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Lyon Travel Guide
Lyon is one of the wonderful and charming cities in France. It is located between two hills (the Fourvire and Croix-Rousse) and between two rivers (the turbulent Rhne and the tranquil Sane). It is the capital of the Rhne-Alpes region with more than 4,11,000 inhabitants. Lyon is easily accessible from Paris, Marseille, Geneva, Turin and Barcelona. It is located at 475km from Paris, 325km from Marseille, 170kn from Geneva, 280 km from Turin and 600 km from Barcelona. It is also called the silk capital of the world as well as the culinary capital of the France.
It is perfect destination for sightseeing, shopping and to enjoy the happening nightlife. It is best tourist spot, which is also listed in UNESCO World Heritage site.
Lyon Attractions
It is perfect choice for travelers who loves to roam around the world in seek of eternal peace. Lyon sightseeing include Ampithtre Gallo Romain,Atelier de Soierie, Cathdrale St. Jean, Institut Lumire, Aquarium du Grand and Place du Change. It has bountiful parks and garden that are particularly attractive and admiring for families.
Top Attractions:
Vieux Lyon
Ancient theatre of Fourviere
Basilique de fourviere
Muse d'art contemporain de Lyon
Muse des Tissus et des Arts Dcoratifs
Lyon Nightlife
It has vibrant, happening, lively and unrivalled nightlife. There are plenty of options available to do fun. You can visit to the Bars, clubs, restaurants and cafes to reduce your hunger and thirst. I want to share one of my traveling experience regarding my visit to one of the Bar named The Albion Bar, which is the famous bar over there. It is good place to hear some jazz and you can also enjoy some sporting events. You will find two big screens in Albion bar and varieties of drinks. Other famous bars are Le First Tendency, La Voile - Ice Club and Loft Club.
Lyon Shopping
Lyon is famous for great shopping and the best thing, which you can buy is fine craft. You will see the open air markets in this wonderful city, where there is huge opportunity to find good cafes, bars, restaurants, clubs and historic food shops for gourmet delights.Rue Victor Hugo, Rue de la Rpublique, the Rue Emile Zola, Rue Gasparin and Rue Prsident Herriot are the places where you will find different variety of shops.
Lyon By Eurostar
Now I will tell you how to reach this wonderful city. There is lots of traveling option available to reach this city. The best traveling option to travel from London to Lyon is Eurostar Train. Eurostar train is known as fastest, convenient, and comfortable and stress free modes of transport in Europe. One thing I like about Eurostar train is short check in process as compare to the check in process in flights. Even you can catch the pictures of breathtaking beauty of countryside while traveling through Eurostar.
You simply need to take Eurostar train from London's St Pancras International train station and reach Lille in record time of 1hr 20min and then simply same station change, travel on to high-speed TGV to Lyon.
Your whole journey will take around 4hr 30 minutes. Of course, Eurostar fare starts from 61 one-way or 109 return 2nd class to reach this city.
