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At MyFrenchLife™, we emotion thing much than to unrecorded arsenic locals successful the metropolis of our choosing. There’s thing magical astir discovering a metropolis arsenic much than conscionable a tourer oregon visitor, and a large section usher tin marque a immense difference!
So, if you emotion travelling arsenic a section similar us, past it makes consciousness to see staying successful the location of locals – ideate trading lives with a famille française adjacent for a fewer weeks… And that’s the crushed we emotion house-sitting. It allows america to observe caller places from an wholly antithetic perspective.
Once you’ve sorted retired 1 fractional of the equation, the lone happening near to bash is find that section metropolis guide…
One of our favourite spots successful south-east France is decidedly the charming metropolis of Lyon. So, present are our apical 10 Lyon favourites: food, drink, museums, and different amusive things to do, compiled by section experts successful the know. The existent insider guide!
Did your favourites marque the list? Read connected to find out…
1. Vieux-Lyon
Wander the streets of Vieux-Lyon by time oregon nighttime – the cobblestone streets and aged buildings are ever delightful. The streets are lined by boutiques, cafés, and much than a fewer accepted bouchons (stay tuned for fig 10 connected this list).
Getting there: Metro Vieux Lyon (Line D), 69005 Lyon
2. La Basilique de Nôtre Dame de Fourvière
Take the funiculaire up to the Basilique de Nôtre Dame de Fourvière for some the religion and the view. The ceilings wrong the basilica are peculiarly magnificent, portion the presumption overlooking the metropolis and each the mode retired to the Alps is likewise breathtaking.
Address: 8 Place de Fourvière, 69005 Lyon
Phone: +33 4 78 25 13 01
Website: fourviere.org
3. Coffee astatine Galerie Masurel (formerly Slika) and Café Mokxa
Although Café Mokxa mightiness beryllium the much fashionable spot for large java successful Lyon, Galerie Masurel (formerly Galerie Slika) mightiness marque the amended coffee. Started by a section Frenchman, it’s a gallery-cum-café abstraction – large for working, relaxing, oregon catching up with friends. It’s specified a well-kept concealed that adjacent le Petit Paumé hadn’t caught connected erstwhile we archetypal wrote this...
Galerie Masurel
Address: 25 Rue Auguste Comte, 69002 Lyon
Phone: +33 4 78 62 92 90
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-1pm & 2pm-7pm
Website: galerie-masurel.com
Café Mokxa has expanded beautifully and present has different locations astatine Grand Hôtel-Dieu and crossed Lyon.
Café Mokxa Grand Hôtel-Dieu
Address: 5 Rue Bellecordière, Grand Hôtel-Dieu, 69002 Lyon
Phone: +33 4 69 84 68 50
Website: cafemokxa.com
4. Afternoon beverage astatine Le Kitchen Café oregon La Bicycletterie
Following successful the inclination of pairing bicycles and java (who knew the 2 were specified soulmates?), La Bicycletterie is simply a fewer steps distant from the bustling Place des Terreaux, and they marque tasty java and day treats. Our advice: don’t miss the salted caramel blondie with a café Americano.
La Bicycletterie
Address: 16 Rue Romarin, 69001 Lyon
Phone: +33 4 37 92 04 96
Hours: Tue-Fri 8:30am-7pm; Sat 9:30am-7pm; Closed Sun-Mon
Website: la-bicycletterie.com
Meanwhile, crossed the stream is Le Kitchen Café – a beauteous salon de thé with upmarket dessert choices for day tea! This gem has earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand and continues to thrive with its Swedish-inspired bistronomy and legendary cakes.
Le Kitchen Café
Address: 34 Rue Chevreul, 69007 Lyon
Hours: Mon, Thu-Fri 8am-6:30pm; Sat-Sun 8:30am-6:30pm; Closed Tue-Wed
5. Musée des Beaux Arts
Even if you don’t extremity up going wrong the Musée des Beaux Arts, it’s a must-visit for the beauteous courtyard and gathering alone. We could portion distant galore summertime afternoons with a publication successful the enclosed courtyard. But, we bash urge you spell wrong too: the postulation spans 70 rooms and countless eras, from antiquity to contemporary. And with the Place des Terreaux and Bartholdi Fountain conscionable outside, it’s good worthy a stroll by…
Address: 20 Place des Terreaux, 69001 Lyon
Phone: +33 4 72 10 17 40
Website: mba-lyon.fr
6. Le Parc de la Tête d’Or
This beauteous parkland successful Lyon’s north-east has greenish fields, a Guignol theatre, a tranquil water and adjacent a zoo. Take a picnic oregon conscionable spell for a rotation – and if you consciousness truthful inclined, sojourn the Musée d’Art Contemporain astatine the borderline of the parkland portion you’re there.
Address: Place Général Leclerc, 69006 Lyon
Hours: 6:30am-10:30pm (April-Oct); 6:30am-8:30pm (Nov-March)
Admission: Free
7. Quirky eats astatine Crock ‘n’ Roll
In the inclination of turning a precise circumstantial cuisine into a caller nutrient craze, Crock ‘n’ Roll has fixed the humble croque monsieur a implicit makeover. With originative fillings betwixt caller state breadstuff slices, it’s go a Lyon institution. Try their signature creations oregon physique your own!
The Crock ‘n’ Roll - Vieux Lyon
Address: 6 Rue Octavio Mey, 69005 Lyon
Also at: Hôtel de Ville determination successful Lyon 1er
8. Cycling on the Rhône
Hire a bicycle from 1 of 340 Vélo’V motorcycle stations astir Lyon, and instrumentality it for a whirl! Our favourite spot for a ride? Definitely on the Rhône River down to the Lyon Confluence.
Website: velov.grandlyon.com
9. Literature successful Lyon
Lyon has a thriving literate scene! Don’t miss Librairie le Père Pénard – described arsenic a ‘Tardis’ of books wherever French classics beryllium astatine tiny prices. It’s 1 of those magical autarkic bookshops that makes you suffer way of time.
Librairie le Père Pénard
Address: 8 Rue Émile Zola, 69002 Lyon
10. Leave country for a hearty meal astatine a Bouchon Lyonnais
As MyFrenchLife™ analogous Jess Gregory explains, the guidebooks aren’t incorrect connected this one: meal astatine a Bouchon is simply a must-do erstwhile successful Lyon. Her proposal for navigating le bouchon similar a local: retrieve that the translation for offal is ‘abats’ (especially if you’re not a fan).
A database of the champion bouchons tin beryllium recovered successful Lyon’s eventual foodie guide, Le Petit Paumé, portion Jess has besides written much connected the past of Les Bouchon Lyonnais, and what to expect successful a emblematic edifice connected MyFrenchLife™.
We’re dying to spell backmost to Lyon aft listing each these astonishing places…
Have you visited Lyon? What are your favourite spots? Share your recommendations successful the comments below!
Image credits:
Image credits:
1. Lyon, via Wikipedia.
2. Lyon by Net Circlion. B, via Flickr.
3. La Bicycletterie, by Camille B. via Yelp.
4. Le Parc de la Tête d’Or, via Wikipédia.
5. Les Berges du Rhône, via Wikipédia.
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