Vieux Lyon
One of Europe's largest Renaissance quarters, 24 hectares of old streets between Fourvière hill and the Saône. Its three parts, Saint Jean, Saint Paul and Saint Georges, are threaded with traboules, covered passages that cut through the buildings from one street to the next.
- Where
- Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 45.7631, 4.8281
Get the Vieux Lyon stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Vieux Lyon. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes volume with your photos and a note.
Near Vieux Lyon
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière 0.4 km
A white basilica built between 1872 and 1896 on the hill above Lyon, on the site of the old Roman forum that gave the hill its name. Inside, the walls glitter with mosaics, and the terrace beside it looks out over the whole city.
Parc de la Tête d'Or 2.8 km
Lyon's largest park, about 117 hectares in the 6th arrondissement, with a lake for boating in summer and the city's botanical garden. Joggers and cyclists circle it all year, and a small zoo sits among its lawns.
Musée des Confluences 3.5 km
A science and anthropology museum opened in 2014 at the point where the Rhône and the Saône meet. The building is a cloud of steel and glass that seems to float over the water, with collections ranging from natural history to human societies.
Cluny Abbey 76 km
The remains of a Benedictine abbey that once led a network of monasteries across Western Europe. Its great church was the largest in Christendom until St Peter's in Rome was rebuilt, and a soaring fragment of its transept still stands over the town.
Annecy 102 km
The largest town of Haute-Savoie, on the northern tip of the lake that shares its name, 35 kilometres south of Geneva. Its old town is cut through by the canals of the Thiou, with the Palais de l'Isle, a medieval building shaped like a ship's prow, sitting in the middle of the water.
Lake Annecy 104 km
An Alpine lake in Haute-Savoie, ringed by mountains and clear enough for swimming in summer. The city of Annecy sits at its northern tip, where the lake drains away through the Thiou river and the canals of the old town.
CERN 108 km
The largest particle physics laboratory in the world, set up in 1954 at Meyrin on the edge of Geneva, right on the French border. The World Wide Web was invented here, and its Science Gateway and the wooden Globe of Science and Innovation are open to visitors.
St. Pierre Cathedral 113 km
The cathedral at the top of Geneva's old town, where John Calvin preached during the Reformation. Its towers look out over the lake and rooftops, and excavations below the floor reveal the remains of earlier churches on the site.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Questions
Where is Vieux Lyon?
Vieux Lyon is in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (0.4 km), Parc de la Tête d'Or (2.8 km), Musée des Confluences (3.5 km).
How do I get the Vieux Lyon stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Vieux Lyon and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Vieux Lyon before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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