Château de Bagnols
Le Bourg, Bagnols, France
Location
In Beaujolais wine country
In the Beaujolais wine region, the Pierres Dorees, beside the village of Bagnols around thirty to forty minutes northwest of Lyon, among forests, vineyards and rolling hills.
Transfer
A Lyon transfer
Around an hour from Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport, set among the vineyards of Beaujolais beside the village of Bagnols.
Villas
27 suites
Twenty-seven suites in three styles — Chateau Suites with medieval murals and four-poster beds, Chai Suites in former cellars and garden Jardin Suites — within a moated castle of fortified towers, medieval frescoes, beamed ceilings and antiques; the Lady Hamlyn Suite is over a hundred square metres.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples and honeymooners, wine and gastronomy lovers, heritage travellers, small groups and weddings — an authentic thirteenth-century moated chateau among the ten Beaujolais crus, with Michelin dining beneath the largest fireplace in France.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast or half board, with Michelin-starred 1217, the Cafe du Chateau in the courtyard and a summer terrace under the lime trees.
About the Resort
An authentic medieval château in Beaujolais
Chateau de Bagnols is an authentic thirteenth-century moated medieval chateau in Beaujolais wine country — one of France's most beautiful chateau hotels, built in 1217, restored to a listed historic monument and kept intimate at just twenty-seven suites. Its medieval frescoes survive, its towers and moat intact, and its Michelin-starred restaurant 1217 serves Lyonnais classics beneath the largest fireplace in France. The ten Beaujolais crus lie on the doorstep for tasting and harvest, gastronomic Lyon is thirty to forty minutes away, and formal gardens of hundred-year-old lime trees, indoor and outdoor pools and hot-air balloon flights over the vineyards complete the stay. The twenty-seven suites come in three styles — Chateau Suites with medieval murals and four-poster beds, Chai Suites in former cellars and garden Jardin Suites — within a fortified castle of beamed ceilings and antiques, the Lady Hamlyn Suite reaching over a hundred square metres. The setting is the golden-stone Pierres Dorees: vineyards and rolling hills surround the village of Bagnols, with the bouchons and old town of Lyon a short drive south. The authentic chateau of the wine country — seasonal, open spring through the new year. The golden-stone villages of the Pierres Dorees, the cellars of the ten crus and the bouchons of old Lyon fill the days, the seasons turning across the vineyards from spring blossom to harvest.
Accommodation
Suites
Twenty-seven suites come in three styles — Chateau Suites with medieval murals and four-poster beds, Chai Suites set in former cellars and garden Jardin Suites — within a fortified castle of beamed ceilings, medieval frescoes and antiques. The Lady Hamlyn Suite reaches over a hundred square metres, the grandest within a moat that has stood since 1217. Mullioned windows look over the moat and the formal gardens, the vineyards rolling away beyond.
Entry
Château Suite
Sleeps two. A four-poster king with medieval murals and antiques, over the château or vineyards.
Medieval muralsVineyard outlook
Contemporary
Chai Suite
Sleeps two. A king in the former cellars, contemporary in style, over the courtyard or garden.
Former cellarsCourtyard outlook
Garden
Garden Suite
Sleeps two. A king with garden immersion.
Garden immersionGarden outlook
Signature
Lady Hamlyn Suite
Sleeps two. The grandest suite, over 100 square metres with period features, over the vineyards.
Over 100 sqmVineyard outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
Michelin-starred 1217 serves Lyonnais classics beneath the largest fireplace in France, the Cafe du Chateau keeps lighter dishes in the courtyard, and a summer terrace sits under hundred-year-old lime trees. It is gastronomy at the heart of Beaujolais, the ten crus on the doorstep. Summer dinners come under the lime trees, winter evenings beneath the great fireplace, the cellar deep in Beaujolais and Burgundy.
Signature
1217
1217, Michelin-starred, beneath the largest fireplace in France.
Cafe
Cafe du Chateau
Cafe du Chateau, lighter dishes in the courtyard.
Terrace
The summer terrace
The summer terrace, under hundred-year-old lime trees.
Wellbeing
Spa & pools
A spa and a twenty-four-hour fitness studio sit in the grounds of the medieval chateau, joined by indoor and outdoor pools and a helipad for arrivals. Wellness here is the setting itself — the moat, the formal gardens of lime trees and the vineyards rolling away on every side. The formal gardens, the moat and the surrounding crus make the grounds themselves the real escape.
A spa
A spa, and twenty-four-hour fitness.
Indoor & outdoor pools
Indoor and outdoor pools, in the chateau grounds.
The Beaujolais vineyards
The Beaujolais vineyards, on the doorstep.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The chateau, the vineyards and Lyon define a stay — explore the moated medieval castle and its frescoes, dine at Michelin-starred 1217 beneath the largest fireplace in France, and taste and harvest across the ten Beaujolais crus. Gastronomic Lyon is thirty minutes south, and hot-air balloon flights drift over the vineyards at dawn. The old town and bouchons of Lyon, a UNESCO city of gastronomy, lie a short drive south.
The medieval château
The medieval chateau, frescoes and a moat.
Michelin-starred 1217
Michelin-starred 1217, by the largest fireplace.
The Beaujolais crus
The Beaujolais crus, tasting and harvest.
Gastronomic Lyon
Gastronomic Lyon, thirty minutes away.
Hot-air ballooning
Hot-air ballooning, over the vineyards.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Lyon
Around an hour from Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport.
In the country
Beaujolais
Beside the village of Bagnols in the Pierres Dorees of Beaujolais, among the vineyards.
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast or half board.
Seasonal
- Seasonal, open roughly May to early January.
Made for couples
- Made for couples, wine lovers and heritage travellers.
Getting there
- Around an hour from Lyon airport.
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