While the Tour de France is in full swing—with this year’s edition seeing the rise of Paul Seixas, Lyon’s cycling prodigy—we’d also like to invite you to take a tour. But not just any tour—a tour of Lyon!...
As big as 150 soccer fields, this park seems to have fallen from the sky during this heat wave. As Lyon endures another heat wave and is slowly turning into a giant rotisserie, let’s take the initiative...
Its emerald blue waters wind through the green, rolling forests of the Jura. Its origins may be man-made, but you can’t help but think that nature always has good taste when it comes to blending colors. A...
Our villages are the true treasure of our heritage. It’s impossible not to be moved by thousand-year-old structures, such as the priory of Tournus or that of Pommiers-en-Forez. And what about the medieval...
Lyon is the capital of gastronomy, but did you know that about twenty kilometers to the north lies a town that was also, for many years, the capital of a principality—just like Monaco is today? Its name a...
We’ll never tire of poring over our maps of France in search of new treasures just outside Lyon. We continue our tour of the Grand Dukes’ sites, and after visiting the priory of Tournus and that of Ambron...
Okay, okay, we invented vanilla ice cream cones and USB fans to combat heat waves, but no matter what we do, we’ll always be one step behind Mother Nature. Since the dawn of time, she’s managed to pull ti...
As the sun is currently baking all of France, we need to find a way to beat this pesky heat wave. In addition to drinking a hectoliter of cool water a day, swimming can also help. Without further ado, we...
The heat wave has taken us all by surprise lately, and temperatures aren’t expected to drop anytime soon. So we need to adapt, and here’s a place that can really help us beat the heat. So, if you’re looki...
Over the next few days, it’s going to be (very) hot again. If you’re not really into wearing a swimsuit to take a dip at the pool, your only option is to hole up at home and lie sprawled out like a starfi...