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Lyon's five-star food offerings have finally gotten accommodation to match with the opening of Villa Maïa. Located atop the city's Fourvière hill, with views of cluttered rooftops backed by the distant surge of the Mont Blanc Mountain, the four-storey hotel was designed by Paris-based Jean-Michel Wilmotte, with interiors by Jacques Granges, who has used oatmeal tones with accents of colour revealed in accessories such as the cashmere bed throw or the Murano drinking glasses. Meanwhile, landscaped gardens by Louis Benech are an evocative tableau best enjoyed from the adjacent heated indoor swimming pool. Outside of the hotel, the tangle of cobblestone streets and the hodgepodge of gothic and Renaissance architecture of the city's old town is just a 10-minute stroll away
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