2 days in Lyon

The best way to begin a trip to Lyon is to start at Place Bellecour, the great piazza in the city centre between the Rhône and the Saône. It is a vast square in the center of Lyon France with a number of activities happening throughout the year:

⛸️ ice rink in winter season
🎡 a seasonal 60-meter Ferris wheel
🎟️ concerts and events
📚 book fair
⛪ religious gatherings
💐 flower stalls
🏛️ art museums

A 9-minute walk from the square is the Cathédrale St-Jean-Baptiste. The recently renovated medieval cathedral highlight is the astronomical clock in the north transept.

🏛️ Make sure to also visit the adjoining treasury museum which houses an impressive collection of sacred artworks.

Set foot in one of the largest renaissance old quarters in Europe, Vieux Lyon sits on the River Saône quayside. Here artisanal stallholders offer fine jewellery, paintings, sculptures, fabrics and knitwears.

And as you as you lure around this old town, find numerous
☕cafes
🍽️ good food and
💃🕺 friendly locals

Discover the interior of this 19th-century  basilica from its construction to modern times, through its mosaics, walls, impressive stained-glass windows and all the symbolism of its architecture.

See schedule here
https://www.fourviere.org/en/visit/pratical-informations/

🏢 A well known seven-storey mural. It represents 2000 years of history with 30 historical characters from Lyon.

On the Quai St Vincent side (200 m²):
🖌️ level 3: Emperor Claude
🖌️ level 2: Pierre Puvis de Chavanne & Giovanni Verrazano
🖌️ level 1: Joseph-Marie Jacquard & Philippe de Lassalle,
🖌️ level 0: Bertrand Tavernier

rue Martinière side (600 m²):
🖌️ level 4: St-Irénée, Ste-Blandine
🖌️ level 3: Louise Labé, Maurice Scève, Juliette Récamier, Claude Bourgelat, Pauline Jaricot & Claudine Thévenet
🖌️ level 2: General-Major Martin & Jean -Baptiste Say, André-Marie Ampère, Laurent Mourguet & Guignol, the Little Prince and Antoine de St-Exupéry
🖌️ level 1: Antoine de Jussieu & Marcel Mérieux & Claude Bernard, Edouard Herriot & Tony Garnier, Auguste and Louis Lumière
🖌️ level 0 : Bernard Pivot, Father Pierre, Bernard Lacombe, Paul Bocuse, Frédéric Dard

Bartholdi Fountain was built in 1892 by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a famous French sculptor.

⛲ Key Figures:
✔️ 21 tons of lead and iron
✔️ A skin of extremely fine lead (between 1 and 4 mm thick)
✔️ 9 m across
✔️ 4.85 m high
✔️ 15 m in diameter

Right next to Place des Terreaux, the stunning Fine Arts Museum of Lyon, or “little Louvre”, is a municipal museum that houses an impressive art collection from ancient & modern paintings, sculptures & artifacts.

Available for free at the museum’s entrance to help you explore, locate and enjoy their collections
✔️ Free app available: Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon.
✔️ Wheelchair access
✔️ English spoken

The symbol of Lyon and the seat of its government is a stunning 17th-century building with rich with history. Be filled in awe as you visit this magnificent structure with its rich legacy of stories and an elegant façade.

Spend the rest of your day in one of the largest and most beautiful urban parks in France.

✔️ Accessible by 7 entrances 
✔️ Toilets
✔️ Parking Area
✔️ Offer guided tours of the large greenhouses

Summer hours (April 15 - October 14): 6:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Winter hours (October 15 - April 14): 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.