The European Heritage Days invite this year to an exceptional getaway in the heart of MGallery hotels: charming manors, historic homes, and unique addresses that open their doors wide on September 20 and 21, 2025. Between guided tours with captivating stories, architectural and historical nods, workshops of art, mixology, or gastronomy, these luxury hotels reveal their secrets with panache. From Strasbourg to Dijon via the heights of Issy-les-Moulineaux, get ready to explore a living, elegant, and deliciously surprising heritage.
The European Heritage Days promise to be sumptuous on September 20 and 21, 2025, with the MGallery Collection, which opens the doors of its hotels located in historical and unusual places. On the agenda: thematic guided tours, workshops of art, mixology, and gastronomy, encounters with passionate teams, and privileged access to architectural gems. From Strasbourg to Dijon passing through Issy-les-Moulineaux and Vannes, prepare for an escape where luxury meets the memory of places. More practical information and inspirations on mgallery.accor.com.
For over 40 years, the European Heritage Days have revealed treasures sometimes unknown from the historical and architectural heritage. This year, about thirty MGallery hotels in France join the celebration, showcasing their behind-the-scenes, their unique architectures, and their stories imbued with local culture. Charming manors, grand homes, or boldly reinvented buildings: each address is an invitation to savor French luxury… with an added soul.
Open doors to a luxury filled with history
The teams from MGallery hotels will welcome you during the “Heritage Days” for narrated tours through the lines of a facade, the design of a staircase, the shine of a material. Between interior design and the memory of stones, you will explore what gives each house its personality. To extend the experience, inspiring workshops—around art, mixology, or gastronomy—will punctuate the exploration, like sensory stopovers.
Thematic and customized guided tours
In the heart of Strasbourg, La Cour du Corbeau unveils its galleries and period secrets. This architectural gem from the 16th century has seen Frederick II of Prussia pass through and retains the allure of a living decor where history is written with each balcony. Elsewhere, the astonishing Domaine du Liziec combines the elegance of a 16th-century Vannes castle with an ultra-modern extension. Guided by the hotel director, strollers will conclude the visit with a signature cocktail in the Garden of Eden—yes, paradise sometimes has a shaker.
In Strasbourg and Vannes, between half-timbering and contemporary lines
Renaissance ambiance at La Cour du Corbeau, where each walkway tells an era, each courtyard whispers an anecdote. Then, head to Vannes, where the Domaine du Liziec offers a striking dialogue between ancient stone and graphic modernity. Two places, two characters, the same promise: a guided tour like a journey through time, fine-tuned to measure to unveil the best-kept secrets of each destination.
A discovery followed by workshops and tastings
At the gates of Paris, perched on the heights of Issy-les-Moulineaux, the Domaine Reine Margot rolls out a finely crafted program: four guided tours per day during the Heritage Days, each punctuated by a musical moment in a deconsecrated chapel. The curious can also learn the art of the shaker during a mixology workshop and extend the moment with a tasting of the signature cocktail (charges apply for interested participants). When the spirit of the places inspires the senses.
When mixology meets heritage
From aromatic notes to texture play, mixology becomes the language of heritage: an era is translated into flavors, a facade into scents, a memory into a sweet-salty balance. In the background, the soul of MGallery: to combine the art of living and memory, to transform a simple visit into a multisensory experience.
Exceptional architectural gems
In Dijon, the splendid Grand Hôtel La Cloche, classified as a Historical Monument and built at the end of the 19th century, aligns its stories like a collection of cameos. Celebrities and royals have graced its salons: from Charles François Joseph d’Autriche to Camille Saint-Saëns, Auguste Rodin, Albert I of Belgium, Jean Marais, or even Princess Grace of Monaco. People come for the architecture, stay for the anecdotes—and leave with one more story to tell.
Legends, anecdotes, and stars
Between gilding and memories, the Grand Hôtel La Cloche illustrates the DNA of MGallery: addresses with a strong personality, where aesthetics sublime the local heritage. These hotels are not just visited: they are experienced, as one would listen to a play performed in the decor that inspired it.
Prepare your Heritage Days itinerary
On September 20 and 21, 2025, weave your itinerary among about thirty MGallery hotels across France. Thanks to thematic guided tours and customized routes, each destination reveals its secrets and character. Find all practical information and participating addresses on mgallery.accor.com and start plotting your marvelous map.
Inspiring resources to extend the heritage escape
Want to delve deeper into exploration? Stroll towards a “little Venice” of Hérault, explore a medieval village on the borders of Ardèche, interrogate the layers of history with this focus on colonial heritage in Saint-Croix, discover how to weave the alliance between tourism and heritage, or let yourself be seduced by Saint-Louis, a jewel of heritage in Senegal. So many avenues to satisfy your desire for discovery before, during, and after the Heritage Days.
Photo credits: Nicolas Fagot and Yann Deret.
