I visited this place a Sunday night and then they played salsa music and also karoke in French. There werent so many people here and they had no entrance fee. You just pay 2 euros to hang your jacket.... more
Really big and beautiful festival. The lights are everywhere, you may drink wine, eat chestnuts and enjoy the lights and the elation of the people around you. All of the performances of light-masters... more
The old part of the city has a good selection of restaurants. There are also touristy types of streets: full of cheap, reasonable-to-poor quality restaurants (very similar to those streets in the... more
On the peninsula near my hotel there are several small streets with wall-to-wall restaurants that seem to be very popular among the local young people.Rue... more
There are a few latino places in Lyon but until now, I've only been to Mi-Barrio. It's quite a small place but the atmosphere is really tropical and the music... more
The Opera of Lyon stands at the opposite side of the Place de la Comedie from the Hotel de Ville. The present building has been extended upward to produce a... more
Lyon has a rich and surprisingly budget-friendly nightlife. Bars and pubs often offer free concerts (anything from Jazz to DJs to World Music) and there's many... more
“La Clef de Voute” (The Keystone) is a great jazz place in Lyon.It is housed in an ancient (18th century) arced cellar on the “croix rousse” quarter.The place... more
Lyon is a beautiful city at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône Rivers in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region. Among many other attractions, Lyon has a very distinctive and successful...
The Lyon metropolitan area, the largest in the Rhône-Alpes region, lies in a strategic location in the natural plain of the Rhone Valley. It is surrounded by the Beaujolais country in the north, the...
Our first views of Lyon were of the Place des Jacobins only two short streets from our hotel , the Grand Hotel Concorde. We were headed toward the walking bridge over the Saone River and had reached...
- UNESCO World Heritage city since 1998
- city with the most vibrant cultural/night life in France beside Paris and Marseille
- home of gourmet chef Paul Bocuse and capital of the famous French...
After bypassing Lyon many times on my way to other places, I spent a few days there in 2004 and really enjoyed it. I recommend it to anyone who wants to know a real French city. I found it extremely...
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