Boat tours of Lyon
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France[0.6 miles]
Boat tours on the Saone and Rhone rivers offer a serene, effortless way to appreciate Lyon’s glorious riverbanks and architecture.
Best for ages: Any | £15 | 1-3 hours
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http://www.accorhotels.com/2952
This smart hotel is superbly located at the heart of the Presqu’Ile’s shopping district, close to both rivers and to the central art museums. With its typical French late 19th-century looks, including corner dome, it cuts a dash, overlooking an immense, central square, Place Bellecour. Rooms are elegantly traditional, with wallpaper and big comfortable beds. There’s a fine restaurant here, Cote Cuisine.
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Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France[0.6 miles]
Boat tours on the Saone and Rhone rivers offer a serene, effortless way to appreciate Lyon’s glorious riverbanks and architecture.
Best for ages: Any | £15 | 1-3 hours
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France[0.8 miles]
Lyon’s historic and most beautiful quarter, notably filled with fine 16th-century French Renaissance mansions. An insight into how the city thrived in the Renaissance.
Best for ages: 18+ | Free
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France[1.1 miles]
The city’s iconic hilltop basilica, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is famed for its sweeping panoramas, stained glass windows and bucolic Rosary Garden.
Best for ages: 18+ | Free
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France[1.1 miles]
Nestled into the Fourviere hillside, Lyon’s fascinating Roman attraction is home to two ancient theatres and a museum filled with artefacts depicting all aspects life in the Roman town of Lugdunum.
Best for ages: 13+ | £3
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Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France[0.7 miles]
Henri IV married Marie de Medicis in this stunning medieval cathedral, famed for its 16th-century astronomical clock and one the world’s largest 17th-century bells, rung up to 15 times a year.
Best for ages: 18+ | Free
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France[0.8 miles]
A must for film buffs: Artist Dan Ohlmann showcases 120 miniature scenes and hundreds of film props to reveal the way special effects are made in the world’s leading film studios.
Best for ages: 4+ | £8
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France[0.9 miles]
Housed in Vieux Lyon’s grandest mansion, this small museum is actually two museums: the Museum of Lyon History, which traces the history of the city since medieval times, and the World Puppet Museum, with over 2,000 puppets collected over centuries.
Best for ages: 4+ | £5
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France[1 miles]
A hugely varied night time arts festival in June and July, held in the magnificently atmospheric Fourviere Roman theatres.
Best for ages: 18+ | £30 | 2 months
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