Best places: Historical landmarks in Lyon, France

The substantial ruins of a pair of Roman theaters, now used for open-air concerts & festivals.

Arts venue hosting innovative theatre, music & dance performances, plus exhibitions & a restaurant.

👍👍 Best place ever, best neighborhood ever

👍👍 A Lyon, la manière la plus rapide de passer d’une rue à l’autre est d’emprunter une traboule. Le mot vient du latin, transambulare, qui signifie traverser. Outre leur utilité, les traboules sont devenues au fil du temps une véritable attraction touristique. On compte plus de 500 traboules à Lyon,...

Preserved fortress used as an events space, with hilltop views & tours of underground passages.

👍👍 The Odeon in Lyon at Fourviere rebels the importance of this city in the Roman Empire. Just one other city in the Galia had both a Theatre and a Odeon. It was built by the end of the 1st century, south, close to the theatre, it had room for about 3 thousand people. Poetry, speech, government meeti...

Circa-1840 urban passageway with street art & a unique 6-story staircase popular with photographers.

👍👍 Good place, with good views

Historic monument in a former military prison that became famous for its use by Nazis during WWII.

👍👍 Caillou is so nice

👍 Very nice place for a good photo

👍 Beautiful sculpture, I found interesting the concept of personifying The Republic in a statue, it is a very dashing picture the one of the monument; the park is also beautiful yet small a little; it is next to the Perrache Station so it is very well communicated to be visited.

Built in 19 AD, this Roman amphitheater was used for shows, circuses & executions of Christians.

👍 Very particular and plenty of guys making skate...I was fascinated of that! I took one hour of relax watching those guys and people smoking and relaxing too!

👍👍 The Fontaine Gailleton is a very beautiful fountain in Lyon, the water flows and falls as if a song was coming out of these bowels, with the lights of the night, we have the impression that the water is multicolored, to absolutely see their de your visit to the metropolis!!

👍 Interesting sculpture and ironic at the same time given the complexity of the history, nevertheless it is a very well crafted art piece.

Venerable Roman aqueduct, circa 1st century A.D., known as the area's longest & best preserved.

👍 Lovely place especially at sunset time

Historic traboule, a passageway for silk merchants, now housing small shops & a cafe.

🫤 Open from 11am. I was here at 12. It was closed. I have not found any information why. EDIT: A few day later it was open at 3pm.