This light, well-furnished room is not for the tall or unfit.

The main room has a massive beam across the middle and if you are 6 ft or taller you will need to learn to duck each time you cross the room. The view across the rooftops of Lyon is best seen when kneeling, as the windows are set very low in the wall. A sleeping platform is accessible via a steep ladder with no handholds. When you are up there, space is constrained by angled ceilings and multiple low-set beams. There is no safety railing on the platform and a slight misstep will have you falling eight feet onto a hard surface.

Access from the street is through a narrow entrance strewn with litter and covered with graffiti. The staircase is a narrow circular one, like those in a lighthouse, and there are 130 steep steps to negotiate.