ibis budget Lyon Centre - Gare Part-Dieu

location and the hotel

all good

It's soooo close to the station! Friendly staff with a good comfortable room for those who arrive late at night and didn't want to walk far. Hertz parking for car rental is just next to the hotel so no need to drag your luggages far.

There are number of Ibis hotels in this area and the name is truly confusing. I went to 4 different Ibis before I got to the right ones so be careful of that and make sure to put a street address on your google map when you try to find it. Despite that there're 2 Ibis next to each other and of course the first one I went in was wrong. I have a 3 years old nephew travelling with me and the hotel is so strict that I must book an extra person for him though he doesn't require an additional bed or anything. This made me vexed by how strict they were even with a baby. My friend who has 6 months old baby was also required to book a triple room as well.

If you,re travelling by train, location is perfect. It,s literally by the station. It,s new and quite clean. Simple. Price is not bad for the quality you get.

After midnight, you have to be belling the door and wait to someone in reception to open you and you need the card to use the elevator, which is very unhandy if you,re expecting visits or working up and down. The mattress was too rigid, extremely rigid. Soap and shampoo was like shared from a bottle... I didn,t like that.