Lyon Walking Tour Explore Top Sights and Hidden Gems
Recommended by 91% of travelers
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Lyon, France
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
What's Included
- Professional Tour Guide
- 2-hour guided walking tour
- 15 participants per tour guide
- Gratuities (optional)
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de la Métropole de LyonPl. Bellecour, 69002 Lyon, France
Meet your guide at the RIGHT of the “Office du Tourisme” on the Place Bellecour. We don't meet inside the tourist office.
End point
- Cathédrale Saint-Jean-BaptistePl. Saint-Jean, 69005 Lyon, France
The tour finishes close to Saint Jean Cathedral.
Itinerary
1
Grand Hotel Dieu
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
La Place des Jacobins
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Passerelle du Palais-de-Justice
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Vieux Lyon
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Place Saint-Jean
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 45 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.6
based on 170 reviews
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Our tour guide Manel was wonderful. She knew so much about Lyon and its history and its place in French and world history. It was such a pleasure learning from someone who loved the subject so much. The walk was easy, and we saw many beautiful sights and found many places to eat the local specialties.
The guide was knowledgeable about the history and culture of Lyon. The route was fairly flat making the tour very walkable.
Out walking tour of Lyon was excellent. With a small group we were able to easily access lots of small spaces ahead of the larger groups. Our guide, Angela was very informative and showed us lots of things we would never have found on our own. She also sent links to other sites not on the tour that we had expressed an interest in. Would definitely recommend this tour if you want to get a good sense of Lyon.
Great overview of Lyon, its history and all the things that make it a wonderful place to visit. Our guide, Manel, was very knowledgeable and engaging. She gave a good balance of the different facets of Lyon.
Excellent tour for first timer get familiar and to learn about the history and stories of this unique city. Our tour guide was friendly, helpful and knowledgeable.
Our guide John was
Knowledgeable, responsive and kind. He let us move through the tour at our own pace and never rushed us. We learned (and saw) so much about Lyon and its history and architecture. He also gave us recommendations that were super helpful. We highly recommend him!
We were lucky enough to be the only ones on this tour. Our tour guide Brooklyn was excellent. She was friendly and informative. Highly recommend this tour.
Excellent guide and great choices for food. Natalie ties history to the evolution of food in Lyon. Wonderful tour!
Brooklynn was very friendly and showed us around the city. She was very patient answering all our questions and stopping and taking photos for us at all stops and around the city. Will recommend.
Brooklyn was very friendly, welcoming and informative! The experience itself was fun, easy walkability.
The walking tour was excellent. Our guide had wonderful insight into the city of Lyon and went at a lovely pace
The tour guide was very informative, thoughtful, and easy to communicate with. It was very well worth the time and cost.
Guide Manel was excellent. She spoke English extremely well and was patient and very accommodating to our preferences. She taught us about the history and significance of many of the areas and monuments and showed us several sites where the French Resistance hid. We learned how silk was made and about sone of the Lyonnaise specialties. Overall, a well spent two hours in the extreme summer heat.
It was fine. Angela, our guide, was pleasant, but tended to stick to the script, it seemed. She knew what she knew. It's great for walking, , particularly the old city.
Angela was friendly and informative. It was a wonderful tour! I recommend her to all interested in finding out about Lyon.
Our guide, Manel, was knowledgeable and easy going. She had an excellent grasp of the city’s history and development. She pointed out many interesting spots and at no time did she make the tour feel rushed or hurried.
We were lucky enough to have this tour to ourselves. The guide knew a lot about Lyon, and we saw the highlights across many parts of the city. The guide was patient and stayed in contact when our Uber dropped us off at the wrong meeting point.
Do not do this tour. Our guide was wholly underqualified with very little English (native Spanish speaker). When asked the most basic questions she said she didn’t know.
She has no knowledge other than the basic that we could have got from any guide book. I could have done this tour myself and been better using google search. It would have been so easy to have spent time for her to learn more and pass this on with basic time.
Also we were not warned this walk involves a steep climb up to the cathedral at the top, which for a group of 60 years olds one of whom was asthmatic, was hard work especially when there is an alternative.
This is very disappointing as we have had great experiences prior using other guides and walking tours.
In summary avoid this tour from this operator
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Dear Donald,
Thank you for your feedback.
We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us and for choosing to join our tour during your visit.
The tour was conducted as scheduled and included the planned locations featured in the itinerary. We understand that every traveler has different expectations and interests, and we value hearing a variety of perspectives from our guests.
Your comments have been noted and will be shared with our team as part of our ongoing commitment to providing enjoyable experiences for visitors from around the world.
