Recommended stay time:

3 days and 2 nights

Currency (Euro)

EUR	USD
1	1.12

Transport

Lyon is the third- largest city and second-largest urban area of France, but it’s incredible because you can do it all by the public transport, walking because the city is beautiful or you can rent skateboards by the app LIME and take a road around the rivers  Rhône and Saône  , I traveled to Lyon by bus from Clermont-Ferrand, I arrive to the Gare de Perrache,  it was so cheap, so you can book your trip with some months of anteriority and I am sure that you will not regret visiting this city.

Accomodation

I had the opportunity to stay in the flat of a friend, but you can search in booking or according to the number of persons that are going to do the trip in AIRBNB a really good option for big groups. The best places to stay in Lyon the old town and the Presqu’île, both situated in the most central part of the city.

Activities

I have been in Lyon two times, but the best date was on December ( 5,6,7 and 8) because I went to the festival of lights , that is traditional of Lyon because of the 8 of December when the residences of Lyon placed candles in coloured glasses on their window sills to celebrate the installation of a statue of the Virgin Mary on the Fourvière Hill. This festival is amazing and it’s crowded of persons, all the French people go to Lyon on those dates of December, you would see all the most important cathedrals, courthouse, etc, illuminated and with some incredible stories told through lights.

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Also, you can visit La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière, it is on the top of the Fourvière hill, the church is beautiful, but you have to go also because you would have a viewpoint of  180 degrees panorama of Lyon. You have two options you can visit this place walking or go by transport public.

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The ancients ruins of Fourvière they are near the Basilique, so you can go walking and visit them, there are from 2000 years ago, and is a perfect spot to take some pictures. You should go back to the city walking by your way, because there are wonderful streets and the view it’s incredible.

Finally, the Parc de la Tête d’Or, is a huge park you can go there and do a picnic, walk around the forest and feel the freedom there. Inside you will find some animals and a little zoo.

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Food tips

I was traveling in a low budget, but we went to a restaurant, I don’t remember the name of it but we ate a traditional dish of lyon that was a bread and you choose what you want to put on top ( potatoes, meat, cheese, etc). Was delicious and the prices where cheap.

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Packing

The most important advice to travel in Europe is to have a good and comfortable sport shoes and with them you will have an excellent experience here.