Is Lyon worth visiting? France’s second city is best known for its food, but over three days I found a lot more: Roman theatres, a basilica covered in mosaics, Renaissance passageways hidden inside residential buildings, and one of the most varied museum scenes outside Paris.
In this video I share what I did, saw and ate in Lyon, from the Musée des Beaux-Arts and the Musée des Confluences to the traboules of Vieux Lyon, the Mur des Canuts, a traditional bouchon and Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse. I also explain how the city is laid out between the Rhône and the Saône, so you can plan your own visit.
Several of the places in this video, including the Musée des Beaux-Arts and a river cruise, are included in the Lyon City Card.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Getting your bearings in Lyon
01:13 Place des Terreaux and the Bartholdi Fountain
01:31 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
03:55 The Presqu’île: Opéra, Palais de la Bourse and Théâtre des Célestins
04:30 Lunch
04:42 Grand Hôtel-Dieu and Musée Soieries Brochier
05:50 Place Bellecour
06:23 Fontaine des Jacobins
06:43 A river cruise
07:02 Palais de Justice and Le Poids de soi
07:34 Rue Mercière
08:07 Where I stayed: Grand Hôtel des Terreaux
08:29 Morning light on the Saône
08:44 Musée des Confluences
09:59 Parc de la Tête d’Or and the botanical garden
12:09 Vieux Lyon and the Cathédrale Saint-Jean
14:00 The traboules
14:52 Lyon food tour
15:35 Dinner in a bouchon
16:17 Mur des Canuts
16:50 The City Library mural
17:15 Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse
17:56 Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière
19:25 The Roman theatres of Lugdunum
20:17 My last night: Fourvière Hôtel
20:35 Final thoughts
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