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Lyon Map, France

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Lyon Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Lyon with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Lyon useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Lyon!

Lyon Travel Guide

Breakfast at the river rhoneLyon is divided by th Rhone and Saine rivers and a new museum dedicated to the history of these rivers and Lyon is being built at the convergence of them. Most of historic Lyon lies on the Peninsula formed by the rivers and on the hills that flank the rivers on both sides. The western side is named Fourviere, or 'the hill that prays', where you can find the Notre-Dame de Fourviere basilica and a funicular that services... read more
 

Lyon History

short trip Lyon 2006Like many other French cities, Lyon started off as a Roman colony. Munatius Plancus founded Lugdunum in 43 BC. The name of the city originally mean “the hill of lights”, in honour of a Celtic deity. The strategic importance of the settlement did not go unnoticed, and several major trade roads were built to pass through the city. Naturally, the city became one of the most influential in the province of Gaul,... read more
 

Lyon Nightlife

The Ecole Suisse de Langue (the language school) produces a weekly bulletin which lists activities and cultural events happening in the next seven days.  It includes events to suit every taste and budget so visitors to Lyon will never suffer from lack of entertainment in the evening.  Whether you like to eat, drink, dance, or have relaxing conversation with friends, Lyon has no shortage of venues to provide for your... read more

Lyon Sightseeing

•The Decorative Arts Museum in Lyon was founded in 1925 in what was previously the Lacroix-Laval Mansion.  It houses a large selection of intricate furniture and woodwork, ceramics and china, and an impressive collection of Renaissance Italian majolica.  The Museum also displays a collection of unusual straw-inlay work. read more

Things about Lyon you may be interested in

 
 
  • Musee Historique des Tissus
    Rue de la Charite
     
  • Basilique Saint-Martin-d'Ainay
    7-11 Rue de Jarente, 69002 Lyon, France
     
  • Hotel de Ville
    2 Rue Joseph Serlin, 69001 Lyon, France
     
  • Cathedrale Saint-Jean
    Quai Romain-Rolland
     
  • Roman museum
    17 rue Cleberg, Lyon 69005, Frankreich
     
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