Lyon - Λυών

^{Click here to see the map of the area in full screen}.

Lyon

THE Lyon (French: Lyon) is a city in the southeast France, capital of the Rhône-Alpes (Rhône-Alpes) region and the Rhône (Rhône) prefecture.

At a glance

Ideal period of visit

How to get there

By air

  Saint-Exupéry Airport (IATA: LYS) Aegean Airlines flies from Athena. The airlines EasyJet and HOP! have the largest number of flights.

By train

By road

Bus

Apartments

How to move

By road

Subway

Tram

By foot

Bike

What to see

Two masterpieces of Greek origin at the Museum of Fine Arts: The Daughter of Lyon, formerly on the Acropolis of Athens, and the painting by El Greco entitled "Removal of the cloak of Jesus".

Mammoth skeleton in the museum of contributions

•   Basilica of Notre Dame de Fourier (Notre-Dame de Fourvière Basilica), Place de Fourvière. The church was founded in 1872 on the top of Fourier Hill. (updated Jun 2016)
•   Fourier Tower (Metal tour of Fourvière). After finishing your visit to Panagia Fouvrier you will climb the nearby watchtower to admire the view of the lower city. This tower was built between 1892 and 1894, five years after the completion of the Eiffel Tower, which is quite similar. However, its height is 86 meters, ie 1/4 of the tower of Paris, but because it is located at the top of the Fourier Hill, it also offers a 360 degree panorama. *. (updated Jun 2016)
•   Roman theater (Antique Lyon Theater).  (updated Jun 2016)
•   St. John's Cathedral (Saint-Jean Cathedral), Place Saint Jean.  (updated Jun 2016)

•   Museum of Fine Arts, 20, place des Terreaux. The Lyon Museum of Fine Arts is considered its most important France after his Louvre Paris. It was founded in 1801 and is housed in an abbey of the Benedictine order which was confiscated by the French revolutionaries in 1793. It was closed to the public during the period 1988-1999 for renovation. The archeological exhibition includes sculptures from ancient Greece and Egypt while in the gallery of the museum you will admire works by El Greco, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and other leading European painters of all times. (updated Jun 2016)
•   Museum of Contributions (Museum of Confluence). The Museum of Advice was inaugurated on December 20, 2104 and in a period of just 6 months received more than 500,000 visitors. It owes its peculiar name to its location. It is located at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers. The museum contains remarkable collections with prehistoric relics. Undoubtedly the most famous exhibits are the giant skeletons of a mammoth discovered in 1859 in the Choulans district of Lyon and an 18-meter-long, 20-ton canopy that lived in the North American meadows 155,000 years ago. The innovative glass and steel building that houses the museum had a total cost of € 330 million. (updated Jun 2016)

See also

•   Museum of Galatian Roman culture (Gallo-Roman Museum of Fourvière), rue Cléberg 17, ☎04 723 849 30NOCC.  (updated Jun 2016)
•   Limier Institute, rue du Premier Film, Monplaisir (8^The apartment ). The Lumière Institute is dedicated to the work of modern filmmakers, the brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière, and is housed in a French castle-shaped residence. (updated Jun 2016)
•   Museum of Textiles and Decorative Arts (Museum of Tissus and Decorative Arts), Rue de la Charité 34.  (updated Jun 2016)
•   Center for the History of Resistance and the Displacement of World War II (Center for the History of Resistance and Deportation (CHRD)), avenue Berthelot 14. The museum is housed in the old headquarters of the Gestapo and the exhibits testify to the living conditions of the inhabitants of Lyon during the difficult years of the Nazi occupation. (updated Jun 2016)

•   Modern Art Museum («MAC» Museum of Contemporary Art). The museum consists of collections detached from the Museum of Fine Arts and receives 45,000 visitors annually. It is housed in a building where the group of 7 (G7) met in 1998 (updated Jun 2016)
• International Museum of Miniatures.  (updated Jun 2016)

• 

  Basilica of Notre Dame de Fourier

• 

  Fourier Tower

• 

  Roman theater

• 

  St. John's Cathedral

• 

  Museum of Fine Arts

• 

  Limier Institute

Entertainment

Since 1852, the year in which the gilded statue of the Virgin Mary was erected on the hill of Fourier, the Fête des Lumières (Feast of Lights - unrelated to the Epiphanies of Orthodoxy) has been celebrated as a custom. The custom is to place lighted candles, in colored glass cups, in the windows of the town houses. Since 1989, the traditional celebration is accompanied by the organization of various events and spectacles under the auspices of the town hall. Also, every year an annual festival is organized in the city. In the single years the festival of contemporary art is organized, while in the evenings the dance festival is organized. Each of these two festivals is based on a specific theme each year and attracts spectators and tourists from all over the world.

What will you buy

The usual shopping hours in the city center area 10-7pm, from Monday to Saturday. Some of the larger seats close a little later. The Stores are closed on Sundays, except in December and in Vieux Lyon, where Sunday is the busiest day of the week!

Studies

Job opportunities in Lyon

Which area to go for coffee - drink

Which area to go for food

In what area to stay

Stay safe

Health and precautions

Next destinations

• Paris.  
• Strasbourg.  

There is an article on Wikipedia on the subject:

Lyon

In Public affairs There are files on the topic:

Lyon