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Cour
des Loges, Lyon
On a pedestrian-only street in
the heart of Le Vieux Lyon.
The Unesco-protected neighborhood with
the largest concentration of Renaissance
architecture in Europe. The Cour des
Loges stands in glorious company. The
hotel was created in the mid-seventies
by combining four landmark fourteenth-,
sixteenth, and seventeenth- century
buildings and has been completely redone
by Jean-Louis and Jocelyne Sibuet (see
La Bastide de Marie, page 232). Each
of the 63 rooms is different, but all
sportdiscreet lighting and lush fabrics
in jewel tones.
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Standard doubles have parquet floors, a mullioned window overlooking
a small atrium, antique armoires, and a loo separated from the main
room only by thick curtains. Also new are an attractive bar and
an excellent restaurant. With a small indoor pool, a sauna and steam
room, terraced gardens, and the region's top concierge, the Cour
des Loges is instantly the best hotel in town. When to go :
Lyon is at its most fetching during the spring and fall (winters
are often wet, and the city closes down during August).
Which room to book : Any of the deluxe
rooms-larger and brighter than the standard
doubles. |
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Post
card from Lyon
THE
BIG NEWS
- The
redo of la Cour des Loges by Jocelyne and Jean-Louis Sibuet, owners
of la Bastide de Marie. The Hotel already had a dramatic architecture,
including a central courtyard surrounded by threes floors of arched
corridors...
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Hôtel de Charme à Lyon
Lorsque
quatre des plus belles maisons Renaissance
du Vieux Lyon deviennent un hôtel
qui accueille des œuvres d'art contemporain
baignées par la lumière
de neuf cours intérieures,
cela donne la “Cour des Loges”.
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Après
“Les Fermes de Marie”, le “Lodge
Park”, le “Mont-Blanc”
à Megève et, plus récemment,
la “Bastide de Marie” dans le
Lubéron, Jocelyne et Jean-Louis
ajoutent la “Cour des Loges”
à leur palmarès. Autant
de lieux très différents
dont ils ont su conserver le style particulier
et la subtile harmonie.
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Style on a budget
The
old-quarter charm of the surrounding neighbourhood
pales as you step into the grandiose,
Italian-Renaissance-style courtyard of
La Cour des Loges, newly revamped by design-savy
hoteliers Jocelyne and Jean-Louis Sibuet.
The hotel is a labyrinth of four listed
buildings dating from the 14th to the
17th century, connected by winding stone
stairways, multi-level arcades and galleries,
and peacefull inner patios.
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Formerly housing spice merchants, silk-weavers
and printers, the 62-room palazzo created
now sports an elegant mix of sleek, contemporary
furnishings, rich fabrics in mauve, brown
and burgundry, Tuscan antiques and Murano-glass
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Cour
des Loges - The Reinvention of four Renaissance
houses in Lyons
“Jocelyne
and Jean-Louis Sibuet, the glamorous couple
of the French hotel trade, have created
their own unique style in the different
hotels of la Compagnie des Hotels de Montagne
which have attracted an exclusive international
clientele like several royals including
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Juan Carlos
of Spain.
This high profile team is imbued with
a can-do spirit that is native to their
region, the Haute-Savoie. “Jean-Louis
is the creator and builder of our properties”
Jocelyne Sibuet says “I am the decorator,
restaurateur, staff and public relations
person.” Cour des Loges, their latest
acquisition, is set in Vieux Lyons which
in 1964 was designated historic quarter
by French Minister of culture André
Malraux and later on became a UNESCO World
heritage site. Cour des Loges comprises
a complex of 4 buildings. Lord of Burgundy,
Claude de Beaumont, owned them in the
14th century and later on the buildings
became a Jesuits college which gives it
a unique monastic spirit. It’s accessible
via a cobblestoned street and has golden
limestone walls and red tile roofs. Its
subtle entrance is a door to a narrow
passageway leading to a large glass covered,
light filled courtyard serving as a lobby.
With a Lyons born artist Hervé
Thibault , Jocelyne and Jean-Louis Sibuet
decorated Cour des Loges and gave it back
its Renaissance Palais-like touch.Murals
were painted with historic vignettes,
the rooms were made Venetian red and blue
with mostly solid color velvets and antique
Lyons silk.
