lyon france points of interest Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/lyon-france-points-of-interest Sun, 13 Nov 2016 17:39:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 LYON http://travelsfinders.com/lyon.html http://travelsfinders.com/lyon.html#respond Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:48:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=227226 LYON Laid-back Lyon (pop. 1,200,000), usually a stopping point between the north and south, elicits cries of forget Paris from weary backpackers. Culinary capital, former center of the silk trade and French Resistance, and ultramodern city, Lyon is friendlier than that other French metropolis. It also has a few more centuries of history, having been a major crossroads since Augustus ordered the construction of roads connecting the provincial capital of Gaul to Italy. Vieux Lyon recalls the city’s wealthy past with ornate 16th-century townhouses. This city is also a stomping ground for world-renowned chefs and an incubator for new culinary

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]]> http://travelsfinders.com/lyon.html/feed 0 Lyon Travel http://travelsfinders.com/lyon-travel.html http://travelsfinders.com/lyon-travel.html#respond Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:48:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=227294 Lyon Travel ENTERTAINMENT AND NIGHTLIFE At the end of June is the two-week Festival du Jazz a Vienne, which welcomes jazz masters to Vienne, a medieval town south of Lyon, accessible by bus or train. ( 04 74 85 00 05. Tickets ‚26, students ‚24.) Les Nuits de Fourviere is a three-month summer music festival held in the ancient Theatre Romain and Odeon. ( 04 72 32 00 00. Tickets and info at the Theatre Romain and the FNAC shop on r. de la Republique. ‚10-35.) The biennial Festival de Musique du Vieux Lyon, 5 pl. du Petit College, 5eme,

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