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Lyon

3 Days in Lyon

10Stops2UNESCO Sites+26Travel Score

Day 1Arrival DayMediumFourvière

Fourvière Hill

Funicular to the basilica, the city view and the Roman theatres.

  1. AM

    Arrive and Settle In

    Check in, drop your bags and get your bearings.

  2. 15:00
    45 min

    Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

    UNESCO

    Historic Site of Lyon

  3. 16:00
    30 min

    View over Lyon from Fourvière

    Esplanade de Fourvière

  4. 16:45
    1 h

    Roman theatres of Lugdunum

    UNESCO

    Historic Site of Lyon

  5. 19:30
    2 h

    Lyonnais bouchon dinner

    Food

    Lyon bouchons

Day 2Day TripFullBeaune

Beaune and the Burgundy Climats

The tiled Hospices and Côte de Beaune vineyards, 2 hours by train.

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Day 3City DayMediumVieux Lyon

Vieux Lyon and the Traboules · Croix-Rousse

Renaissance lanes and the hidden passageways between them. The silk-weavers' hill, its traboules and the big painted wall.

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Day Trip

Beaujolais Villages

Golden-stone villages and wine tastings, an hour north.

Day Trip

Pérouges

A walled medieval village and its sugar tart, 40 minutes away.

Half Day · UNESCO

Presqu'île and Place Bellecour

Grand squares between the rivers and the Fine Arts Museum.

Half Day

Musée des Confluences

Science and anthropology in a glass cloud where the rivers meet.

Half Day

Les Halles Paul Bocuse

Lyon's covered food market: oysters, cheese and saucisson.

When to Go

This version is for May–Jun, Sep, Dec. The best months below come from GoGo's climate data.

Typical highs

Best monthsRain: wettest Nov (87 mm), driest Feb (50 mm)

Climate: NASA POWER