Experience the city (and life!) in all its diversity.
Here, you’ll find plenty to satisfy your curiosity and desire to learn, experiment, or uncover the secrets of the city, the arts, the sciences and more.
Follow a city or museum guide for a tour that offers a few surprises.
Do you like putting your knowledge into practice? Get hands on with a workshop, to learn silk weaving techniques or hunt for clues in museum collections.
There’s more than enough on offer to learn while having fun, whatever your age!
Fourvière Basilica Unusual Visit
Basilique de Fourvière
Discover a unique view of the entire World Heritage listed site of Lyons from the roof of the Basilica. You will first go behind the scenes,...
Visites guidées de l'église Saint Paul
Eglise Saint Paul
Built in 549 AD on the remains of a temple of Diana, it was entirely destroyed by the Saracens. Rebuilt from 1084 to 1106, it was finished in the 13th...
The slopes of the Croix-Rousse and the living silk trimmings workshop
Devant la sortie du métro
Explore the 'slopes' and visit the last workshop of weavers in Croix-Rousse - preserved by the Silk Association..
Visites guidées de l'église Saint Nizier
Eglise Saint Nizier
Built in 177 AD on the site where the martyrs met to break their bread, in 579 it was named Saint Nizier (the bishop buried there). Sacked by the...
Guided tours of Saint Bonaventure Church
Eglise Saint-Bonaventure
Built in 1220, renovated from 1325-1331, it reached its current size at the end of the 15th c. Used to store grain between the Revolution and 1803. It...
École de Cuisine Gourmets by Institut Paul Bocuse
École de Cuisine Gourmets de l'Institut Paul Bocuse
The Institut Paul Bocuse Gourmets Cookery School offers cookery and pastry-making classes and tasting workshops for enthusiasts, groups and companies,...
Unusual visits of the flea market Puces du Canal
Les Puces du Canal
Travel through time from the 16th to the 21st century at Lyon’s Flea Market: book a place on a guided tour of the second largest flea market in...
The Old Lyon as a family
Le long de l’église St Georges, vers l’aire de jeux
Vieux Lyon is one of the most entertaining historical sites to visit with children: from traboules to curiosities and silk... Test our family visit.
The history of the Grand Hôtel-Dieu
Devant la Chapelle du Grand Hôtel-Dieu
From medicine to leisure... The Grand Hôtel-Dieu, one of Lyon’s oldest hospitals, reopened to the general public in the spring of 2018 to reveal its...
The Secrets of Lyon's Gastronomy
Sortie du métro Vieux-Lyon
When gastronomy become an art-de-vivre...
The 24 columns
En bas des marches du Palais de Justice
Lyon's historical Palais de Justice reveals its secrets...
Caluire-et-Cuire, a subterannean wonder
Devant l'usine des Eaux (portail vert)
Follow the first path of the water!
Bellecour and its mansions
Devant le Pavillon du Tourisme
What is behind those elegant classical facades? You can learn more by following the guide!
The Mysteries of Lyon
Sortie du métro "Vieux-Lyon" - Table d'orientation
Lyon boasts many hidden mysteries and secrets… Geobiology tells us that the city is located at the crossroads of energy fields that converge at the...
Vieux-Lyon in 1 hour
Sortie du métro "Vieux-Lyon" - Table d'orientation
Set out on a one-hour historical stroll around Medieval and Renaissance Lyon.
The Lyon crime trail
Devant le Pavillon du Tourisme
Explore the sites of some of the worst crimes to have occurred throughout Lyon's long and occasionally grim history. A totally unusual guided tour!
The salons of the City Hall
Devant les grilles de l'Hôtel de Ville
The City Hall of Lyon and the headquarters of major decisions, is also a palace of great beauty...
Lyon Confluence - The district
Devant l'Hôtel de Région
Why not go see this new district everyone is talking about? It is a fine example of contemporary urbanism where the environment is preserved.