France · WALKING TOURS IN LYON
Good walking tours in Lyon fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 7 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Review of Lyon’s Vieux Lyon walking tour, with traboules, silk history, food tips, WW2 stories, practical details, and honest value advice.
“Paul has an easy and engaging style, while sharing information about the city. He is well informed and researched and makes the tour interesting. Paul also gives insights into living in the city, culture, and food”
Explore Lyon’s secret traboules with a witty local guide, tracing silk, politics, architecture, and Resistance history through Vieux Lyon.
“We enjoyed a fabulous tour of the traboules in Lyon with Yannick. He is clearly passionate about them and loves sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm with others. We learned so much! I would highly recommend this tour to family and friends.”
Explore Lyon’s Roman ruins, traboules, basilica, and top squares with Aidan or Ryan on a friendly bilingual walking tour.
“We learned a lot about Lyon that we would have never found out. Highly recommend this tour and Ryan, our guide, was excellent.”
Explore Lyon’s Old Town, Fourvière Hill, secret passageways, and Roman sights on a friendly three-hour small-group tour.
“Excellent tour, gentle walking pace. Lots of information & history delivered in an interesting easily understood way. Toni is a great guide and Maud clearly communicates so everything is easy. Highly recommend this tour.”
Explore Lyon’s silk district, traboules, Roman ruins, and old town on a lively two-hour English walking tour led by Paul.
“Paul was fantastic, a really interesting walk. We learned a lot about Lyon and visited places we would otherwise have not known existed.”
Taste Lyon through 14 local specialties, medieval streets, secret traboules, and five food stops on this four-hour Vieux Lyon tour.
“Impossible to improve on this exceptionally good tour because it blended historical context with the food experiences which elevated the food tastings to a higher level. Recommend doing this tour as a "must" and do it on your first day in Lyon because it provides such a great introduction to the Lyon story for a visitor.”
Explore Lyon by e-bike, taste local cheese and charcuterie, and walk Vieux Lyon with a small English-speaking group.
“Mannie was great! She spoke very well and was very knowledgeable. Keep track of everyone while keeping a good pace. I'd ride with her again”
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