Nearby Attractions

Real admission fees for popular attractions, with the nearest subway station for each.

Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Religious Site

A 19th-century basilica crowning Fourvière hill, famous for its ornate mosaics and the panoramic terrace overlooking all of Lyon.

🚇 Lyon Funicular F2 (Vieux Lyon–Fourvière) · Fourvière

Admission feeFree

Closed: Open daily

Basilica nave and crypt are free; a paid seasonal rooftop/tower tour ('Visite Insolite') is sold separately

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Vieux Lyon (Old Lyon)

Historic District

One of Europe's largest Renaissance quarters and a UNESCO World Heritage site, with narrow cobbled lanes, pastel façades and hidden traboule passageways.

🚇 Lyon Metro Line D/Lyon Funicular F1 (Vieux Lyon–Saint-Just)/Lyon Funicular F2 (Vieux Lyon–Fourvière) · Vieux Lyon – Cathédrale Saint-Jean

Admission feeFree

Closed: Open daily (public streets)

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Roman Theatres of Fourvière

Archaeological Site

The Grand Théâtre (1st century BC) and adjoining Odéon are the oldest Roman theatres in France, still used for concerts during the summer Nuits de Fourvière festival.

🚇 Lyon Funicular F1 (Vieux Lyon–Saint-Just) · Minimes – Théâtres Romains

Admission feeFree

Closed: Open daily, 7:00–21:00 (May–Sep) / 7:00–19:00 (Oct–Apr)

Free entry to the archaeological site itself; the adjoining Lugdunum museum charges separate admission

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Place Bellecour

Public Square

One of the largest pedestrian squares in Europe, centered on an equestrian statue of Louis XIV and ringed by Lyon's grand 18th-century façades.

🚇 Lyon Metro Line A/Lyon Metro Line D · Bellecour

Admission feeFree

Closed: Open daily

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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon

Museum

Housed in a former Benedictine abbey on Place des Terreaux, one of France's largest art museums outside the Louvre, spanning Egyptian antiquities to Impressionist and modern painting.

🚇 Lyon Metro Line A/Lyon Metro Line C · Hôtel de Ville – Louis Pradel

Admission fee€8

Closed: Closed Tuesdays

€12 for temporary exhibitions; free for under-18s

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Presqu'île District

Neighborhood

The 'peninsula' between the Rhône and Saône rivers, Lyon's central shopping and civic core — Rue de la République, the Opéra, Place des Terreaux and the Hôtel de Ville.

🚇 Lyon Metro Line A · Cordeliers

Admission feeFree

Closed: Open daily

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Traboules Walking Experience

Cultural Experience

Hidden Renaissance-era passageways cutting through buildings and courtyards between streets — a Lyon-only architectural quirk, best explored in Vieux Lyon and on the Croix-Rousse slopes.

🚇 Lyon Metro Line D/Lyon Funicular F1 (Vieux Lyon–Saint-Just)/Lyon Funicular F2 (Vieux Lyon–Fourvière) · Vieux Lyon – Cathédrale Saint-Jean

Admission feeFree

Closed: Best visited 7:00–19:00; access hours vary by traboule

Most traboules are private residential passageways — only a portion are open to visitors; respect posted hours and residents

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Musée des Confluences

Museum

A striking deconstructivist glass-and-steel science and anthropology museum at the tip of the Rhône–Saône confluence, as famous for its architecture as its exhibits.

🚇 Lyon Metro Line B · Debourg

Admission fee€12

Closed: Closed Mondays (open daily during Zone A school holidays except summer)

Free for under-18s and for everyone on the first Sunday of each month

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