The Mercure Lyon Centre Château Perrache can host meetings, seminars, training days, conferences and business dinners for up to 100 people seated or 80 at a banquet. It has 11 meeting rooms and 675 m² of lounges and meeting areas, the largest room covering 135 m². The four-star hotel occupies a listed Art Nouveau building of 1906 at 12 cours de Verdun Rambaud, on the Presqu'île in the 2nd arrondissement, opposite Lyon Perrache station.
Seminars and company events
The hotel suits teams that come by train for a day or two. Perrache station is 100 m away and the Perrache bus station 400 m, so participants walk from the platform to the meeting room. With 11 rooms, a group can hold its plenary in the largest room and split into breakout rooms on the same floor plan. The hotel accepts group bookings of more than eight rooms. A meeting day can end with dinner at the hotel's bistro and a drink at the bar. The hotel also has a fitness room, air conditioning, wifi, room service and wheelchair access, and is entirely non-smoking.
Weddings and receptions
The official page does not present weddings or private receptions as an offer. For a business dinner or a reception, the banquet layout seats up to 80 guests, and the renovated Art Nouveau restaurant can host a group meal. Ask the hotel about private events.
Rooms and capacities
The hotel gives these figures: 11 meeting rooms, 675 m² of lounges and meeting space, a largest room of 135 m², a maximum of 100 seated and a maximum of 80 at a banquet. The rooms are not named on the hotel page. Ask the events team for a plan with the size and layouts of each room before you choose.
Accommodation
The hotel has eight room categories, from a 12 m² classic single to a 40 m² suite, sleeping one to four guests. Some rooms look toward Fourvière. Rooms have been renovated. The total number of rooms is not stated on the hotel page. Check-in is from 3 p.m. and check-out by noon. Pets are accepted in rooms for a fee.
Catering
Catering is in-house. Belles Saisons, a bistro open seven days a week in renovated Art Nouveau rooms, serves home cooking with fresh, seasonal produce prepared by the hotel's chef. The bar offers a selection of whiskies. Breakfast is served as a buffet, as an express option at the bar or in the room.
History and setting
The hotel stands in a building of 1906 in the Art Nouveau style, listed as a historic monument. It faces Perrache station, at the southern end of the Presqu'île, between the Rhône and the Saône. Vieux Lyon and Fourvière are about 100 m away across the Saône, and Place Bellecour is about 15 minutes on foot. The setting gives a city-center meeting a historic interior without a transfer from the station.
Getting there
The address is 12 cours de Verdun Rambaud, Esplanade de la gare, 69002 Lyon. Lyon Perrache station is 100 m from the hotel and the Perrache bus station 400 m. By road, the Perrache-Charlemagne motorway exit is 1 km away and Lyon-Centre-Gerland 4 km. Parking is at the public Q-Park Archives car park, at a preferential rate for hotel guests.
