Chateau de Bagnols-Member of Von Essen Hotels a private collection of individual country houses in the UK and France -Chateau de Bagnols/ the finest five-star deluxe chateau hotel in France/ was discovered by Lady Hamlyn in 1987 in a derelict state. With much energy and vision she painstakingly restored the chateau to its former glory/ revealing Renaissance wall paintings created during the chateaus finest period when nearby Lyon was one of Europes great Renaissance cities. Dating from the 13th century the chateau features impressive towers/ t ...