Lyon

Best Things to Do in Lyon

The Travel Pages brings you the best things to do in Lyon, France’s second city, including museums, walks, murals, the Old Town and, of course, eating!

The best things to do in Lyon include Vieux Lyon (the Old Town), Fourviere, and the Croix-Rousse districts, seeing the cathedral, basilica and several museums including Lumiere and Beaux-Arts museums.

Lyon’s Museums

The best Lyon Museums include the Musee des Beaux-Arts, the Silk Museum or Musee des Tissus, the Resistance and Deportation Museum and the Lumiere Museum

Visiting Lyon

Lyon’s delights include the Musee des Beaux-Arts, the chocolate-maker Bernachon, bouchons, and the Croix-Rousse silk weaver district.

Lyon Bouchons

Lyon has a unique kind of eating place known as a bouchon. They’re known for serving inexpensive, traditional cooking in a convivial atmosphere.

Chocolates from Bernachon in Lyon, France

The Lyon King of Chocolate

Mike Gerrard visits the king of chocolate, Bernachon in Lyon, France

Someone slicing a Loaf of Bread in a Bakery in Paris

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Bridge over the Garonne River in Toulouse at Night

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A gondolier going under a bridge in Venice

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