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,...
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...
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 and its traboules in 1 hour
Sortie du métro "Vieux-Lyon" - Table d'orientation
Set out on a one-hour historical stroll around Medieval and Renaissance Lyon.
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.
Slopes of the Croix-Rousse and silk printing workshop
À la sortie du métro
Discover the world of silk making and the traditional techniques of the canuts via its traboules and staircases... Take a stroll (or a traboule) and...
From Place Bellecour to Old Lyon
Devant le Pavillon du Tourisme
Two different districts, two different atmospheres... On each side of the river Saône, enjoy a guided walk and discover two different districts and...
The slopes of The Croix-Rousse hill and the famous people of Lyon moral
Devant la sortie du métro
A Guided tour that includes gentle slopes, stairways, murals that depict Lyon's most famous people, and goes in search of the silk workers...
The Croix-Rousse, traboules between the Rhône and Saône
Devant l'Opéra
Famous for its many stairs and hidden passageways, known as ‘traboules’, the Croix-Rousse district is closely linked with the local silk industry that...
The slopes of the Croix-Rousse area and la Maison des Canuts
Sortie du métro
La Maison des Canuts in the heart of the weaving district relates five centuries of the history of silk making in Lyon...
From squares to parks
Devant le Pavillon du Tourisme
A sporty way to visit the city, and discover hidden places and new perspectives!
From one funicular to the other - Viewpoints on Fourvière hill
Sortie du funiculaire de Fourvière
Focus on the landscapes of Lyon
The wings of the Lyon National Opera
The Lyon Opera House
From the top of the pediment of the Opera revisited by Jean Nouvel, eight muses are watching you ... but where's the ninth?
From Fourvière to the river Saône
Sortie du funiculaire "Fourvière"
Travel through time, styles and eras ... From Lugdunum to Lyon, 2000 years are watching you!