Thank you again for joining us and for sharing your thoughts.
Have a nice day!
Really enjoyable tour that introduced us to sights, sounds, and tastes of Lyonnais life. Our guide (and her guide-in-training companion) was delightful and made the tour very engaging by asking questions and testing our knowledge of the city! She was also very flexible — our tour was rearranged because of miserable rainy weather. We had several magical moments on the tour, including an impromptu and very in-depth lesson on silk-making! Definitely a worthwhile tour. Thank you!
Excellent way to orient yourself if you are a first time visitor to Lyon. A good overview of the top sights.
While the guide was friendly and took us to a number of locations, she appeared to not have much depth of knowledge. Overall, it gave me a good lay of the land, but it wasn’t quite worth the money or time.
We thoroughly enjoyed our walking tour of Lyon with Manel. Since our family was the only group on the tour that day, it felt like a private experience, and Manel did an excellent job tailoring the tour to our interests.
She was knowledgeable, engaging, and passionate about Lyon’s history, culture, and food scene. Throughout the tour, she shared fascinating stories and insights that helped us better understand and appreciate the city.
Manel made a special effort to include our 9- and 11-year-old boys, keeping them engaged and interested the entire time. She struck a wonderful balance between providing historical information and making the experience enjoyable for all ages.
We also appreciated how generous she was with her time. She answered our many questions, offered recommendations for other places to visit, and even took several family photos for us so we could preserve these special memories from our trip.
Manel was friendly, professional, and genuinely interested in helping us have the best possible experience in Lyon. We left the tour feeling much more connected to Lyon and excited to continue exploring it.
We highly recommend Manel and this tour to anyone visiting Lyon. It was informative, enjoyable, and one of the highlights of our time in the city.
I was very happy with the sites that the tour covered. I was expecting ear phones and was disappointed we didn’t. Usually with Viator tours there are earphones/headsets so the guide can talk while we are walking. In old town she recommended a place for lunch. Service was terrible and food over priced. Next day did a second walking tour via our cruise ship. As we walked by the place she had recommended, this tour guide indicated it was an over priced tourist trap
Response from Host, May 2026
Dear Susan,
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us.
We are glad to hear that you enjoyed the sites covered during the tour. Regarding the earphones/headsets, we understand your expectations. However, please note that this service is not included in the tour inclusions or description.
As for the restaurant recommendation, we are sorry to hear that your experience did not meet your expectations. Please note that the guide’s suggestions are provided only as personal recommendations to help guests during their free time, and guests are always free to choose any restaurant or dining option they prefer.
We truly appreciate your comments, as they help us improve the overall experience for future travelers.
Have a nice day!
Manuel
Manel is an excellent tour guide with deep knowledge of Lyon. The city has a complex history, and she demonstrated great expertise in walking us through it. She showed us historical and cultural sites, spoke about the cuisine and restaurants of the region, and explained the architectural trends across the centuries. She is pleasant and cheerful, answered all our questions, and was a joy to engage with. When in Lyon, she’s your choice of a guide for the city walking tour!
Superb, knowledgeable guide, plenty of time to look around..never rushed. Fantastic value for money!
Macarena was a very good guide. Beware of lots of steep stairs going up to the Roman ruins and Notre Dame .
The guide, Anh, was very attentive and insightful. The pace was about right, spending ample of time in each site. He even recommended some best places to eat: Chez Mounier and Nishiki Ramen.
Macarena showed us many wonderful sights in Lyon. We covered a lot of ground and she timed it perfectly so that we could see the mechanical clock in the beautiful Cathedral of St Jean Baptiste.
Mario was fantastic. If you want a good deal of history and Dalmation cultural info/stories don’t miss this tour. He does an amazing job and is quite entertaining. We felt very lucky to have signed up for his tour.
I also took this tour on May 7th at 2 pm and agree 100% with Marina_E review. They were only 4 of us on this walking tour. I will like to add that I booked this tour in March based on the good reviews but if I had red the 2 reviews ( with 1 star rating) written in April , I would canceled my booking. We had the tour guide that only been in Lyon for a year and it was the worst tour guide I have ever encountered. The tour guide also changed the route and the end point was different and added stops that were not included. I was ready to leave the tour midway since the she bashed and cursed saying the F word about one religion. I signed up for another Free Walking tour on May 9th ( was recommended by another traveler) and I just finished this 2 hours walking tour. Although the tour guide was not local but he lived in Lyon for over ten years and was one of the best tour guide I ever have encountered.
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