Looking for a B&B for sale in Rhône means targeting two audiences: visitors to Lyon, whose historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and wine lovers touring the Beaujolais, from the northern crus to the golden-stone villages of the south. The Monts du Lyonnais, the Monts d'Or, the Azergues valley and, further south, the Côte-Rôtie and Condrieu vineyards widen the choice. Business travel, trade fairs, weddings and Lyon's Festival of Lights in December keep rooms busy well beyond summer.
Properties range from winegrowers' houses with a cuvage (fermenting room) to golden-stone homes and village houses combining guest rooms with a self-contained unit. This page is for buyers of a running chambres d'hôtes business, for people comparing Rhône with nearby departments, and for owners planning a sale. Create an email alert (in French) to follow new listings.
As of 25 September 2026, one listing in Rhône is published on ma-propriete.fr, with an asking price of €825,500.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Rhône was €285,700 (average €290,903), or €2,664/m² of living space, for 113 m² on an average plot of 2,430 m², based on 952 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €145,000 and one in ten above €441,728. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €253,000 to €285,700 (+12.9%); over the last year the change is +4.9%. For comparison: €230,000 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Rhône | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €285,700 | €230,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €290,903 | €246,927 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €145,000 | €98,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €441,728 | €410,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,664/m² | €2,200/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 113 m² | 109 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 2,430 m² | 3,243 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 952 | 16,528 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €139,800 (tourist inland) to €328,500 (peri-urban countryside). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) * | €139,800 | €1,420/m² | +9.6% | 38 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €328,500 | €3,018/m² | -1.1% | 3,167 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €230,000 | €2,152/m² | +2.1% | 2,488 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €1,313,300 over 2021-2025, with an average of €1,463,000, a P10–P90 range of €714,000 to €2,345,200 and 3,774 €/m² of living space, over 109 sales. These homes average 364 m² of living space on 7,285 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhône (2021-2025) | 109 | €1,313,300 | €1,463,000 | €714,000 – €2,345,200 | 3,774 |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (2025) | 87 | €860,000* | €1,359,200 | €492,700 – €2,670,000 | 2,542 |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (2021-2025) | 605 | €878,400 | €1,368,800 | €462,000 – €2,886,000 | 2,434 |
| 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 Rhône and prestige property prices in Rhône (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Rhône is one of the region's dearest rural markets: a 2025 land-registry median of €285,700 for a country house, against €230,000 for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Commuter villages around Lyon peak at €328,500, with flat prices since 2021, while the deep countryside, mostly the upper Beaujolais, stands at €230,000. A five-room guest house often exceeds the top-decile threshold of €441,728 and joins the prestige market, where the department median is €1,313,300. The range between these benchmarks is wide, and location and vineyard views weigh heavily.
The Beaujolais holds most guest houses. In the north, the crus around Fleurie, Juliénas and Morgon draw loyal wine tourists; in the south, the golden-stone country around Oingt and Theizé combines hillside scenery with quick access to Lyon. The Azergues valley and upper Beaujolais, more wooded, offer lower prices and walking guests. The Monts du Lyonnais rely on weekend visitors from the city, and Condrieu and Ampuis benefit from the northern Rhône vineyards. Access is easy via the A6, A89 and A7, Lyon Part-Dieu high-speed rail station and Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport. Being close to the city secures demand but raises the purchase price.
Ochre limestone houses and wine buildings with galleries convert well into rooms, provided roofs and timbers are sound. In the Monts du Lyonnais, rammed-earth pisé walls need watching for damp. The Saône, Azergues and Rhône valleys carry flood risk in places. A private septic system inspected by the SPANC service must match capacity, capped at 5 rooms and 15 guests at a time, breakfast included, after a declaration at the mairie (town hall). Serving estate wine at dinner requires at least a restaurant licence and a specific permit. See our article on B&B taxation (in French).
Expect more than the €285,700 country-house median: a five-room house with outbuildings edges towards the prestige market. Add works, fit-out and purchase costs, then draw up a financing plan (in French).
Business guests, trade fairs and city events support off-season bookings, which remote countryside lacks, but higher prices squeeze margins. Test your figures with our B&B profitability simulator (in French) and an accountant.
Gather the town hall declaration, accounts, bookings, reviews, surveys and the septic report. If there is a self-contained unit, state its status as a meublé de tourisme (registered holiday let). Then list your property.
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