Looking for a B&B for sale in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes means choosing between Auvergne volcanoes, Alpine lakes, Beaujolais vineyards and the lavender fields of Provençal Drôme, worlds that have little in common except plenty of loyal guests. The region spans Mont Blanc and the big Savoie ski resorts, lakes Annecy, Bourget and Geneva, the Vercors, Chartreuse, Volcans d'Auvergne and Monts d'Ardèche regional parks, the Ardèche gorges, the Chaîne des Puys, Lyon and its food, Le Puy-en-Velay, starting point of the Via Podiensis to Santiago de Compostela, and the spa towns of Vichy, Aix-les-Bains and Évian. Skiers, walkers, cyclists, pilgrims, spa guests and wine lovers come in every season.
Properties range from charming houses to convert into guest rooms and village houses with a gîte to old Auvergne homes and estates of several hectares combining rooms, gîtes and a function room. This page is for buyers of a running guest house, for people comparing the region's twelve departments, and for owners preparing to sell. Set up an email alert (in French) to follow new properties.
As of 25 September 2026, 10 listings of B&Bs and guest houses in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are published on ma-propriete.fr. The median asking price is €576,500; half of them are priced between €482,625 and €836,375, within an overall range of €245,000 to €2,870,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes was €230,000 (average €246,927), or €2,200/m² of living space, for 109 m² on an average plot of 3,243 m², based on 16,528 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €98,000 and one in ten above €410,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €200,000 to €230,000 (+15.0%); over the last year the change is +3.1%. The national median is €189,200.
| Indicator (2025) | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | France |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | €230,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €246,927 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €98,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €410,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,200/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 109 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 3,243 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 16,528 | 150,313 |
By department:
| Department | Median price 2025 | Average price 2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2020-2025 | Sales 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ain (01) | €257,221 | €264,997 | €2,356/m² | +16.4% | 2,088 |
| Allier (03) | €115,000 | €122,419 | €1,204/m² | +15.0% | 1,587 |
| Ardèche (07) | €225,000 | €230,405 | €2,334/m² | +13.1% | 1,250 |
| Cantal (15) | €130,000 | €135,684 | €1,394/m² | +13.5% | 767 |
| Drôme (26) | €283,800 | €291,447 | €2,631/m² | +11.2% | 1,335 |
| Isère (38) | €275,000 | €279,107 | €2,629/m² | +14.6% | 2,287 |
| Loire (42) | €205,000 | €205,173 | €1,957/m² | +14.9% | 1,565 |
| Haute-Loire (43) | €165,800 | €168,109 | €1,600/m² | +22.8% | 866 |
| Puy-de-Dôme (63) | €159,850 | €166,055 | €1,559/m² | +14.1% | 1,848 |
| Rhône (69) | €285,700 | €290,903 | €2,664/m² | +12.9% | 952 |
| Savoie (73) | €320,205 | €336,636 | €3,100/m² | +24.8% | 888 |
| Haute-Savoie (74) | €493,340 | €515,721 | €4,377/m² | +15.4% | 1,095 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €140,000 (tourist coastline) to €426,400 (residential coastline). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), 87 sales were recorded in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in 2025, at a median of €860,000; over 2021-2025 the regional median is €878,400 for 605 sales. The table gives the breakdown by department.
| Department | Sales | Median price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ain (01) | 73 | €690,800* | €453,000 – €1,396,300 | 2,078 |
| Allier (03) | 22 | moins de 30 ventes : non publié | — | — |
| Ardèche (07) | 28 | moins de 30 ventes : non publié | — | — |
| Cantal (15) | 4 | moins de 30 ventes : non publié | — | — |
| Drôme (26) | 53 | €760,000* | €456,500 – €1,320,000 | 1,997 |
| Haute-Loire (43) | 7 | moins de 30 ventes : non publié | — | — |
| Haute-Savoie (74) | 148 | €2,387,000 | €838,600 – €4,982,000 | 6,285 |
| Isère (38) | 60 | €745,500* | €530,500 – €1,203,200 | 2,069 |
| Loire (42) | 49 | €618,200* | €395,000 – €892,800 | 1,712 |
| Puy-de-Dôme (63) | 22 | moins de 30 ventes : non publié | — | — |
| Rhône (69) | 109 | €1,313,300 | €714,000 – €2,345,200 | 3,774 |
| Savoie (73) | 30 | €1,031,800* | €521,700 – €2,293,700 | 2,632 |
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 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and prestige property prices in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
The contrasts are striking: in 2025 the median country house sold for €115,000 in Allier and €493,340 in Haute-Savoie, against €230,000 region-wide. In tourist-inland areas, the benchmark for a hosting business, the 2020-2025 median is €183,000. A five-bedroom guest house with outbuildings usually belongs to the prestige market, whose 2021-2025 regional median is €878,400, from €618,200 in Loire to €2,387,000 in Haute-Savoie. After peaking at €1,045,000 in 2022, the annual prestige median eased to €860,000 in 2025. The same project can cost four times more depending on the massif.
Four broad areas stand out. The northern Alps, across Haute-Savoie, Savoie and Isère, offer two seasons, international guests and the highest prices, with the loi Montagne (mountain planning law) strictly limiting extensions. The Rhône corridor, from Beaujolais and the Dombes to the northern Drôme hills, benefits from Lyon, the vineyards and steady business demand. The south, from Ardèche to Provençal Drôme, has scrubland, lavender, rivers and hilltop villages, with a long season and many foreign guests. Auvergne, from the Bourbonnais to Cantal, Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme, offers volcanoes, summer pastures, spa towns and the lowest prices, but a shorter season. The A7, A43, A40, A41, A71, A72, A75 and A89 motorways criss-cross the region, TGV trains serve Lyon, Valence, Grenoble, Chambéry and Annecy, and the airports of Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, Geneva, Grenoble, Clermont-Ferrand and Aurillac connect it to Europe.
Buildings vary by massif: basalt and stone-slab roofs in Auvergne, pisé (rammed earth) in the Dombes, North Isère and Forez, golden Beaujolais stone, limestone farmhouses in Ardèche and Drôme, timber chalets in the Alps. So do risks: avalanches, torrential floods and rockfall in the mountains, flash floods and wildfire in the south, flooding along the Rhône, Saône, Isère and Allier. The loi Montagne covers much of the region, and winter access matters on the uplands. A chambres d'hôtes business is limited to 5 bedrooms and 15 guests at a time, breakfast included, declared at the mairie (town hall); beyond that, public-building rules apply. Serving wine at dinner requires at least a restaurant licence and a specific permit. Read our article on the best French regions for a guest house (in French).
It depends on the massif. The median country house sold for €130,000 in Cantal, €283,800 in Drôme and €493,340 in Haute-Savoie in 2025, and a prestige home reaches a €878,400 regional median. Add notaire fees, works, room fit-out and working capital, then test your assumptions with our B&B profitability and tax simulator (in French).
The Alps offer two seasons but costly land and high running costs. Southern Ardèche and Drôme enjoy a long season driven by foreign guests. Auvergne needs more marketing, but the initial outlay is far lighter, and pilgrims on the Via Podiensis or spa guests extend the year.
The property is sold before a notaire, the public official who handles property sales, after a compromis de vente (preliminary contract); furniture, website and customer file are negotiated alongside. The buyer checks the town hall declaration, accounts, bookings, surveys and septic inspection. Our buying guide (in French) covers each step.
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