To live on love and fresh water… and quenelles. Here’s what could be a very Lyon-style version of the saying. Yes, but to enjoy both the cool water and the flavor of the quenelles, head north toward Nantu...
You have to see it to believe it. In this veritable natural cabinet of curiosities, a succession of carved rocks intermingle in a sort of canyon, giving way to chasms and other giant’s potholes where wate...
From Lyon, the list of places to visit for a day trip or a weekend has become so impressive that we felt compelled to create a sort of “best of the best”—the cream of the crop, as we say in Lyon. To do t...
When you consider that the Eiffel Tower is barely over 300 meters tall, you can imagine the Iron Lady laid out horizontally in this lush setting to become France’s longest footbridge. At nearly 80 meters...
If long hikes are your thing, or if you’re simply looking for a new challenge, here’s an idea that might hit the mark. We’ve found just the thing to quench your thirst for the great outdoors—and it’s all...
Let’s once again immerse ourselves in the charm of the great outdoors by venturing just a stone’s throw from Lyon to rediscover a little gem of our heritage: the Pierres Dorées region. And if we were to i...
This time, it’s not a nearby village, but an absolutely fascinating natural site, accessible from Part-Dieu station in just 25 minutes. The lake’s waters evoke a sense of faraway places. And let me tell y...
Not that it’s completely unknown, but this small medieval town doesn’t have the same reputation in Lyon as a village like Pérouges or a small town like Cluny or Charolles. And yet, when you take a closer...
If we rewind the timeline, the origins of this village go back much further than those of Lyon or even Paris. The Ardèche, the cradle of humanity as evidenced by the Chauvet Cave and its 36,000-year-old d...
We couldn’t have dreamed of a better spring getaway. It’s that time of year when nature shows us its inexhaustible fertility. Here, just like in the gardens of Gadagne or Yvoire, Mother Nature reigns supr...