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BLACKBOOK D E PA R T U R E S at - m o r e I N T E R N AT More on Mama Shelter’s hip hotels online S e e I O N A L . C O M TRAVELLER’S NOTEBOOK LYON’S MODERN ROAR The gastronomic heart of France has found its groove with a host of bustling new restaurants, hotels, art spaces and boutiques, says LANIE GOODMAN Author and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once wrote: “It is important not merely to foresee the future, but to bring it about.” The modern-day denizens of his hometown, France’s third largest city, are doing just that, helping to shed Lyon’s antiquated reputation for silk-making and rich-meetsrustic cuisine with a new, pared down 21st century verve. Herewith, the smart guide. staying put Set in the heart of the city, Mama Shelter (mamashelter.com) is the city’s latest buzzy hangout, with an effervescent lounge bar and restaurant packed with cocktailswilling young professionals. The 156 Starck-designed rough luxe rooms playfully mix high tech and deep comfort, with thick duvets, graffiti scribbles and a giant multipurpose iMac screen. Meanwhile, atop a calm cobblestone slope in medieval Vieux Lyon, Le Gourguillon ( legourguillon.fr), an elegant eight-room hideaway, offers spacious contemporary-style wood and stone suites, ROWS FROM TOP AND LEFT: FRANCIS AMIAND, MARKUS KIRCHGESSNER/LAIF, LOIC BENOIT, BLAISE ADILON, © LE GOURGUILLON, © LE CENTRE BY GEORGE, JEAN-DANIEL SUDRES/LAIF, FRANCIS AMIAND, © LA SUCRIÈRE 32 departures-international.com
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