Le Clos de l'Abbaye

Guests stay in the third floor of a beautiful home in the center of town. We stayed in the two room family suite, which we would highly recommend. The home has a very nice and private yard where breakfast is served (weather permitting) - also good for relaxing. Claire, the owner, is a good host. If you are cycling through, they have a very convenient place to keep your bikes overnight too.

Can't beat the location! Also a great bed & breakfast to stay at when exploring Cluny and the surrounding area! Pierre took great care of us for 4 nights and it included a simple but fine breakfast. Good coffee too!

This little hostelry is difficult to find in Cluny even when you are just outside the door, but there it is in central Cluny . I think it is actually half a very old building. One walks along corridors that are along side an interior wall and the twists and turns along the way are intriguing . ||Once found , the welcome is genuine and friendly , the rooms are simple but well furnished . We were there on one of the hottest days of the year and so the shutters had been kept closed , thank goodness. ||A very comfortable nights sleep and all the bathroom equipment worked well .||A lovely local breakfast outside in the slightly odd garden and yard/terrace- all added to the charm of the hostess and ambience.

Stayed at Le Clos de l'Abbaye in 2014 and returned this year for two nights. Claire's warm welcome hasn't changed and nor has the value and convenience of her establishment. Be warned: there are lots of steps. We knew that this time and packed small bags accordingly. Big bags stored safely in Claire's garage. It was a hot summer but our large room was cool up in the roof of the wisteria-covered barn. Free wifi. This time we took advantage of the generously appointed communal room to provide our own lunch and make cups of tea. Much appreciated. Breakfast on the terrasse a great pleasure. ||Cluny is an ancient town. Fun to wander along the Main Street but don't expect to find English newspapers. This is deep France. I enjoyed a return to the abbey ruins. Even the fragment that remains is a formidable statement of power and wealth. Stunning. Highly recommend Cluny and no better place to stay than the Clos de l'Abbaye.

Definitely not a run of the mill hotel. The Clos de l'Abbaye is squeezed into an old building on the main tourist square at Cluny, Following the GPS will get you there, but then the fun is to find it - as some American visitors rather grumpily commented earlier this year. When you do, there's an entry-phone that lets you into a delightful courtyard (even in November, when we stayed).||||We were greeted by the assistant and shown up to a huge room in the attic. There seemed to be a knack to getting the staircase lights to come on, but we found that you had to get about halfway up before they did.||||Parking outside is chargeable, but just round the corner there was no problem finding free overnight parking.||||Our bedroom, the last in the place that night, had two beds in a big main area and a little staircase up to a mezzanine with further bedroom and a bathroom. On the first floor, to get to the room, you walked through the breakfast room that doubles up as a common room, with tea, coffee and infusions available for guests to prepare at any time.||||Curiously, our room had two windows that looked down into a store room next door to the breakfast room and a skylight way up in the ceiling. Luckily, there was a remote control for the blind on the skylight.||||Overnight it was very quiet and we had an excellent night's sleep. In the morning the shower was excellent.||||Breakfast was included and was good - served at your table in the breakfast room.||||For the money, it was possibly a little basic, but partly that was due to the pricing of the triple room. Guests who like to be pampered and prefer more conventional hotels, might be better choosing somewhere else.

This is a chambres d’hôte of great warmth and character at the centre of one of the most interesting and beautiful medieval cities in Burgundy. The Abbey at Cluny was the largest and richest in Europe and the Clos de l'Abbaye shares a common wall with the Abbey, which dates back to the 10th Century. Its location at the heart of Cluny offers a ring side seat to one of the jewels of medieval ecclesiastical architecture. The house, a very large one, was the first building to be completed within the boundaries of the Abbey after the revolutionaries of 1789 had sacked and destroyed parts of the original Abbey. The house was a wreck 15 years ago and was lovingly rebuilt and refurbished by the current owners. The house is entered through secure metal gates which border the main square in front of the Abbey and can easily be spotted by the large sculpture of a blue bull, whose head and horns are visible above the walled garden surrounding the house. The first thing you notice, apart from the exceptional warmth and greeting of the host, is the array of interesting objets d'art around the garden. These are replicated throughout the corridors and rooms of the house which, combined with modern and comfortable facilities, prevents this wonderful chambres d’hôte feeling like you are in a museum. A balance is struck in each of the rooms between preservation, conservation and modern comfort, which is often difficult to achieve. The silence of the inner city and comfort of the beds ensure a restful night and, an excellent breakfast, within the inner stone walls of the garden, enables you to start your new day refreshed and expectant for exploring this wonderful city. Highly recommended and my wife and I will definitely be returning in the near future.

Excellent place to stay. Opposite the Abbaye and very central. Good breakfast and Claire is an excellent host as well as a mine of information. Very reasonable prices. Will return when next in Cluny. Stayed for 1 week. Rooms are large and well furnished, beds are comfortable.

We stayed with Claire for three nights last July and are returning for three nights this month. Claire makes you feel at home in her wonderful home, where the garden wall is part of the ancient Cluny abbey. The rooms are spacious, the breakfast delicious, the location in central Cluny perfect for exploring the town or driving into the countryside or spending time (as we do) at nearby Taizé. Formidable!