery Hotel Collection | Lyon | |
| Hôtel Lyon-Est | Vaulx-en-Velin | |
| Hôtel Victoria | Valence | |
| Le Marillian | Vaulx-en-Velin | |
| Le Petit Casset | Vaulx-en-Velin | |
| MEININGER Lyon Centre Berthelot | Metropolis of Lyon | |
| Mercure Lyon Centre - Gare Part Dieu | Metropolis of Lyon | |
| Novotel Grenoble Nord Voreppe | Grenoble | |
| Novotel Lyon Confluence | Lyon |
When to go
Best time to visit Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
From the climate of 12 destinations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: July and August.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 12 | 6 °C | 54 mm |
| February | 0 of 12 | 8 °C | 42 mm |
| March | 0 of 12 | 13 °C | 52 mm |
| April | 0 of 12 | 16 °C | 73 mm |
| May | 7 of 12 | 20 °C | 79 mm |
| June | 6 of 12 | 24 °C | 78 mm |
| July | 8 of 12 | 27 °C | 78 mm |
| August | 9 of 12 | 26 °C | 71 mm |
| September | 6 of 12 | 22 °C | 84 mm |
| October | 0 of 12 | 17 °C | 89 mm |
| November | 0 of 12 | 10 °C | 88 mm |
| December | 0 of 12 | 7 °C | 56 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
LYS · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport
GNB · Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport
CMF · Chambéry Aix les Bains airport
NCY · Annecy Meythet airport
CFE · Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport
GVA · Geneva International Airport
BRN · Bern Airport
AUR · Aurillac airport
LIG · Limoges Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).
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Regions near Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Other regions of France with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.