Private Transfer to your hotel

Morning Private Guided Walking Tour of the Panoramic Lyon

Listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the beautiful city of Lyon is known for its exceptional culinary traditions, marvelous landscapes, and magnificent buildings. It is also renowned for its exclusive French gastronomy, silk weaving, and Resistance.

In this private guided walking tour, you can explore an overall insight into this city and its 2000 years of history. You will ride in funicular up to Notre Dame de Fourviere basilica and its panorama over the whole town and the Mont Blanc.

Then, you will walk down the hill through the Roman ruins and discover the maze of traboules – secret passageways in the old Lyon. For persons who have a sweet tooth, you will savor a praline with your guide.

At the end of the tour, you will enjoy the Presqu’ile district, the heart of Lyon, and stroll around the emblematic squares, monuments, and murals like la Fresque des Lyonnais for a memorable experience.

Suggestion for the afternoon – Confluence museum

To begin with, the museum’s architecture is incredible! It is made of glass, concrete and stainless steel and stands erect like a beacon on the headland, at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers.

Such a building could only house an exceptional museum that of the confluence of scientific, technical and societal knowledge, encompassing Earth, humanity, history and geography. In other words, it is a door that opens out onto the world, the universe and knowledge in general. How fascinating is that!

In parallel to the museum’s permanent itinerary there are temporary exhibitions, important artistic and scientific conferences, world music concerts, thematic weeks and various events. The museum also boasts a bookshop store, brasserie and café.

Dinner cruise on the river in Lyon

Enjoy an exotic and sumptuous feast with your family and friends while you sail through the most beautiful river in the region of Lyon. Renowned for its gastronomic tradition and culture, explore Lyon to the fullest while you savor the most remarkable delicacies in an aristocratic cruise tour.

Morning Shared guided visit of the National Opera of Lyon

The old Lyon Opera Theater, opened in 1831, is located in Lyon’s town center. It served its purpose for more than 150 years until the mid-1980s, when the city leaders decided it needed to be redesigned.

In this tour, you can discover the extent of the project of the French architect who renovated the 18th century Opera house, preserving its neo-classical façade by surmounting it with an imposing glass dome.

Indeed, this unique discovery backstage at the Opera de Lyon also offers the opportunity to reveal some of the work of Jean Nouvel. With the assistance of your knowledgeable guide, you will have an incredible experience touring every story of this distinctive structure.

Suggestion for the afternoon – Miniatures and Cinema Museum

Enter the vast sets that were used for filming and discover a rich collection of authentic filming objects from the largest European and American film studios. Eight educational rooms illustrated with miniatures, animatronics, masks, prostheses, robots, costumes, creatures and monsters of all kinds, reveal many secrets about the special effects techniques used in the cinema. From “Spiderman” to “Mrs. Doubtfire”, including “The 5th Element” and “Gremlin’s”, more than 450 mythical pieces of film delight us throughout this dive into the very secret backstage of cinema.

Admire exclusively in Lyon the complete collection of Dan Ohlmann’s miniature scenes which are faithful reproductions on a 1/12th scale of our living spaces. His micro-sceneries, confounding in their realism, are surrounded by more than 1,000 masterpieces of patience and dexterity created by various miniaturist artists from all over the world.

By discovering Dan Ohlmann’s magical world and his own workshop, visible from the outside, you will leave for a journey into another dimension.

Private unusual visit of the Fourviere Basillica in Lyon

During this tour, you will discover the rooftops of the Basilica of Fourvière, an iconic landmark listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Offering spectacular views over the historic district of Vieux Lyon, this experience grants access to areas usually closed to the public: the Great Tribune, the architects’ room, the Gallery of Angels, the attic spaces, and the grand carillon with its 23 bells. The visit continues to the Saint-Michel terrace and culminates at the top of the Observatory Tower, where you’ll enjoy a stunning 360° view over the city of Lyon.

The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière is the work of architects Bossan and Sainte-Marie Perrin. It was built by public subscription in 1870 and consecrated in 1896.

Private Transfer to the Lyon Train Station

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