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Discover Lyon

Lyon is one large World Heritage Site, with a big renaissance old town, Roman ruins, historic industrial districts and the regal 19th-century Presqu’île quarter. The city was founded 2,000 years ago at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône Rivers, and built its fortune on the silk trade. This industry furnished it with beautiful renaissance architecture in Vieux Lyon, where semi-hidden passageways called Traboules connect courtyards with the Saône.

Restaurants

You can’t talk about Lyon without mentioning the food, as the gourmets agree that Lyon is the world’s culinary capital. It’s the city of the chef, Paul Bocuse, revered as a god of French cuisine.

Here are the 5 best recommended restaurants in Lyon

1. Epona
2. Empanadas club
3. Antolio
4. Table et Partage
5. Les bons vivants

Top Attraction

Fourvière Basilica

This magnificent church, ever visible on the Fourvière hill to west of the city is one of a series of iconic hill-top churches built in major French cities in the late-19th century.

 Parc de la Tête d’Or

A little way north of the centre is one of the largest urban parks in the country, with a zoo and France’s foremost botanical garden within its boundaries.

 Presqu’île

A  finger of land between the Rhône and Saône, Presqu’île was man-made by a humungous 18th-century urban engineering project, draining marshes and connecting what was once an island with dry land.

Cinema

These are the most frequented cinema in Lyon

UGC Lyon

Comoedia

 Transportation

Though Lyon is one of France's biggest and most important cities, it's still relatively easy to navigate. Most places of interest to tourists are located in or nearby the city center, and the Lyon public transportation system is efficient and straightforward.

Here are the most common transportations

Taxi

Bus

Tramway

Metro