Rough Guides Mini Lyon is a pocket travel guide designed for independent travellers exploring Lyon's historic quarters, food culture and riverside neighbourhoods – including highlights such as Vieux Lyon, Fourvière and the Presqu'île.
It brings together everything you need in one place - from must-see sights, hidden gems and three curated itineraries to practical travel advice, dining and shopping tips, full-colour maps, transport advice, a handy phrasebook and a free eBook.
Perfect for short breaks and long weekends, it combines concise area-by-area coverage with a dedicated online trip planner that generates a trip draft before you travel.
This Lyon travel guide covers:
- Vieux Lyon – Renaissance lanes, traboules, bouchons and riverside atmosphere
- Fourvière – Basilica views, Roman theatres, gardens and hilltop walks
- Presqu'île – Grand squares, shopping streets, museums and classic brasseries
- Croix-Rousse – Silk-weaving history, murals, markets and village-like streets
- Confluence – Modern architecture, riverfront paths, museums and dining spots
- Excursions – Easy trips to Beaujolais, Pérouges, Vienne and the Rhône Valley
The complete Rough Guides package – print edition, free eBook and online trip planner – helps you plan a trip that fits your style. Expertly curated and locally informed, it gives you the tools and insights to explore Lyon with confidence.
Start planning your next adventure with Rough Guides Mini Lyon.
Rough Guides are written by expert authors who are passionate about both writing and travel. They have detailed knowledge of the areas they write about--having either traveled extensively or lived there--and their expertise shines through on every page. It's priceless information, delivered with wit and insight, providing the down-to-earth, honest read that is the hallmark of Rough Guides.
Anna Richards lives in Lyon and must be the most insular travel writer out there – she only writes about France. Although the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is her base, she spends much of her time haring across the country in every direction, often with a badly behaved French dog in tow. She's won several awards for her work, which has been featured (online and in print) in the BBC, Condé Nast Traveller, National Geographic and many others. In addition to updating the Rough Guides to Brittany and Normandy and Dordogne and the Lot, she's the author of Paddling France for Bradt Guides.
