Europe and the Mediterranean
Lyon
Lyon in French; Liyon en French Provencal
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Directions
BY AIR
- Lyon Airport– Saint Exupéry
BY LAND
- To get to Lyon: TGV station, motorway
- To move around Lyon: more than 100 bus lines, 4 subway lines, 2 cable cars, minibuses, 3 tramlines, bike rental, electric tricycles (le Cyclopolitain) and cruises on the Rhone
Currency
euroWhere to sleep
- Auberge de Jeunesse. Montée du Chemin Neuf, 41. 69005 Lyon. Tel.04 78 15 05 50
- http://www.lyon.fr/vdl/sections/es/tourisme/hebergement_touristique_1
- www.hotelius.com/
- www.booking.com/Hoteles
Tourist office
Office de Tourisme. Place Bellecour. 69002 Lyon. Tel. 04 72 77 69 69
To visit
Sights
- Ruins of the roman city on the hill of Fourvière
- Vieux Lyon (medieval and renaissance quarter)
- Saint-Jean Cathedral
- Churches of Saint-Martin-d’Ainay
- Church of Saint-Bonaventure
Museums
Lyon has 30 museums. Here are some of them::
- Gallo Roman Museum in Fourvière: tel. (+33) 04 72 38 49 30
- Printing Museum: tel. (+33) 04 78 37 65 98
- Museum of textiles and Decorative Arts: tel. (+33) 04 78 38 42 00
- Museum of Fine Arts: tel. (+33) 04 72 10 17 40
- Center for the History of the Resistance and Deportation: tel. (+33) 04 78 72 23 11
Also…
- On the Lyon City Council web site you will find four cultural routes of the city
- The city Council also organizes guided tours
Do not forget
- Lyon has been described as city of “the silk”, of “the Three Gauls” and of “Resistance”
- Every December 8 is celebrated the “Festival of Lights” during which the people of Lyon light thousands of lanterns in their windows
- The great Lyon Opera building is testimony of a lyric tradition for three centuries
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