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Lyon Through Its Historic Landmarks

Lyon Through Its Historic Landmarks

Lyon · France

14 stops7.5 km1 h 34 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Lyon’s historic heart, where a cathedral, hidden passageways, hilltop gardens, churches, archaeological remains, and celebrated works of art create a rich sense of place. You will move from the intimate streets of Vieux Lyon up to Fourvière, then continue through elegant squares, a museum, and a striking mural. The route rewards careful looking: carved details, layered ruins, broad views, and changing neighborhoods appear at every turn. Expect some uphill walking around Fourvière, but the variety makes this a memorable way to meet Lyon.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Primatiale Saint-Jean de Lyon

    Primatiale Saint-Jean de Lyon

    A modest-looking cathedral with a three-century build, disputed primacy, and a remarkable survival story.

  2. Archaeological Garden

    Archaeological Garden

    Archaeological site and park in Lyon, France

  3. Traboules of Vieux Lyon

    Traboules of Vieux Lyon

    A network of medieval passages that lets Lyon’s streets take shortcuts through houses and courtyards.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Vieux Lyon

    Vieux Lyon

    A medieval and Renaissance quarter that survived because Lyon rebuilt beside it, not over it.

  6. Vieux Lyon

    Vieux Lyon

    A medieval and Renaissance quarter that survived because Lyon rebuilt its centre somewhere else.

  7. Parc des Hauteurs

    Parc des Hauteurs

    A hillside park that follows an old funeral tramway and protects Lyon’s Fourvière landscape

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.