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Food & Drink Lyon
4 Reviews Around Lyon you have many wineyards and also companies which sells guided tours to the wineyards. If you want to do one of these trips, which I did not have time and I was there during the wrong...
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Prices Cafe/Bar/Restaurant Yvoire
1 Review This board show you that you will pay different prices depending on your location : - at the bar (the cheapest), - in the restaurant (the most expensive) - on the terrace (the best place to be of...
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2 Reviews The Festival of Lights is probably the most popular as well as the most established event in Lyon occurs on December 8th. Lanterns adorn balconies and windows and streets a full of performers making...
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Guignol Lyon
3 Reviews There are three troupes presenting puppet shows daily in Lyon. One is located in a small theater in Old Lyon and the others are in other parts of the city. We attended an afternoon show at the Daniel...
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Weather Lyon
1 Review Lyon is warm and sunny between the months of June and October. In June there is plenty of daylight to get things done and it is also fairly light on the summer crowds. September is usually...
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Money Lyon
2 Reviews Leaving a pourboire (tipping) is at your discretion. Service charges are included on all restaurant bills at a cost of between 10 and 15 percent. Extra tips are accepted of course if you have received...
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In the Rhône-Alpes region (and I was told all over France), if you want to have a bath in a swimming pool, you have to wear those lycra tiny bathing suit. Trunks are not allowed and paradoxically, trunks are the regular bathing suits in Spain!
I found these tricky fountains all over the region and who knows if they're somewhere else... To get the water out of the fountain, sometimes, you have to twist the golden piece on top (like in this occasion). Other, you have to move some other handles in circles... Hard to guess for a thirsty Spaniard like me!
I have yet to be in France at the the right time to see the beautiful lavender fields just before the the harvest. There are acres of lavender farms in the Rhone valley flowing down in to Provence. There is a Lavender trail you can follow, about 6 circuits you can take on both regions. The website below is very informative.
Hotel Cour Des Loges Lyon
3 Reviews and 267 Opinions I must admit to sleeping around in my favorite cities! :-) Blame it on wanting to experience...
Novotel Grenoble Centre Grenoble
1 Review and 91 Opinions Hotel Novotel Centre is a centrally located business hotel in WTC Grenoble, just behind the railway...
Morgane Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
1 Review and 136 Opinions Central location and very accomodating staff.
Reviews and photos of Rhône-Alpes attractions posted by real travelers and locals. The best tips for Rhône-Alpes sightseeing.
Q: We are traveling by car in February from Lyon to Geneva. We have all day to make the trip. Looking for ideas for places to stop...
A: Perouges
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