A tourism property for sale in Aube benefits from a crossroads location: the A5 and A26 motorways meet near Troyes, bringing weekend visitors from Paris, Belgium and the Netherlands. The large reservoir lakes of the Forêt d'Orient, with marinas and beaches, support a mainly summer leisure economy. The Côte des Bar, the Champagne vineyard stretching from Les Riceys to Bar-sur-Aube, draws wine tourists over a longer season, while Troyes, with its half-timbered streets and factory outlets, attracts visitors all year round.
This page covers every type of hospitality property in the department: town and lakeside hotels and restaurants with rooms, village inns, groups of holiday lets, country houses welcoming guests, land laid out for camping or mobile homes. It is written for investors buying premises, buyers taking over a running business, project owners looking for land zoned for tourism, and operators preparing to sell.
As of 25 September 2026, no tourism property in Aube is listed on ma-propriete.fr. Across the Grand Est region, 8 listings show a median asking price of €586,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Aube was €140,000 (average €145,120), or €1,360/m² of living space, for 107 m² on an average plot of 2,136 m², based on 1,043 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €70,000 and one in ten above €228,960. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €136,000 to €140,000 (+2.9%); over the last year the change is +0.0%. For comparison: €150,000 in Grand Est and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Aube | Grand Est | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €140,000 | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €145,120 | €156,757 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €70,000 | €70,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €228,960 | €255,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,360/m² | €1,400/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 107 m² | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 2,136 m² | 2,025 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 1,043 | 7,886 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €123,000 (deep countryside) to €163,000 (residential coastline). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential coastline | €163,000 | €1,500/m² | -19.6% | 287 |
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) * | €135,000 | €1,370/m² | -13.5% | 63 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €158,550 | €1,511/m² | +6.2% | 3,647 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €123,000 | €1,176/m² | +0.0% | 2,887 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the regional (Grand Est) benchmark is a median of €550,000 over 2021-2025, with an average of €600,800, a P10–P90 range of €371,900 to €892,000 and 1,475 €/m² of living space, over 149 sales. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Est (2021-2025) | 149 | €550,000 | €600,800 | €371,900 – €892,000 | 1,475 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Aube and prestige property prices in Aube (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
A country house in Aube sold for a median €140,000 in 2025, but municipalities on the shores of the large lakes, classed as residential coastline, reach €163,000 over 2020-2025: the relevant benchmark for a water-sports business. At the upper end, with too few local sales, large period homes are measured against the Grand Est median of €550,000. A hotel, a group of rental units or a winegrower's house with function rooms sits closer to that segment. Across the region, gîte properties dominate supply; hotels, inns and campsites are rarer.
Hospitality in Aube falls into three markets. In and around Troyes, hotels rely on a mix of tourists and business travellers. Around the Orient, Temple and Amance lakes, hotel-restaurants and leisure residences depend more on the summer. In the Côte des Bar, small boutique hotels and village inns host visitors to cellars and wine villages; food, featuring Chaource cheese, Troyes andouillette and Rosé des Riceys, weighs heavily in turnover. Three cases arise: premises alone, premises with a trading business, or a business run from rented premises, whose value rests on EBITDA. Look also at hotels on the market nationwide and country inns to take over.
Houses combining a home with one or more holiday lets remain the most common form of tourism property here: see gîtes for sale in Aube. Houses hosting overnight guests are listed under B&Bs for sale in Aube.
Tourism land and campsites form a distinct market in Aube, especially near the lakes. A classified campsite or a leisure park renting or selling pitches for mobile homes requires a development permit; a small natural site (aire naturelle) is limited to 30 pitches, open six months a year at most. These businesses and holiday villages are grouped regionally: see campsite businesses in Grand Est. The Forêt d'Orient and Pays d'Othe woodlands suit cabins, gypsy caravans and lodges, listed under glamping sites for sale.
In the Côte des Bar, a winegrower's house or a courtyard estate sometimes combines cellars, bedrooms and a function room for weddings and seminars from Paris: see event venues in Aube.
Two transactions are involved: the premises, conveyed by a notary, and the business (goodwill, name, contracts, equipment), transferred under its own rules. Hotels are public-access buildings (ERP), so request the most recent safety inspection report; its 1 to 5 star rating, valid for 5 years, must be current. A drinks or restaurant licence plus an operating permit are needed to serve alcohol; the town hall confirms the transfer. Any furnished holiday lets fall under the Le Meur Act of 19 November 2024, which extends registration nationwide, strengthens local councils' powers and sets a gradual energy-efficiency schedule: check the rules that apply with the town hall. Around the Orient and Temple lakes, the Coastal Law strictly limits new building, while the smaller Amance lake is not covered as such; elsewhere, converting a barn requires planning consent for a change of use. Check the flood risk report and the SPANC septic system inspection.
Yes, subject to the local zoning plan. A campsite, leisure park or lightweight accommodation project needs suitable zoning and, above 20 people or 6 units, a development permit. Near the Orient and Temple lakes, the Coastal Law sets strict limits: make the sale conditional on the permit.
Troyes offers the steadiest custom. Lakeside locations suit seasonal leisure hotels, while the Côte des Bar supports small hotels and inns whose value depends largely on the reputation of their restaurant.
It depends on occupancy, average nightly rate, staff and energy costs and season length. Ask for three years of accounts and test your assumptions with our holiday rental simulator (in French).
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