Lyon

Lyon is the capital of the French administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. A city of half a million, Lyon alone is the country's third-largest city, but its metropolitan area is only second in population to Paris. Wikivoyage

Population 519,127 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in France

Visas and entry What your passport needs for France

Tourist office · 770 m Only Lyon Tourisme et Congrès

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

Nuits sonores

May

Nuits sonores an increasingly popular festival dedicated to electronic music, every year in May

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Lyon); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

Marché Quai Augagneur
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: 6:00–12:30
3. Wednesday: 6:00–12:30
4. Thursday: 14:00–20:00
5. Friday: 06:00–13:30
6. Saturday: 06:00–13:30
7. Sunday: 06:00–13:30
Times vary by day

Tuesday
6:00–12:30
Wednesday
6:00–12:30
Thursday
14:00–20:00
Friday
06:00–13:30
Saturday
06:00–13:30
Sunday
06:00–13:30
170 m from the centre
Marché Guichard
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: 06:00–13:30
3. Wednesday: closed
4. Thursday: closed
5. Friday: closed
6. Saturday: closed
7. Sunday: 06:00–13:30
06:00–13:30
380 m from the centre
Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse
Covered hall
1. Monday: 07:30–19:30
2. Tuesday: 07:30–19:30
3. Wednesday: 07:30–19:30
4. Thursday: 07:30–19:30
5. Friday: 07:30–19:30
6. Saturday: 07:30–19:30
7. Sunday: 07:30–16:30
Times vary by day

Monday
07:30–19:30
Tuesday
07:30–19:30
Wednesday
07:30–19:30
Thursday
07:30–19:30
Friday
07:30–19:30
Saturday
07:30–19:30
Sunday
07:30–16:30
740 m from the centre
Marché Saint-Antoine
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: 07:30–13:00
3. Wednesday: 07:30–13:00
4. Thursday: 07:30–13:00
5. Friday: 07:30–13:00
6. Saturday: 07:30–13:00
7. Sunday: 07:30–14:00
Times vary by day

Tuesday
07:30–13:00
Wednesday
07:30–13:00
Thursday
07:30–13:00
Friday
07:30–13:00
Saturday
07:30–13:00
Sunday
07:30–14:00
870 m from the centre
Book market

Marché des bouquinistes
Open-air

Opening hours

Sa-Su,PH 09:00-18:00

1.1 km from the centre
Marché alimentaire Tête d'Or
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: closed
3. Wednesday: 06:00–13:30
4. Thursday: closed
5. Friday: closed
6. Saturday: 06:00–13:30
7. Sunday: closed
06:00–13:30
1.2 km from the centre
Marché bio de Saint-Jean

Marché Bio
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: closed
3. Wednesday: closed
4. Thursday: 06:00–12:30
5. Friday: closed
6. Saturday: closed
7. Sunday: closed
06:00–12:30
1.2 km from the centre
Marché place Saint-Louis
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: 06:00–12:30
3. Wednesday: closed
4. Thursday: closed
5. Friday: 06:00–13:30
6. Saturday: closed
7. Sunday: 06:00–13:30
Times vary by day

Tuesday
06:00–12:30
Friday
06:00–13:30
Sunday
06:00–13:30
1.2 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 93 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Lyon Part-Dieu 1.4 km, Lyon-Saint-Paul 1.4 km, Minimes - Théâtres romains 1.6 km, Fourvière 1.6 km, Lyon Jean Macé 1.6 km, Lyon Perrache 1.8 km, Saint-Just 2.0 km, Lyon-Gorge-de-Loup 3.0 km, Lyon Vaise 3.8 km, Écully la Demi-Lune 4.9 km, Oullins 5.3 km, Alaï 5.5 km

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