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Vieux Lyon Renaissance Quarter

Vieux Lyon Renaissance Quarter

Lyon · France

3 stops270 m3 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Vieux Lyon with the Renaissance quarter as your focus. Begin at Cathédrale Saint-Jean, then look more closely at the passageways represented by La Longue Traboule and the Traboules du Vieux Lyon. Along the way, you can notice how these churches, museums and passageways reveal the character of Lyon’s old quarter. This is a welcoming walk for anyone who wants to explore the area through its surviving Renaissance-era routes and spaces.

The walk

  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. La Longue Traboule

    La Longue Traboule

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

  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.

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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