Fourvière Hôtel can take a board meeting of 12, a seminar of 150 in theater layout or a cocktail of up to 250 guests in a private garden, with 75 rooms and suites on site. The hotel occupies a former convent on the Fourvière hill in Lyon, a short walk from the basilica and above the old town.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells meeting days in its own rooms around the cloister and in Forum Fourvière, a separate event building less than two minutes' walk away. In the main building, the Atelier des Canuts serves as the plenary room, with an adjoining glass conservatory for breaks or lunch. Groups split into the Salle du Chapitre, the Grenier and the two Visitandines rooms for workshops. Forum Fourvière adds the Conventus room, the Privatum meeting room and a 615 m² garden reserved for the client, which suits a cocktail, a show-cooking session or a team activity. All rooms have Wi-Fi, and the main rooms have an HD projector, a large screen and a sound system with wireless microphones. A sales team prepares quotes and sends a brochure on request.
Rooms and capacities
The Atelier des Canuts covers 90 m² plus a 60 m² conservatory: theater 120, classroom 42, U-shape 42, cabaret 40, cocktail 120 and seated dinner 64. The conservatory alone takes 60 for a cocktail or 30 for dinner. The Salle du Chapitre (61 m², with a terrace) seats 60 in theater layout and 25 around a boardroom table. The Grenier (98 m²) takes 40 in theater layout and keeps a small puppet theater. Visitandines I and II (28 m² each) take 20 in theater layout or 14 around a table, with windows on the garden. The Peristyles, the cloister wing, hold 120 standing, and the terrace 80. At Forum Fourvière, Conventus (200 m², daylight) takes 150 in theater layout, 120 for a banquet and 200 for a cocktail, Privatum takes 19, and the garden up to 250 standing.
Accommodation
The hotel has 75 rooms and suites, from the Cellule rooms to Classic rooms, Junior Suites, a two-bedroom Signature Suite and a Loft. Some face the garden, others the city. Each room is dedicated to a figure from Lyon's past. Guests also have a 25-meter swimming pool, terraces, gardens and a pétanque court.
Catering
Les Téléphones, the restaurant set in the cloister, serves seasonal bistro cooking under chef Matthieu Groshenry. It received the Maître Restaurateur title in 2025 and joined the Toques Blanches Lyonnaises in January 2026. Le Bouchon serves traditional Lyon dishes and Les Collections is the bar. Events at Forum Fourvière are catered by the hotel, indoors or outdoors depending on the format.
History and setting
The building was the Convent of the Visitation, built in 1854 to plans by Pierre-Marie Bossan for Visitation sisters who had left the Croix-Rousse district. It housed a girls' boarding school until 1903, sheltered wounded soldiers during World War I, lodged student nurses from 1970 and held the archives of the Hôtel-Dieu hospital from 1974. The chapel, restored between 2013 and 2014, now serves as the reception. The Forum building dates from 1850 to 1856 and stands against remains of the Roman aqueduct of the Gier.
Getting there
From Lyon Part-Dieu station, take metro B and D to Vieux Lyon, then the F1 funicular to Saint-Just, an eight-minute walk from the hotel; a taxi takes about 30 minutes. From Perrache, bus C21 to Trion is followed by an eight-minute walk. Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport is about an hour away by bus or 70 minutes by taxi. Paid secure parking with an EV charger is available.
