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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 Sightseeing

Breakfast at the river rhoneBuilt on the convergance of the rivers Rhone and Saone,  Lyon’s architecture is an amazing diversity of styles dating from Roman times to present day.  Situated, as it is, in the south-east of France, Lyon is the third largest city in the country, and the greater Lyon area is the second largest metropolis.  It comes, then, as no surprise, that Lyon has every possible tourist entertainment imagineable. The city of... read more
 

Lyon History

roman army campLike 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 Travel Guide

Lyon is located in rolling countryside near the Rhone Alps in Southeastern France. It has a nearby airport and two major train stations, Lyon Part Dieux and Perrache. There is a modern, clean subway system that interconnects with many bus lines for efficient transport throughout the city and suburban areas. Day and 3 hour passes can be purchased for additional savings to tickets that are already reasonably priced. read more

Lyon Nightlife

Koubalibre is situated on Lyon’s Rue du Palais de Justice.  For those who just prefer to stroll around the city there is still plenty to see at night.  Lyon is illuminated by 1,000 lights and 100,000 projectors are used to illuminate places of culture and heritage.  These lights also serve to show off the city’s night birds and make an evening stroll through Lyon a walk to remember.   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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