Lyon travel guide
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Visit Lyon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lyon is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Rhone department. (General information: Lyon is 391 km from Paris and 617 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Lyon (page also includes a photo gallery for Lyon)
Popular places to visit near Lyon: these include Lyon at 1 km and Eveux at 18 km.
Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Parc de Gerland is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Lyon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Lyon has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Lyon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lyon
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lyon.
Note that all distances from Lyon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lyon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lyon (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Rhone-Alpes and Rhone gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Lyon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (1km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (2km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (23km) : Parc du château de Laye (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (28km) : Perouges (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (1km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (2km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (20km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (5km) : Chaponnay (17km) : Saint-Vulbas (36km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (40km) : Saint-Galmier (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (1km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (27km) : Saint-Etienne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (20km) : Cremieu (32km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Lyon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lyon
Canton: Lyon
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69000
Distance to Lyon
from Lyon: 0 km
from Paris: 391 km
from Calais: 617 km
from Nice: 299 km
from Bordeaux: 436 km
from Strasbourg: 383 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lyon): Bron, Caluire-et-Cuire, Champagne-Au-Mont-d'Or, Ecully, Francheville, La Mulatiere, Oullins, Rillieux-la-Pape, Saint-Cyr-Au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Didier-Au-Mont-d'Or, Sainte-Foy-les-Lyon, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune and Villeurbanne.
Getting here
For driving distances to Lyon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lyon