Description
Day 1: Arrival in Lyon, first discovery
Arrival in Lyon and greeting from your driver and local guide.
Transfer to a « Bouchon Lyonnais » restaurant for a first typical lunch.
Departure for a guided panoramic city sightseeing tour of Lyon’s historical town centre registered at UNESCO since 1998.
Transfer to your hotel. Installation in your room.
Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2 : Lyon Old Town, Gastronomy & Silk
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure with your guide for the walking tour of the « Vieux Lyon », the medieval and Renaissance district of the old town.
Then, continue to the « Halles Paul Bocuse », the covered market of Lyon.
Lunch « Lyon style » of fine colds cuts, varied cheeses, sweets with local wines from the merchants.
In the afternoon, guided tour of the Croix Rousse district by following the footsteps of the « Canuts », the silk weavers.
Commented tour of the « Maison des Canuts »: explanations on the technical, social and creative prestige of the silk industry of Lyon since 5 centuries, with weaving demonstration on a Jacquard loom.
Walk down the hill until town centre through the slopes and secret passageways.
Finally, visit the « Atelier de Soierie » in order to appreciate the techniques of silk painting.
Back to the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3 :
Breakfast at the hotel.
Guided tour of the modern district of Confluence, today one of the most fashionable area of the city: a successful reconversion with an ecofriendly avant-garde.
Lunch in a famous Brasserie of Lyon.
Guided tour of the Confluence Museum, the Natural History Museum of the city.
Finish your day with a relaxing commented boat ride on the river Rhone and/or Saone.
Transfer back to your hotel or, according to your schedule, to the train station or the airport.
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