At the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, Lyon bears witness to 2,000 years of history. The former capital of the Gauls has preserved a remarkable architectural heritage. As such, the districts of Vieux Lyon, the Fourvière hill, the Presqu'île and the slopes of the Croix-Rousse are listed as World Heritage sites. The tourist proposals of this destination are very numerous. The tramway makes travelling easier and public transport by the river gives a cruising atmosphere to your trips, but it is on foot that you will go on pilgrimage from the Saint-Jean cathedral on the Fourvière hill to the Notre-Dame basilica which dominates the city. You will linger in Old Lyon in search of its traboules and its Bouchons where you will eat quenelles, cochonnaille, sapper's apron or cervelle de canuts. Other more gastronomic tables will delight the most demanding of gourmets. There are so many museums and historical monuments to discover that you will have to consult your tourist guide in advance to make your itinerary
What a pleasure it is to walk along the docks! You have a choice: traditional version in the city centre, contemporary version in the new Confluence district where the modern Confluence Museum offers remarkable exhibitions. Lyon is also a city of shopping with chic boutiques and renowned chocolate makers.
Lyon, the third largest city in France, is alive all year round and has an incomparable architectural, cultural or religious wealth. No tourist season other than the one caused by school holidays. So you can come whenever you want! However, it is sometimes very hot in summer and very cold in winter. You should also know that magic works particularly during the Festival of Lights, an emblematic Lyon festival that makes the city shine from all sides, from small candles lit on the windowsills of private individuals to the sumptuous illuminations of the city. Pilgrimages are also an opportunity to climb the hill of Fourvière during religious festivities. The Nuits de Fourvière, in June and July, with multidisciplinary performances in ancient theatre, are also another incentive.
The climate is semi-continental with Mediterranean influences with hot and stormy summers, cold and dry winters. In winter, frosts are frequent, snowfalls are possible and the feeling of cold is often reinforced by the breeze. The Mediterranean influence causes strong heat in spring and summer. The average temperature varies from 2.9°C in January to 21.1°C in July. A few days of fog in autumn, winter and spring.
From 04/15/2022 to 03/05/2023 : The Musée des Confluences offers an exhibition that invites the public to explore magical practices across cultures and history. Witches' ...
From 06/10/2022 to 06/12/2022 : 8th edition of the International Contemporary Art Fair, in a mythical and grandiose place. Event of great renown in the art world. Opening hours: ...
Lyon, the third largest city in France, is alive all year round and has an incomparable architectural, cultural or re...
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The climate is semi-continental with Mediterranean influences with hot and stormy summers, cold and dry winters. In w...
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The Musée des Confluences offers an exhibition that invites the public to explore magical practices across cultures and history. Witches' potions, healers' practices, conjurers' shows, this highlight brings together the sciences and examines the relationship between societies and magic. The Lyon museum offers an exceptional scenography, with notably the crossing of an immersive forest reinforced by an olfactory atmosphere created from ...
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With its new exhibition, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon focuses on the typologies of the vanitas from the late 15th century to contemporary art. The 150 or so works brought together, from the host museum and the macLYON, enter into a dialogue and invite the public to question the meaning of existence, the passing of time, the beauty of life, its fragility and the vanity of human pretensions to transcend temporal limits. The event at the ...
Ah, Lyon and its Festival of Lights... This is quite simply one of the biggest festivals in Europe with no less than 3 million visitors! Around a religious festival dedicated to Mary, celebrated on December 8 since the events of 1852, the city is illuminated with thousands of lights in the windows and is the scene of a vast light and sound show. A striking spectacle to be seen during night-time walks through the city, notably on the ...
