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Lyon Traboules

Lyon Traboules

Lyon · France

4 stops1.9 km23 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Follow a focused walk through Lyon’s traboules, with stops at Traboules du Vieux Lyon and La Longue Traboule. You will see how these passageways shape the character of the walk, moving between two areas known here through their named traboules. The route also includes Association des commercants de la croix rousse, where the walk pauses for its connection to Croix-Rousse, and Traboule et Cour des Voraces, included for its named traboule and courtyard. Together, these four stops keep your attention on the different traboules and courtyards encountered along the route.

The walk

  1. Traboules of Vieux Lyon

    Traboules of Vieux Lyon

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

  2. La Longue Traboule

    La Longue Traboule

    Lyon’s longest traboule: one public passage through four buildings and several courtyards.

  3. Association des commerçants de la Croix-Rousse

    Association des commerçants de la Croix-Rousse

    Association des commercants de la croix rousse, an attraction in Lyon

  4. Traboule and Cour des Voraces

    Traboule and Cour des Voraces

    A six-floor staircase where Lyon’s silk workers, rebels, and resistance networks left their mark.

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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