What is Lonn?

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A lodge, a micro-farm?

Lonn is a hybrid and resilient place where eco-tourism and food production complement each other to create a viable refuge that respects its territory.

The four dimensions of the project

One place, several complementary functions: to welcome, produce, restore and care for the living world.

Eco-tourism

Tourism

Autonomous and eco-friendly wooden lodges designed to offer a sustainable stay in a peaceful green setting.

Eco-tourism

Tourism

  • 2 to 4 autonomous and eco-friendly wooden lodges designed to offer a sustainable stay in a peaceful green setting.
  • Healthy interiors made with natural materials that respect both the environment and your wellbeing.
  • High-quality organic linen for a comfortable stay.
  • A fully equipped kitchen to prepare meals without endocrine disruptors.
  • A strong focus on comfort, creating a genuinely cosy and welcoming cocoon.
  • Direct access to nature, to breathe, observe and listen.

Local roots

Agricultural

A human-scale micro-farm that respects soil and biodiversity to nourish both the place and its territory.

Local roots

Agricultural

  • The micro-farm is designed as a human-scale production space attentive to living cycles and soil health. It first aims to meet our own needs, then gradually support a wider local activity.
  • Local and heritage varieties for sustainable production that respects biodiversity.
  • This agricultural dimension contributes to the project's autonomy while building a tangible link with the territory. It invites us to produce better and consume differently.
  • We also want to develop a forest garden filled with chestnut trees, walnut trees, raspberries, blackcurrants, strawberries, robinias and comfrey.

Reconnect and recover

Wellbeing

Spaces and uses designed to help slow down, rest and rediscover a simpler relationship to the body, time and calm.

Reconnect and recover

Wellbeing

  • Red cedar Nordic baths for recovery and relaxation.
  • Aurelie will offer reflexology, naturopathy and wellbeing coaching services.
  • For meals, we will offer wholesome baskets prepared with local products.
  • Each lodge will include a cosy reading corner.
  • A warm and comfortable interior atmosphere.

Attentive to the living world

Ecological

This dimension connects all the others and guides the project's choices, from daily uses to long-term directions.

Attentive to the living world

Ecological

  • A composting system to recover organic waste.
  • Biodiversity preservation.
  • No chemicals and no endocrine disruptors.
  • Habitats for insects and birds.

Project phases

Phase 1 - Eco-tourism

Priority is given to developing accommodation and our own autonomy. This is the stage of installation and activation of the economic model.

Our pillars

Nature

We chose to settle in a preserved environment, a rarity today, and make it the beating heart of the project. Here, nature is not a backdrop: it sets the rhythm through the seasons and the cycles of life. We protect a landscape where biodiversity can quietly reclaim its place. This is our way of returning to a direct harmony with the elements, in a search for sobriety.

Refuge

We designed this place as both a protected area for biodiversity and a cocoon for our guests. For you, that means a healthy dwelling, free from questionable materials, where thermal comfort and acoustic calm make real retreat possible. It is a reassuring space, made of intimacy and warmth, where you can finally slow down and settle. A refuge to step away, for as long as needed, from the noise of the world.

Regeneration

Recharging at Lonn means finding balance again through direct and privileged access to nature. Far from abstract concepts, we rely on concrete pillars: air quality, living food from our market garden, and naturopathy expertise. It is a space for physical breathing room that helps restore energy and regain inner clarity. Here, you do not disconnect from the world, you reconnect to it through the body and the senses.

Autonomy

We wanted Lonn to stand as an example of resilience and freedom. That means mastering our energy and pursuing gradual food autonomy. For us, independence is not isolation but security: being solid and self-reliant helps us welcome others better and offer support when needed. It is our contribution to building, at our own scale, a calmer and more resilient future.

Who are we?

Aurelie

Intuitive - Empathetic - Idealistic - Calm

After twenty years in the wellbeing world, including creating and leading a reference centre in Tours, Aurelie became the soul of the refuge. Trained in naturopathy and an experienced entrepreneur, she watches over the harmony of the place and the renewal of those who stop there. She ensures every detail of the welcome is designed like a parenthesis of serenity.

Nicolas

Analytical - Independent - Demanding - Determined

Web developer, head of engineering office and later managing director, Nicolas has held roles where rigour and organisation are central. Today he puts that expertise at the service of the project's resilience. He oversees the technical design of infrastructure and energy systems to guarantee a simple, robust and sustainable operation.

Together

Lonn is the meeting point of our skills. Together we design the overall layout of the estate, combining our perspectives to create coherent spaces. While we master our respective professions, we approach the path toward food autonomy with great humility. It is a field where we still have everything to learn, yet we bring unwavering motivation. This balance between what we already know and what we are learning gives the project its strength and sincerity.

Our references and experience

An outstanding wellbeing centre

Created in 2011 by Aurelie
4,8/5 on Google
More than 5 000 loyal clients
More than 20 000 gift vouchers sold

Created in 2011 in Tours, first as a small institute where Aurelie worked alone, it quickly grew to employ up to 10 team members.

Two commercial premises were completely redesigned from floor to ceiling, following Nicolas's plans down to the millimetre. The second site stood out for its remarkable energy performance thanks to reinforced natural insulation.

By 2023, the institute had more than 5,000 clients and had sold over 20,000 online gift vouchers through its website, built and maintained by Nicolas.

Article about the institute The Aurelie Fabre Institute website Reviews

A complete renovation

In 2024, Aurelie and Nicolas began renovating a studio in Aix-les-Bains. It is a 1970s property that had never been restored before. Everything had to be redone: insulation, electricity and heating. Due to lack of time, part of the structural work was handled by a contractor.

Article about our renovation

Airbnb

From 0 to 80% occupancy in less than a year!
5/5 on Airbnb

Once renovated, the studio was offered as short-term accommodation, mainly for spa visitors in Aix-les-Bains. The 23 guests who stayed there in six months all gave it the maximum rating. Aurelie personally handled arrivals, departures and maintained an exceptional level of cleanliness.

Result

Exceptional reviews, constant guest satisfaction and very positive feedback on the quality of both the welcome and the place itself. Several people are already hoping to book their next holiday in our future project.

Lonn continues this know-how within a project that is even more committed to ecological principles.

The studio on Airbnb