THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Lyon

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Lyon

• Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière — The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière is a minor basilica in Lyon, France. It was built with private funds between 1872 and 1896 in a dominant position overlooking the city. The site it occupies was once the Roman forum of Trajan, the forum vetus, thus its name.
• Vieux Lyon (Old Town) — Renaissance quarter of cobblestone streets and pastel townhouses between the Saône and Fourvière hill, a UNESCO site.
• Musée des Confluences — The Musée des Confluences is a science centre and anthropology museum which opened on 20 December 2014, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon (Rhône), France.
• Ancient Roman Theatres of Fourvière — Roman amphitheater and odeon on Fourvière hill, dating to 15 BC, still used for summer concerts.
• Parc de la Tête d'Or — The Parc de la Tête d'or is the largest urban park in Lyon, France, with an area of approximately 117 hectares. Located in the northern part of its 6th arrondissement, it features the Jardin botanique de Lyon, as well as a lake on which boating takes place during the summer month
• Place des Terreaux — The Place des Terreaux is a square located in the centre of Lyon, France, on the Presqu'île between the Rhône and the Saône rivers, at the foot of the hill of La Croix-Rousse in the 1st arrondissement. It borders both the Hôtel de Ville and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. The squar
• Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste — Lyon Cathedral or the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist of Lyon is a Roman Catholic church located on Place Saint-Jean in central Lyon, France. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Lyon. Begun in 1180 on the ruins of a 6th-c
• Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon — Fine arts museum in a 17th-century abbey, housing one of France's largest collections of Egyptian antiquities and European paintings.
• Traboules of Vieux Lyon — Secret covered passageways through Renaissance courtyards, originally used by silk workers to transport goods to the river.
• Place Bellecour — The Place Bellecour is a large square in the centre of Lyon, France, to the north of the Ainay district. Measuring 312 m by 200 m, it is one of the largest open squares in Europe, and the third biggest square in France, behind the Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux (12.6 ha) and th
• Croix-Rousse Hill — La Croix-Rousse is a hill 254 metres (833 ft) high in the city of Lyon, France, as well as the name of a neighborhood located on this hill. The neighborhood is divided into les pentes and le plateau. This zone is served by Lyon Metro Line C. With 18th century architecture, includ
• Opéra de Lyon — The Opéra National de Lyon, marketed as Opéra de Lyon during the last decade, is an opera company in Lyon, based and performing mostly at the Opéra Nouvel, an 1831 theater that was modernized and architecturally transformed in 1993.
• Château de Mathan — A notable landmark in Lyon, worth visiting for its historical significance, architectural character, and cultural interest.
• Espace Muséal de Gandil — A notable landmark in Lyon, worth visiting for its historical significance, architectural character, and cultural interest.
• Croix de la Fouillouse — A notable landmark in Lyon, worth visiting for its historical significance, architectural character, and cultural interest.
• Fort de Saint-Priest — The Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France, more simply known as the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The archdiocese comprises the entirety of the French overseas department
• Centre d'Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation — Museum in the former Gestapo headquarters documenting the French Resistance and deportations during WWII.