Best places: Tourist attractions in Lyon, France

19th-century basilica with 4 octagonal towers, a religious art museum & regular Catholic services.

Museum of hyper-realistic, miniature everyday scenes, plus movie props & special effects exhibits.

Huge fresco of a neighborhood of silk workers who rebelled against working conditions in the 1800s.

This botanical garden dating from 1857 features greenhouses filled with 15,000 species of plants.

👍👍 Not open to the public!! Well, if you book ahead, you can plan your industries next convention, plan your wedding, or even have an open wine convention! This is among the best places in France for any event that's under 1000 people. Pricing depends on what rooms you use ranging from 1500-5000k. T...

Vast, 19th-century park with statues, fountains & tall trees, plus a lake & botanic & rose gardens.

Grand medieval cathedral with an astronomical clock & stained-glass windows, plus a treasury museum.

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

This huge, trompe-l'oeil painting on the side of a building depicts 30 well-known people from Lyon.

Modern hillside museum on Roman archeological site with a large collection of art, pottery & coins.

👍👍 A parc for everyone, family, kids, friends you can find something to do here for all ages and all genders. Come an enjoy.

Scenic rose garden in a large park featuring thousands of blooms & hundreds of varieties.

Hillside park below the basilica of Fourvière featuring a rose garden & sweeping city views.

Historic, Gothic Catholic church with stained-glass windows, rebuilt on a storied religious site.

🫤 In my opinion a mosque have to be open the hole day so that everyone can pray when ever he want. We came from an other city in France but every time when we are in Lyon we need a mosque to pray. 2 times we have been there out of praying time and a man just closed the doors in front of our nose. I wa...

Art museum in former 17th-century abbey, with ancient & modern paintings, sculptures & artifacts.

👍👍 Wonderful church! Must visit 😊

Dramatic fountain by the famous French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, unveiled in 1892.

Film museum, documentation center & library at the site of the Lumière factory, family villa & park.

Exhibitions on the Resistance movement & the deportation of Jews in Lyon during the Nazi occupation.