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BIENVENUE • WELCOME • WILLKOMMEN • BIENVENIDO • BENVENUTO The Lyon AIIC members would like to welcome you to Lyon, the historic capital of the Gauls, as well as capital of cuisine! In this little guide, you will find practical information to help you get around town, suggestions for sightseeing and a selection of good restaurants, bars and cafés, among the hundreds to be found in our city. TRANSPORTATION Getting into town RHONEXPRESS - one-way 15.20€ - round-trip 26.70€ (on line); from the airport Information and tickets: - one-way 16.30€ - round-trip 28.30€ (ticket machine) www.rhonexpress.fr/en - Also available: Rhônexpress + Lyon City Card (TCL + museums etc.) TAXIS Lyon-Saint-Exupery Airport to SNCF Part-Dieu train station/Château de Montchat: 58€ day rate; 73€ evening rate UBER Starting at 42€ Moving around TCL - Transports en Metro, bus, funicular, tram town commun Lyonnais https://www.tcl.fr/en Ticket valid 1hr: - Unit price 1.90€ at a ticket machine (2.20€ in the bus) - Book of 10 tickets 17.30€ - 24hr-ticket: 6.00€ (48hr: 11.50€; 72hr: 15.50€) Lyon City Card TCL public transportation, museums and exhibitions, special The Lyon Culture and attractions, guided tours, Guignol puppet shows, Wi-Fi, Leisure Pass shopping etc. www.en.lyoncitycard.com Various formulas 1 - 4 days, starting at 25€ Getting to the AIIC Château de Montchat - Tram 3: Part-Dieu train station – Meyzieu Les Panettes, tram meetings Place du Château stop: Reconnaissance Balzac 69003 Lyon - Bus C9: Place Bellecour –Part-Dieu train station – Hôpitaux Est, bus stop: Reconnaissance Balzac VISITS PRESQU'ILE - Place Bellecour and Place Antonin Poncet - Grand Hôtel-Dieu: former hospital, built in the 17th century, renovated as a shopping arcade - Place des Terreaux, the town hall and the Opéra National de Lyon VIEUX LYON listed as a - The Saint-Georges, Saint-Jean and Saint-Paul districts: medieval and UNESCO World Heritage site Renaissance Lyon - The Maison du Chamarier, the Hôtel de Gadagne, the Loge du Change, the traboules, Rue du Bœuf, the Maison du Crible – the Tour Rose - The Cathedral of Saint John and its 14th century astronomical clock - Fourvière Hill: the Basilique Notre Dame de la Fourvière and the Gallo- Roman theater LA CROIX-ROUSSE the historic - The traboules and the painted walls: The Canuts mural (36 boulevard des silk-workers’ (canuts) district Canuts, Lyon 4), the mural of famous figures of Lyon (49 quai St Vincent, Lyon 1) MUSEUMS Musée des Miniatures et de Cinéma 60 rue Saint Jean, Lyon 5 10am-6:30pm, every day Musée gallo-romain 17 rue Cleberg, Lyon 5 11am-6pm, closed on Mondays Institut et Musée Lumière 25 rue du 1er Film, Lyon 8 10am-6:30pm, closed on Mondays Musée des Beaux-Arts 20 place des Terreaux, Lyon 1 10am-6pm, closed on Tuesdays Maison des Canuts 10-12 rue d'Ivry, Lyon 4 10am-6:30pm, closed on Sundays Musée des Confluences 86 quai Perrache, Lyon 2 10am-7pm (10pm on Thursdays), closed on Mondays Musée des Tissus 34 rue de la Charité, Lyon 2 10am-6pm, closed on Mondays Musée d'Histoire de Lyon 1 place du Petit Collège, Lyon 5 10:30am-6:30pm, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays Musée des Automates 100 rue de St Georges, Lyon 5 2pm-6pm, every day MAC Lyon – Musée d’art Cité Internationale, 81 Quai 11am-6pm/7pm, closed on Mondays contemporain