A tourism property for sale in Essonne relies on two kinds of guests who take turns through the week: researchers, engineers and consultants drawn to the Saclay plateau, Massy and Évry-Courcouronnes from Monday to Thursday, then Parisians looking for open countryside at weekends. The south of the department offers a real change of scene close to the capital: sandstone boulders and heathland in the Gâtinais français regional nature park, the medicinal-herb tradition of Milly-la-Forêt, the Juine, Orge and Essonne valleys, the château de Courances, the medieval fortress of Dourdan, the old town of Étampes and the gardens of the Chamarande estate.
Tourism real estate here ranges from large Beauce properties with two houses to manor houses set in parkland, including enclosed-courtyard farms converted into holiday lets, town hotels, roadside inns and equestrian estates in the Hurepoix. This page is written for investors seeking an asset near Paris, buyers taking over a hotel or inn, glamping project owners and sellers preparing a handover.
As of 25 September 2026, 1 tourism property in Essonne is listed on ma-propriete.fr (1 manor house or château), with an asking price of €535,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Essonne was €284,600 (average €297,767), or €2,741/m² of living space, for 114 m² on an average plot of 1,471 m², based on 433 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €200,000 and one in ten above €410,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €275,000 to €284,600 (+3.5%); over the last year the change is +1.6%. For comparison: €280,000 in Île-de-France and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Essonne | Île-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €284,600 | €280,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €297,767 | €295,207 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €200,000 | €171,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €410,000 | €435,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,741/m² | €2,603/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 114 m² | 116 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 1,471 m² | 1,590 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 433 | 3,611 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €296,350 (peri-urban countryside) to €296,350 (peri-urban countryside).
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €296,350 | €2,745/m² | -6.1% | 2,551 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €887,000* over 2021-2025, with an average of €985,700, a P10–P90 range of €494,000 to €1,610,700 and 2,584 €/m² of living space, over 53 sales. These homes average 353 m² of living space on 5,609 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essonne (2021-2025) | 53 | €887,000* | €985,700 | €494,000 – €1,610,700 | 2,584 |
| Île-de-France (2025) | 90 | €1,445,000* | €1,916,500 | €700,000 – €3,496,500 | 4,247 |
| Île-de-France (2021-2025) | 592 | €1,263,100 | €1,602,600 | €601,200 – €2,988,300 | 3,363 |
| 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 Essonne and prestige property prices in Essonne (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Where does a tourism property in Essonne sit on the price scale? The benchmark country house, in a rural municipality under the influence of the Paris area, sold for a median €296,350 over 2020-2025, while large homes over 300 m² reach €887,000 over 2021-2025, an indicative value given the small number of sales. A guest property combining a main home, rental units, outbuildings and grounds sits closer to the latter, whereas a hotel is also valued on its trading figures. Across the region, supply is split mainly between manor houses and holiday-let complexes; hotels and inns remain scarce, so each takeover is priced case by case. Access by RER, the A6 or the A10 counts as much as the setting.
Hotels in Essonne live mainly off weekday trade: seminars, assignments in the laboratories and companies of the Saclay plateau, trips to the business parks of Évry, Massy and Courtabœuf, and travellers using nearby Orly airport. At weekends demand shifts to boutique hotels and country inns in the south, used by walkers and cyclists exploring the Gâtinais and the Juine valley. A village hotel-restaurant or a country house turned into a boutique hotel can serve both markets. Before buying, tell apart the building alone, the building plus the business, priced on operating profit (EBITDA), and the business alone with a commercial lease. Compare hotels for sale across France and inns and restaurants with rooms.
Houses combining a main home with furnished holiday lets remain the most common way into rural tourism around Paris: browse gîtes for sale in Essonne. Guest houses serving breakfast have their own section: B&Bs for sale in the 91.
Campsite businesses are grouped at regional level: see campsites for sale in Île-de-France. Sites on the edge of the Sénart and Dourdan state forests and in the Gâtinais woods suit treehouses, yurts and gypsy caravans, subject to planning rules; such projects appear among glamping sites for sale. Former children's holiday camps may suit a holiday village or a group accommodation centre.
Courtyard farms, mills and manor houses host weddings and corporate days: see event venues in Essonne.
Two transactions are involved: the premises are sold before a notary (preliminary contract, then final deed), and the business (goodwill, trading name, contracts, equipment) follows its own transfer formalities. A hotel is a public-access building (ERP): ask for the latest fire safety commission report. Star ratings from 1 to 5 are valid for 5 years; serving alcohol requires a licence and an operating permit, whose transfer the town hall must confirm. Furnished holiday lets fall under the Le Meur Act of 19 November 2024, which extends registration nationwide, sets phased energy requirements and strengthens the powers of local councils: check the rules that apply with the town hall. Converting a Beauce barn needs planning consent for a change of use. Read the risk report for flooding along the Seine, Orge and Essonne and clay shrink-swell, plus the SPANC septic inspection where there is no mains drainage.
The north, from the Saclay plateau to Évry-Courcouronnes and the Orly area, fills rooms steadily on weekdays, with higher property prices. The south, around Étampes, Milly-la-Forêt and Dourdan, relies on weekends and school holidays, with lower entry prices and a more seasonal pattern.
It depends on occupancy, average nightly rate, the business-leisure mix, costs and compliance works. Ask for three years of accounts and booking history, then test your figures with the holiday rental simulator (in French).
A takeover brings customers, a rating and permits already granted, at the price of goodwill valued on results. Starting from a farm costs less upfront but means planning delays, works and several seasons to build trade.
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