France Historic Centre of Lyon

“Despite many times I have been to this region, I never have thought to visit Lyon’s historic center because my friends told me that there is nothing to see in this big city; however, when my friends and I decided to stop for a night at Lyon on our trip to Andorra because one of my friend want to have Lyonnais meal at his favorite restaurant, I decided to see this World Heritage Site city. Walking around in the area near its main train station, Part Dieu, Lyon really looked boring and nothing to see. When I crossed the Rhone to the old quarter, I started to see some nice buildings but nothing really outstanding, I went to see Place des Jacobins and Place Bellecour, again nothing special. I felt disappointed and almost decided to walk back to the hotel, but I thought that at least I should walk to the Saone.”

“I've traveled around Europe a fair bit, and I can say that Lyon was one of the best cities I've visited - there's tons to see and do, but it also isn't overcrowded with tourists. In fact most of the visitors seemed to be French visiting from out of town. Beyond the city itself, the people were also generally just quite friendly and welcoming, to the extent that I was surprised after my experience of Paris - I expected Lyon to be friendlier, but didn't think it would be as friendly as it is.”