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The Girardon family has managed the Domaine for more than 30 years.
Laurence and Philippe offer you a warm welcome to this outstanding setting, a former haven of the Bishops of Lyons.

In the peace and quiet of a stunning natural environment, with three-hundred-year old trees, the Domaine covers an area of three hectares in the heart of the village of Chonas l'Amballan and offers guests a choice of 37 rooms.

The park is listed by the National Forest Service and offers you the opportunity to admire many rare plant species.

Clairefontaine is a family home, our family home, with its creaking floorboards, its valuable objects, its paintings by Masters and its photos of children.

Attention to detail, impeccable service and the culinary skills of Philippe Girardon, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, all make the Domaine an essential experience.

A unique site which invites guests to relax and dream among the freshwater ponds inhabited by trout and carp, its aviary with colorful peacocks, the delicious raspberry grove, and its forest carpeted with wild violets…

A 3-hectare park with three-hundred-year old trees which invites you to enjoy a stroll.

The village of Chonas l'Amballan, with 1,500 inhabitants, surrounded by cereal and fruit crops. The peace and quiet of the countryside, just ten kilometers from Vienne!

10 km from Vienne, 40 km from Lyons
35 rooms at three separate sites
3 hectares of peace and quiet for a relaxing weekend and “rural” seminars
Three-hundred-year old trees and freshwater ponds
Aviary with colorful peacocks in a forest carpeted with wild violets

“Shopping at the market, bread-making, following the seasons, nurturing passions, playing with herbs and spices, are what Chefs dream about, and are things that Philippe GIRARDON, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, does every day, with the help of his team.”

“From the Clairefontaine’s dining rooms to the more rustic room in the Marais Saint-Jean, every meal is a communion, a celebration.”

"This family business, well-known for its cuisine, and its well-deserved ‘stars’, which is served in a delightful dining room decorated in bright shades of yellow, offers the promise of many magical moments…”

"Upstairs, the rooms offer rural charm with their vintage furniture, creaking floorboards and old-style wallpaper. Other rooms are situated in a more recent building hidden away in the gardens. Highly comfortable, they are very elegant with their painted and old-style Directoire furniture and their walls decorated with natural colored pigments…"