The rooms are furnished with antiques
: carved Renaissance credenzas, cupboards
and tables, headboards crafted out of
old mirror frames and scenes painted on
the footboards. The luxury bath fixtures
are designed by Philipp Starck. The hotel
has spiral stone staircases, tall beam
ceilings and fine carved stone work. Each
suite, duplexe and apartment of different
configurations and sizes has its own style.
It has a rooftop garden terrace, a Roman-style
bath and a vaulted wine cellar with its
tasting room. The 14th century indoor
tennis court was transformed into 2 conference
rooms.
After one year, Jocelyne Sibuet reports
that 45 percent of their guests are Anglophones.
And les Loges, the hotel’s restaurant,
is so popular, it’s quite difficult
to get a reservation. Cour des Loges is
a unique space with its own special charm
decorated with exquisite antiques and
fabrics as well as contemporary luxuries
and delicious food... And the result is
a Renaissance dream.”
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The
city of Lyons finally has a hotel to rival
its gastronomic greatness.
The 63-room Cour des Loges is composed
of four Renaissance buildings in the Old
City. Behind its look are leading French
boutique hoteliers Jocelyne and Jean-Louis
Sibuet, owners of the stylish La Bastide
de Marie in Provence and Les Fermes de
Marie in the Alps. For this venture, the
couple injected modern design–skeletal
metal lamps, awning-stripe fabrics–
among loggias and timber ceilings that
date to the 17th century.
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The
eclectic decor mixes antique with contemporary
art, sombre polished wood, cosy fireplaces,
Florentine crystal chandeliers, an 18th
century fumoir, and spacious rooms
decked out in velvet, taffeta and antique
Lyon silks. The duplex suites are laid
out like artist’s ateliers and decorated
with frescos, and are worth the splurge. |
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Light
Fantastic
If
you thought this French city was only cholesterol-oblivious
foodies on a sausage spree, you are in for
a surprise. At the revamped Cour des Loges
hotel in the old quarter, you can feast
in Italian Renaissance splendour on exquisitely
prepared, light dishes such as garlicky
cinnamon chicken with Swiss chard or sea
bream with minted broad beans and almonds.
Once a favourite stopover for Michael Jackson
and the Rolling Stones, this architectural
gem has taken over by renowned hoteliers
Jocelyne and Jean-Louis Sibuet.
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2,
4, 6, 8, rue du Bœuf
un
hôtel.
Comme
le Marais à Paris, ce Vieux Lyon
est en cours de rénovation, qui
équivaut à une renaissance
et même, pour ce qui est de mon
propos, une naissance : celle d'un fabuleux
hôtel. Il y avait là, tombant
en ruine, quatre bâtiments construits
entre le XIVe et le XVIIe siècle
qui après trois ans de travaux
que personne financièrement parlant
n’ose estimer, sont devenus un
ensemble hôtelier absolument unique,
d’une élégance rare,
d’une sophistication absolue, véritable
leçon d’esthétisme,
provocation permanente du bon goût
d’hier et d’aujourd’hui.
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Lyons
is the second largest city in France, with
an amazing number of hotel, shopping and
dining possibilities (the most famous of
which is probably restaurant Paul Bocuse).
The
hotel Cour des Loges in Lyon's old district
was created by the integration of four Renaissance
town houses into one building, with a skylight-covered
courtyard/lobby gracing the center. |
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Second
City
... Also a few doors away is Lyon's newest
and most talked-about hotel,
the Cour des Loges. Originally a fifteenth-century
residence of
Jean de Beaumont,
duke of Burgundy, and later first converted
into a jesuit college and then into private
appartments, the pink-stuccoed hotel is
a dazzling example of ingenious restoration
and fanciful decor. Contemporary paintings
and sculptures are installed everywhere,
and all rooms have an enormous illuminated
bathtub.
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Lodgings
La Cour des Loges 6, rue du bœuf, 69005
Lyon. One of France's most stylish hotels.
Four stories of sand-colored stone, Florentine
arcades, and an enclosed spiral stair give
the inner courtyard classic charm. Extras
includes a tapas bar, a library lounge,
a small indoor pool, and a sauna. The 63
guest rooms have a classic modern or high-tech
contemporary furnishing. Exemplary service;
the concierge, Gérard Ravet, has
entrée to all of Lyon by phone... |
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