Columbia Hillen
Tucked distant softly disconnected a engaged residential thoroughfare successful Lyon, Villa 216 is an elegant 19th period mansion hidden down sturdy physics robust gates with a crescent pebbled driveway and a sprinkling waterfall.
Columbia Hillen
A well-tended walled plot with an awesome array of flora including herbs and flowers specified arsenic verbena, sage, lilies, roses and lavender, arsenic good arsenic ivy clinging to the walls, gangly chestnut and lime blossom trees, even immoderate chaotic strawberries, springiness a soothing consciousness of countryside adjacent though its successful the suburbs. Parking is convenient and safe, off-road, down the gates connected the backstage driveway.
While we were near with the content we were extracurricular Lyon, mundane activities successful France’s 3rd largest metropolis continues arsenic normal, with shops and restaurants dotted on the roadworthy outside.
Columbia Hillen
Inside Villa 216, built successful 1890, are 3 ensuite rooms, positive an outdoor hot-tub for impermanent usage only. Personal massages tin beryllium organized done a telephone call.
The hallway entranceway up respective chromatic steps nether a vintage solid and metallic canopy is agleam and cheerful with floral designed wallpaper, a level of colorful tiles, an armchair, woven baskets with yellowish cushions successful them, a glass-fronted drinks and snacks furniture based connected the grant strategy and respective shelves of books and tourism information.
Columbia Hillen
Our ground-floor room, with afloat presumption implicit the plot done a brace of gangly French windows, comprised a spacious chamber and adjoining bath with walk-in ablution and abstracted toilet.
The chamber featured a parquet wood floor, partition and ceiling moldings, a brown-speckled marble fireplace and decorative cast-iron heaters.
It was furnished with each large appliances including an fantabulous Jura coffee-maker with caller roasted beans, a toaster, an oven and a wall-mounted television. There was besides an assortment of 8 antithetic Pages teas, a starring French brand, including Earl Grey, mint, apricot and blackberry and myrtle-berries.
A round, marble-topped array was large capable for america to devour at, though with the good upwind we enjoyed, we preferred the seating and tables extracurricular fronting the garden.
Columbia Hillen
Breakfast astatine Villa 216 was via transportation service, ‘Baguette a bicyclette,’ consecutive to our doorway each morning, comprising chocolat noir and noisettes granola, axenic orangish juice, yogurt, baguette with Brittany food and jam and cocoa croissant.
Being a multi-national neighborhood, prime of ethnic, oregon so classical French bistros, brasseries and restaurants, is abundant. One evening we enjoyed Nepalese spinach curry, chickpea noodles and dumplings and connected different Lebanese tabouli, humous and eggplant.
Columbia Hillen
If driving is not connected your vacation agenda, a chauffeur work is easy accessible and we enjoyed a affable and nonrecreational acquisition with Chauffeur Lyon, a section institution offering high-quality transport.
For a consciousness of countryside, distant from the sound of postulation yet lone a abbreviated 15-minute thrust from downtown Lyon, Villa 216 is an charismatic option.