From Cluny to Paray-le-Monial, a B&B for sale in Saône-et-Loire sits in a land of Romanesque churches, well-known vineyards and cattle country where guest houses meet a varied demand. Visitors to Cluny Abbey, Saint-Philibert in Tournus and Autun cathedral mix with young pilgrims heading to Taizé, Pouilly-Fuissé wine lovers below the Rock of Solutré and cyclists on the greenway through the Clunisois. Bresse and its famous poultry, the Charolais pastures and the Morvan forests round off an area made for the table d'hôtes, the shared evening meal.
Typical properties include Mâconnais houses with a covered gallery, half-timbered Bresse farmhouses, winegrowers' homes and maisons de maître. This page is for buyers of a running chambres d'hôtes, for those converting a large house, and for owners planning to sell. An email alert (in French) flags new properties in the department.
As of 25 September 2026, there are no B&Bs and guest houses for sale in Saône-et-Loire listed on ma-propriete.fr. Across the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, 3 listings show asking prices from €449,000 to €890,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Saône-et-Loire was €160,000 (average €168,705), or €1,564/m² of living space, for 108 m² on an average plot of 3,752 m², based on 2,691 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €80,000 and one in ten above €272,400. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €135,585 to €160,000 (+18.0%); over the last year the change is +5.3%. For comparison: €157,000 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Saône-et-Loire | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €160,000 | €157,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €168,705 | €168,680 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €80,000 | €74,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €272,400 | €279,670 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,564/m² | €1,525/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 108 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 3,752 m² | 2,805 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 2,691 | 11,450 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €129,900 (tourist inland) to €175,000 (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) | €129,900 | €1,314/m² | +17.3% | 904 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €175,000 | €1,695/m² | +12.4% | 6,619 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €135,050 | €1,374/m² | +12.0% | 8,903 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €512,000* over 2021-2025, with an average of €566,800, a P10–P90 range of €348,600 to €825,000 and 1,437 €/m² of living space, over 61 sales. These homes average 371 m² of living space on 13,807 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saône-et-Loire (2021-2025) | 61 | €512,000* | €566,800 | €348,600 – €825,000 | 1,437 |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (2025) | 43 | €590,000* | €658,100 | €385,000 – €1,004,000 | 1,714 |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (2021-2025) | 222 | €520,000 | €589,700 | €367,200 – €863,000 | 1,438 |
| 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 Saône-et-Loire and prestige property prices in Saône-et-Loire (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
At €160,000 in 2025, the median country house here sits slightly above the regional figure and has gained 18% since 2020. A four- or five-room guest house belongs rather to the prestige segment: the department median is €512,000 over 2021-2025, with nine sales in ten between €348,600 and €825,000, indicative given the small number of sales. Tourist-inland villages, at €129,900, remain cheaper than commuter villages, but their 17.3% rise shows growing demand for leisure homes.
The Mâconnais, between Tournus, Cluny and Mâcon, combines vineyards, stone villages and major heritage sites and is the area foreign buyers look at first. The Côte chalonnaise, around Givry, Rully and Mercurey, relies on wine tourism. To the west, Charolais and Brionnais offer Romanesque churches, pastures and lower prices. The Autun area opens onto the Morvan regional park and its lakes, while Bresse, around Louhans, draws food lovers. The A6 serves Chalon, Tournus and Mâcon, the TGV stops at Mâcon-Loché and Le Creusot-Montceau-Montchanin, and Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport is within reach.
Galleried Mâconnais houses and timber-framed Bresse farms have character, but timbers, tiles and floors need a careful survey. The Saône, Seille and Loire valleys are flood-prone: check the flood-risk plan at the mairie (town hall). Outside villages, a private septic system inspected by the SPANC service must be sized for guests. A chambres d'hôtes business is limited to 5 rooms and 15 guests at a time, breakfast included, declared at the mairie; serving local wines at dinner requires at least a restaurant licence and a dedicated permit. See our article on whether a table d'hôtes pays (in French).
Land-registry sales give two benchmarks: €160,000 for a country house and €512,000 for a large home in the department. A characterful guest house with outbuildings and grounds often sits nearer the second. Add compliance work and purchase costs; our buying guide (in French) covers each step up to signing before the notaire, the public official who handles property sales.
Heritage and wine sites bring guests from spring to autumn, but many stay one night. Evening meals, wine breaks and walking groups make the difference. Test your figures in our B&B profitability and tax simulator (in French) and have an accountant check them.
The town hall declaration is personal, so the new owner files their own. Ask for recent accounts, booking history, surveys and the septic report. Sellers can list their guest house with us.
To compare, browse guest houses for sale in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, including Côte-d'Or, the Jura and the Nièvre, all B&Bs for sale in France and tourism properties in Saône-et-Loire.
