Sights & Attractions in Lyon and the Alps

Top Attractions

Name	Category	Location

Basilique de Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière The rather pompous late-19th-century basilica, at the top of the...	Religious Sites	Vieux Lyon and Fourvière

Cathédrale St-Jean Solid and determined—having withstood the sieges of time...	Religious Sites	Vieux Lyon and Fourvière

Hôtel Bullioud This superb Renaissance mansion, close to the Hôtel Paterin...	Houses / Mansions	Vieux Lyon and Fourvière

Hôtel de Ville Architects Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Robert de Cotte redesigned...	Architectural Sites	Presqu'île and the Croix Rousse District

Institut Lumière On the site where the Lumière brothers, Auguste and Louis...	Museums / Galleries	Presqu'île and the Croix Rousse District


Maison du Crible This 17th-century mansion is one of Lyon's oldest. In the courtyard...	Houses / Mansions	Vieux Lyon and Fourvière

Musée des Beaux-Arts In the elegant 17th-century Palais St-Pierre, formerly a Benedictine...	Museums / Galleries	Presqu'île and the Croix Rousse District

Musée des Confluences This innovative new glass-and-titanium museum—an architectural...	Museums / Galleries	Presqu'île and the Croix Rousse District

Musée Gallo-Romain de Fourvière Since 1933, systematic excavations have unearthed vestiges of...	Museums / Galleries	Vieux Lyon and Fourvière

Musée Historique des Tissus A sister museum to the Arts Décoratifs, this one is dedicated...	Museums / Galleries	Presqu'île and the Croix Rousse District

Musée Urbain Tony Garnier Built between 1920 and 1933, this project (also known as the...	Museums / Galleries	Presqu'île and the Croix Rousse District

Musées Gadagne These two museums are housed in the city's largest ensemble of...	Museums / Galleries	Vieux Lyon and Fourvière

Opéra de Lyon The barrel-vaulted Lyon Opera, a reincarnation of a moribund...	Arts / Performance Venues	Presqu'île and the Croix Rousse District

Place Bellecour Shady, imposing Place Bellecour is one of the largest squares...	Architectural Sites	Vieux Lyon and Fourvière

Place des Terreaux The four majestic horses rearing up from a monumental 19th-century...	Squares	Presqu'île and the Croix Rousse District

Rue du Bœuf Like the parallel Rue St-Jean, Rue du Bœuf has traboules...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	Vieux Lyon and Fourvière

Rue St-Jean Once Vieux Lyon's major thoroughfare, this street leads north...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Vieux Lyon and Fourvière

Théâtres Romains Two ruined, semicircular, Roman-built theaters are tucked into...	Archaeological Sites	Vieux Lyon and Fourvière
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