de Lyon Charles de Gaulle, Lyon 6 RESTAURANTS (book your table by phone or on line) Lyon 1 Léon de Lyon 1 rue Pleney Starting at 60€/pers. Sabaï Sabaï 4 Petite rue des Feuillants Asian specialties, tapas, street food Lyon 2 Rue des Marronniers A dozen little restaurants, typical of Lyon and unpretentious, simple cuisine at reasonable prices: Chez M'man, Le Comptoir des Marronniers, etc. Les Brasseries Bocuse Le Sud, 11 place Antonin Fixed menus: 2 courses around Poncet (meat, fish) 28€/pers. (3 courses 33€), excluding Le Nord, 18 rue Neuve drinks (typical Lyon dishes, meat) Le Bistrot de Lyon 64 rue Mercière around 30€/pers.; typical Lyon dishes Chez Moss 2 rue Ferrandière Fixed menus around 30€ for lunch (40€ for dinner); Fish and seafood specialties L'Institut 20 place Bellecour Bistro restaurant of the Institut Bocuse Starting at 50€/pers. Lyon 4 Balthaz'Art 7 rue des Pierres Plantées Lunch around 20€ (dinner 30€), excluding drinks Lyon 5 Le Tire-Bouchon 16 rue du Boeuf Famous Lyon bouchon traditional menus 28€ and 43€/pers., excluding drinks Les Ventres Jaunes 2 Place Neuve Saint Jean 16-25€/pers. Lyon 6 Brasserie Bocuse l'Est 14 Place Jules Ferry (same as Le Sud and Le Nord) Bouchon Sully 20 rue de Sully Typical Lyon cuisine; menus 22€ lunch (27€ dinner) Vegetarian Culina Hortus 38 rue de l’Arbre Sec, Lyon Haute cuisine for vegetarians 1 Toutes Couleurs 26 rue Imbert-Colomès, Organic restaurant Lyon 1 Le Jardin Intérieur 2 rue de Belfort, Lyon 4 Main course between 15-25€ BARS L’Antiquaire 20 rue Hippolyte Flandrin, Lyon 1 The Monkey Club Cocktail Bar 20 Place Tolozan, Lyon 1 Casabea 5 rue de la Monnaie, Lyon 2 Grand Café des Négociants – café, bar, restaurant 1 Place Francisque, Lyon 2 Diplomatico – café, bar, restaurant (great view) 1 quai des Célestins, Lyon 2 Bar Le Florian 4 Place de la Baleine, Lyon 5 La Faute aux Ours 4 Grande rue de la Guillotière, Lyon 7 Macanudo – bar, bistro, book store 8 quai Claude Bernard, Lyon 7 (SLOW) CAFES & JAZZ Le Sofffa 17 rue Sainte-Catherine, Lyon 1 Le Desjeuner – breakfast, brunch, lunch 3 rue des Pierres Plantées, Lyon 1 Mokxa – maybe the best coffee in town 5 rue Bellecordière, Grand Hôtel Dieu, Lyon 2 and 3 Rue de l'Abbé Rozier, 69001 Lyon Les Papas Sucrés 42 rue Sala, Lyon 2 Modjo – café & restaurant 152 rue du Bouchut, Lyon 3 Comme à la maison 36 rue Chevreul, Lyon 7 Once upon a coffee 101 rue Bechevelin, Lyon 7 Le Kitchen Café Lyon 34 rue Chevreul, Lyon 7 JAZZ CLUBS Many choices in the different neighborhoods of Vieux Lyon, la Croix-Rousse and Presqu’île TYPICAL SPECIALTIES OF LYON Les Halles de Lyon Fine foods, artisan pastries, butchers, 102 cours Lafayette, Lyon 3 Paul Bocuse charcuterie, fish, etc. 7am-7pm & bars and restaurants until 10:30pm, closed on Mondays Chocolaterie Voisin Handcrafted since 1897, EPV Shops throughout Lyon (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) label: chocolate, macaroons, specialties of Lyon Sève Chocolate and pastries; specialties: 29 quai St Antoine, Lyon 2 and Les Halles tarts; pralines, macaroons etc. François Pralus Chocolate and their famous brioches, 32 rue de Brest, Lyon 2 Pralulines and 27 rue St Jean, Lyon 5 Bernachon Chocolate and pastries; the creme de 42 rue Franklin Roosevelt, Lyon 6 la creme in handcrafted chocolates, Master chocolatier EVP; tea room MAP OF LYON Château de Montchat Pas à l'échelle .