* Lyon, Acity two millennia old on the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône, Lyon backs onto the Fourvière and Croix Rousse hills. It offers you an unusual journey through time and across cultures, with its centre listed as a World Heritage Site, down its narrow streets, its “traboules“ (narrow secret passages), along its bustling quays, on the big squares of the peninsula and with over 200 floodlit sites at night.
* Not to be missed
- Roman Theatres and Old Renaissance Lyon
- Fourvière basilica and La Croix Rousse with its silk-weavers’ workshops
- Cultural life: biennial arts festivals, national opera, dance, theatres, national orchestra
- Museums: Fine Arts, Cinéma-Lumière, Textiles, Gallo-Roman Civilisation…
- Illumination Scheme: over 200 sites floodlit each evening
- Shopping: designers, fashion, antiques, markets, squares, gardens
- Lyon’s gastronomy: its small traditional restaurants, its top-flight restaurants
- Lyon along the Rhône and the Saône: boat trips, quays, riverbanks and bridges…
-The vineyards: Beaujolais, Côtes Rôties, Côtes du Rhône
* Experience Lyon
Spend a weekend exploring Lyon and its art of living.
- This package includes 2 nights in a hotel, 1 Lyon City Card and a meal in a traditional Lyon restaurant. Lyon City Card gives access to 28 tourist services: museums, guided tours, boat trips (April / October), concerts, travel on public transport, as well as reductions and special offers. From € 150 per person.
* Festive Lyon
In 2007, Lyon and its inhabitants will celebrate the city’s beauty with light, by lighting up their heritage with a thousand bright, colourful and moving lights from Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 December (4 evenings).
* Getting there
- 3 high-speed-train stations: Lyon-Part Dieu, Lyon Perrache, Lyon Saint-Exupéry (2 hrs from the centre of Paris and 1 hr 30 mins from Marseille)
- Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport (40 mins from the city centre)
- Motorways: A6, A7, A46, A42, A43 (460 km from Paris)
* Contact
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OFFICE DE TOURISME & DES CONGRÈS
Place Bellecour
BP 2254
69214 Lyon Cedex 02
33 (0)4 72 77 69 69
Hotel booking : 33 (0)4 72 77 72 50
Fax: 33 (0)4 78 42 04 32
info@lyon-france.com
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