Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Lyon, France

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 4.9 km
Ascend 113 m
Descend 135 m

Explore Lyon in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Lyon

Sight 1: Église Saint-Eucher

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Église Saint-Eucher

The Église Saint-Eucher is a church dedicated to Eucher de Lyon located on Rue des Actionnaires in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, France.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Eucher de Lyon (FR)

404 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Fresque File le temps... reste les canuts

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The list of painted walls in Lyon is a non-exhaustive list of exterior wall paintings in the Rhône department and the metropolis of Lyon. In common parlance, these "painted walls" are also called trompe-l'oeil or fresco.

Wikipedia: Liste de murs peints lyonnais (FR)

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Théâtre de la Croix Rousse

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Théâtre de la Croix RousseBenoît Prieur / CC-BY-SA-3.0

The Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse is a theatre located in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, on the Place Joannès-Ambre and built from the end of the 1920s. The designer of the place is Michel Roux-Spitz. In 1980, the architect Georges Bacconnier led a restoration of the interiors.

Wikipedia: Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse (FR)

241 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Jardin Rosa Mir

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Jardin Rosa Mir

The Jardin Rosa Mir is a garden located in the center of La Croix-Rousse quarter in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, and created by Jules Senis. It is housed in a courtyard of the building at No. 83 Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse. It can be accessed through a path located at No. 87 in the same street.

Wikipedia: Jardin Rosa Mir (EN)

200 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Église Saint-Denis-de-la-Croix-Rousse

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Église Saint-Denis-de-la-Croix-Rousse

The Saint-Denis-de-la-Croix-Rousse church in Lyon is a church in the Hénon street, in the La Croix-Rousse district of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Denis-de-la-Croix-Rousse de Lyon (FR)

862 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Église Sainte-Élisabeth

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Église Sainte-Élisabeth

The Sainte-Élisabeth Church is a 20th-century church located at the intersection of Rue Hénon and Rue Philippe-de-Lassalle in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon.

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Élisabeth de Lyon (FR)

1092 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 7: Villa Gillet

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Villa Gillet is located in Lyon, in the Parc de la Cerisaie. It is a European and international house of contemporary writing. It gives a voice to writers, thinkers and artists. It is a cultural institution that is interested in all forms of culture: literature, humanities, politics and social sciences, history, contemporary arts, etc. It brings together artists, writers, novelists and researchers from all over the world to nourish public reflection on the issues of our time through conferences, debates, round tables, and readings. The City of Lyon, the Métropole de Lyon, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, the National Book Centre and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region contribute in part to its operation. From 1989 until 2019 it was directed by Guy Walter, who was also director of Les Subsistances.

Wikipedia: Villa Gillet (FR)

23 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Parc de la Cerisaie

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The parc de la Cerisaie is an urban park in the Croix-Rousse 4th arrondissement of Lyon, France. It is partially situated on a slope, leading from the plateau of the Croix-Rousse down towards the river Saône.

Wikipedia: Parc de la Cerisaie (EN)

1889 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 9: Église Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation

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The Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation church is a church dedicated to Catholic worship located on Place de Paris, opposite the Vaise train station, in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon, of which it is a "real visual signal".

Wikipedia: Église Notre Dame de l'Annonciation (Lyon) (FR)

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