Welcome to Lyon
A UNESCO World Heritage capital. France's gastronomic heart. Two hours from Paris. The perfect place to fall in love with French.
Culture, every night
A city of stages
Opera, theatre, cinema, museums — Lyon has been a centre of European culture for two thousand years.
Capital of gastronomy
Where the chefs live
Click a star on the map to discover the chef behind it. Lyon has more starred restaurants per square kilometre than almost anywhere on earth.
Day trips from Lyon
How far can you go ?
Slide to set your travel time — see what's reachable for a perfect day trip from Lyon.
Connected to the world
A door to Europe
One of Europe's best-connected cities. From Lyon, you reach almost anywhere in two hours.
Two thousand years
Lyon's milestones
Click any year. Every era left its trace on the city you'll walk through every day.
A first glance
Lyon, in pictures
Café culture
Fourvière
Old town
Panorama
Bouchons
Chefs
Confluence
Tête d'Or
The City
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