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Hotel Le Royal Lyon - MGallery Collection vs College Hotel

Both Hotel Le Royal Lyon - MGallery Collection and College Hotel are endorsed by professional travelers. On balance, College Hotel is preferred by most reviewers compared to Hotel Le Royal Lyon - MGallery Collection. College Hotel comes in at #3 in Lyon with positive reviews from 6 sources including The Telegraph, Lonely Planet and Michelin Guide.

Hotel Le Royal Lyon - MGallery Collection
Hotel Le Royal Lyon - MGallery Collection
8 / 10
20 Place Bellecour, 69002 Lyon
From $112 /night
  • Pet Friendly
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Frommer's Frommer's
"Overlooking Lyon's place Bellecour, this Haussmanian-style mansion has been a hotel for over a century." Full review
Rough Guide Rough Guide
"A landmark building since its inception as Lyon’s first hotel in 1893, Le Royal remains a cut above most places in town."
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
"The Royal opened in 1912 and attracted visitors with its refined comfort. One hundred years later, it has lost none of its old-fashioned charm with its moul-dings and toile de Jouy."
Star Service Star Service
"In between the Saone and Rhone rivers, facing Place Bellecour, with a convenient metro stop one block away, this traditional Accor-managed hotel puts forth lots of country-house charm." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"In business since 1895, this timeless visiting card offers Lyon's ultimate in luxury, enveloping you in its stylish salons (lounges) and exquisite fabrics and furnishings."
Gayot Gayot
"This impressive building on Place Bellecour features guest quarters with period-style or modern decor."
Jetsetter Jetsetter
"Classic French decor, whimsical flourishes and contemporary cuisine combine in Lyon's historic heart." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"Decorated with toile de jouy wall coverings, the bedrooms vary enormously in size...its cooking-school restaurant, L’Institut, has fast become a Lyonnaise institution." Full review
College Hotel
College Hotel
8 / 10
5 Place Saint Paul, 69005 Lyon
From $96 /night
  • Pet Friendly
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Frommer's Frommer's
"Located on the right bank of the Saône within the heart of Vieux Lyon, this three-star hotel offers 39 small but well-furnished bedrooms; some with private terraces or balconies." Full review
Fodor's Fodor's
"Decorated in stark-white minimal style, most rooms come with nifty views over the Saône and Lyon." Full review
Rough Guide Rough Guide
Star
"There’s much that’ll make you smile about this wonderful schoolthemed hotel, from the chairs plastered to the facade to the library-like reception and the breakfast room furnished like a classroom."
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
"Desks, a pommel horse, geography maps: everything here evokes the schools of yesteryear, and all in a designer style."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"The ultrastark white-on-white minimalism of this hotel's guestrooms is quite startling (which is to say, not everyone will appreciate it)." Full review
The Telegraph The Telegraph
8.0
"Craving a flashback to your school days? There is no dandier address than Collège Hôtel, housed in an elegant 1930s building near Vieux Lyon." Full review