Vieux Lyon Walking Tour Experience

Hoogtepunten

Inbegrepen

Route

1. Funicular ride to Fourvière Hill

   15 minToegang inbegrepen

2. Begin your journey atop Fourviere Hill, where Roman soldiers once watched over their empire. Stand in the ancient Roman theatres where 10,000 spectators gathered for performances 2000 years ago.

   30 min

3. Step inside the breathtaking Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourviere, a 19th-century masterpiece of Byzantine and Romanesque architecture adorned with stunning mosaics and golden ceilings.

   30 min

4. Navigate the mysterious traboules - secret covered passageways originally built in the 4th century when residents needed quick access to the river. These same passages later served the Canuts, Lyon's legendary silk workers, who carried their precious fabrics through hidden corridors.

   15 min

5. Descend through time into Vieux Lyon, one of Europe's largest Renaissance quarters.

   30 min

Annuleren

Gratis annuleren tot 24 uur voor aanvang, met volledige terugbetaling.

Goed om te weten

How it compares in Lyon

• Its from-price is 82% below the median of the 399 experiences we list in Lyon.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Lyon

Lyon, where the Rhône and Saône meet, is a Roman and Renaissance city of covered passageways, long called the capital of French cooking.

Lyon spreads across two rivers and two hills. On Fourvière hill, the white basilica looks down over the Roman theatres of Lugdunum, once the capital of Gaul, while the Renaissance old town below has narrow streets and covered passageways, the traboules, that silk workers used to carry cloth. The old town and the slopes of Croix-Rousse, the silk weavers' hill, are part of the UNESCO-listed historic site.

Top-ranked sights in Lyon: Old Lyon (Vieux Lyon), Traboules of Lyon, Lyon Cathedral (Cathédrale St-Jean).

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