Things to see and do Rhônes-Alpes

From Tarare, win Pontcharra-sur-Turdine, then take direction Saint-Loup. The chapel is on the left, before the line on the D 3. With its wall wall and its campanile, it evokes almost a southern chapel. With a galonnière, with the backdrop of the softness of the surrounding countryside, it radiates a serenity that invites to ask for a moment. Inside, a series of ex-voto shows the benefits of the place!

The CDTE publishes every year a map listing all the department's relais and equestrian establishments. This document is available on request.

With its traboules, architectural curiosities and mythical Théâtre de Guignol, Vieux-Lyon is one of the most entertaining historic sites to visit with family. Accompanied by a certified guide lecturer assigned by the tourist office of the city, venture with your children in this play-based and informative walk. Watch the signs, the street names or the details of a few monuments, and head gradually towards the Astronomical Clock of the Cathédrale Saint-Jean… After an hour and a half walking, children and adults will have learned much more about the history of this neighbourhood.

Rate: €12 per adult, €7 at reduced rate (children from 8 to 18 years old and students).

Duration: 1h30.

Difficulty: easy.

Other practical information: schedule of visits available on the www.visiterlyon.com website. Mandatory reservation. Be there 10 minutes before the departure of the visit. Visit accessible from 6 years and limited to 20 people. Compulsory presence of an adult companion for each child.

Facing the Ile Barbe, in a sumptuous natural setting, Charles Couty has opened a museum dedicated to the work of his father, the painter Jean Couty (1907-1991) - winner of the Paris Critics' Prize in 1950 and the Grand Prix des Peintres Témointres de leur Temps in 1975 - but also to modern and contemporary art. A place out of the ordinary by the beauty of the site, the architectural beauty of the building and by the collections that one discovers there. Jean Couty, a figurative painter who loved to paint Lyon - but also the landscapes from here and elsewhere, the Romanesque churches -, gives us his vision of the city, the women and men he met there. A total of 150 works, including 120 paintings, are on display with sketches, drawings and other objects familiar to the artist. The hangings allow visitors to come back regularly to discover new works, such as these "Landscapes from here and elsewhere". It's a great idea to highlight a Lyon artist who left his mark on his time: a museum that catches the eye and pleases the mind.

On the heights of Chambéry, the route des Monts is a vast park of nearly 15 hectares where one can walk. A gymnique pathway, a path for persons with reduced mobility with two accessible viewpoints, one can also see and understand photovoltaic panels that produce solar energy. For the most courageous, the loop of the Mountains has been realized since the departure of Antonin Piot Park, Rue des Hotel in.

By climbing over Chambéry, on the slopes of the mountains, you can understand photovoltaic with this plant which produces 1 000 m ² of sensors 110 000 KWh per year. 20% of public network consumption and part of pumps in tanks where the sensors are installed. Panels explain the operation and give live production and CO 2 emissions avoided. You can continue the walk on the 16 hectares of the forest of the Mountains which has a rare Mediterranean vegetation in Savoy. A sports course and a signposted course complete all of this.

Because very few Lyon inhabitants know the true story of this tower, a must-visit in the landscape, Futé is proud to present it like a curiosity in this guide. This Lyon Eiffel Tower, making passing Parisians laugh, was opened to public on 3rd May, 1894. Its construction was decided by a group of craftsmen supported by the city, opposite to Fourvière, to... put the Basilica in a republican shade! Indeed, since its construction, Fourvière is not the highest point in Lyon anymore and it is this republican tower that dominates the city at an altitude of 372 m. Formerly, it hosted a restaurant and a belfry from where people could enjoy the view. The tower is sold in 1953 to the ORTF, in order to not demolish it. Since then inaccessible to the public, it supports now transmitters and continue on scoffing at Fourvière.