Three of us stayed for just one night. We travelled from London by Eurostar to Paris then by TGV onwards to Lyon. On arrival we were greeted by a very friendly young lady who spoke good English who quickly checked us in. We were given room 103 which was at the rear of the hotel on the first floor facing the railway lines. The room had three beds, two singles and a bunk bed that went over the two them. The beds were quite firm but comfortable. The room came with air conditioning and T.V. everything was very clean. As mentioned by other reviewers, the toilet/shower room was the tiniest I have ever seen being constructed of pre-formed plastic. The shower area was very small and once you got the water set just right you had to make sure you didn’t lean back and shut the water off!! That said, the water was hot and powerful. As mentioned before, our room faced the railway lines and we have to sleep with the window open a bit but we didn’t find the noise from the trains that intrusive.
The only thing we found a bit disappointing was the €4.80 buffet breakfast that we opted for. Very basic consisting of French bread, croissants, toast, jams plus yoghurts, tea, coffee and fruit juice. Some cereals would have been nice plus some cheese and ham slices for the bread wouldn’t have gone amiss.

The Premiere Classe Lyon Centre hotel is very close to the Gare Part Dieu roughly a five minute walk away. We paid just €57 for our triple room which was great value for money. If you are on a budget and just want somewhere comfortable to sleep you can’t go far wrong with this hotel. We would certainly use this hotel again if we are ever back in Lyon.

The Part Dieu area is the business area of Lyon but it does have the largest shopping mall in France. Getting to the old areas of the city is very simple using Lyon’s excellent transport system. Just one tip – buy a one day travel card for €4.80 called ‘Ticket Liberte’ available from the Metro stations.

The hotel is reasonably priced, has a great location within easy walking distance of the train station, and is a good place if all you need is a place to lay your head at night (and have earplugs to stifle the sound of trains running all night nearby).

We generally had a good experience, but one thing really spoiled it for us. We needed some directions to an important historical site we wanted to visit, and we tried numerous times over a 24-hour period to get online. We concluded the hotel's wi-fi was not working. When I went to check with the desk staff on this, the girl barely let me finish asking my question before rudely saying "It's broken."

"Okay," I said, preparing to finish my sentence before being interrupted again and being told the problem was not going to be fixed. Since I was clearly not going to make any headway with this individual in working out a possible solution (including questions on any other place nearby within walking distance where I could get online), I simply left.

This was on the evening of November 19, around 9:00 p.m. and so I hope if management bothers reading reviews, they will know which staff person to speak to about this. Fortunately, the staff each morning was both friendly and helpful. It was, however, this one person who spoiled our trip because we were not able to visit the important site we had specifically come to Lyon to see and were treated so poorly.

Perfect if you are arriving on the TGV at Part Dieu, only a short walk along Boulevard Marius Vivier Merle. Before we arrived I was a bit apprehensive about what the neighbourhood would be like. It's described as the business district so I was worried it would be deserted or seedy after dark, but it is fine and we felt safe walking back to the hotel at night. In fact, the hotel is very well-placed for walking into the centre of Lyon for sightseeing. We walked to Place Bellecour along Rue Paul Bert which is a pleasant 20-minute walk through an interesting residential neighbourhood. The hotel is also close to metro and tram lines. The transport system in Lyon is excellent.

Our room was very clean. Twin rooms fairly small. Bathroom small but perfectly adequate. Excellent shower. No hair dryers: bring your own.

Breakfast very good value indeed. Basic but adequate fare: cereals, toast, juice, hot drinks, baguettes, jams, honey, yogurt. As long as you aren't expecting freshly baked croissants it's fine. In the breakfast room there is a television with news programme on, plus daily newspapers provided. The breakfast staff were very friendly to us during our stay too. Reception staff friendly and helpful too.

Only thing against it is its proximity to the train lines so if you want to sleep with the window open and are a light sleeper you may be disturbed by the noise from the night freight trains. We were there during an unseasonal heat wave and unfortunately the air con broke during our stay so we did need the window open. No dramas though, these things happen.

Good basic hotel room for the price. Modern bathroom, but shower so small and badly designed as to be almost unusable. Long walk from train station. e10 cab ride.