Lyon Highlights & Secrets Walking Guided Tour (small group) including Funicular
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Lyon, France
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover Lyon’s highlights, and wend your way past major landmarks and UNESCO World Heritage sites alike, on this small-group walking tour. Meet your guide in the afternoon at the Bartholdi Fountain, and set off on foot. Over the course of several hours, you’ll learn all about the city’s history and gourmet traditions, will stroll through Vieux Lyon (its Old Town), will travel by funicular up Fourvière Hill, and more.
- See the best of Lyon in the space of a single tour
- This small-group tour includes a maximum of just 10 attendees
- Explore Vieux Lyon, Fourvière Hill, and other local landmarks
- Learn all about the city and its history from your guide’s commentary
What's Included
- Funicular
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Bartholdi FountainPl. des Terreaux, 69001 Lyon, France
The meeting point is at the Bartholdi Fountain (a fountain with 4 horses) in Place des Terreaux (the square of the City Hall).
End point
- Vieux Lyon, 69005 Lyon, France
The end point is at Vieux Lyon (Old Lyon), 10 minutes away (on foot) from the starting point.
Itinerary
1
Place des Terreaux
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
2
Vieux Lyon
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
3
Colline de Fourviere
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 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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Great update on history
Super coverage of streets, buildings and some of the most outstanding sites in France. Advice that made the remaining time in Lyon fantastic.
This tour provides a truly excellent introduction to Lyon. Toni is incredibly engaging, and is essentially a walking encyclopaedia on Lyon. I would recommend doing this tour early in your trip, as you’ll be provided with a number of personalised recommendations to help make the most of your time in the city.
Our guide was young, enthusiastic, informative and very knowledgeable. Great job. Learned a lot about Lyon.
This tour was the best walking tour I have been on in all my years of traveling. Toni was very personable and presented all of the Lyon details, sites and history information enthusiastically and in a way that kept our attention throughout the 3-hour tour, which incidentally seemed to pass quickly. I would not hesitate to strongly recommend this tour to anyone interested in seeing and learning about Lyon in a fun, relaxed way. Toni also provided great recommendations for dining, and other sites to see in the Lyon area.
It was a fantastic experience, and having Toni as our guide made it absolutely unforgettable. If you want to discover Lyon, you definitely have to book this activity!
Toni is a magnificent tour guy, very informative & entertaining. There is so much to learn about the history of Lyon especially its silk trade and the hidden traboules.
It was an absolutely famtastic tour of Lyon. Our guide Toni was exceptional.. He has a friendly approach and an incredible depth of knowledge that he is able to share easily. He readily adapted to respond to the varied intetests of the group. Maud was super, offering prompts for us to find our way to the group and a customized debrief to continue our exploration of the region. Thank you for a wonderful introduction to the heart of Lyon!
Toni is the best guide. Knows the city like the back of his hand and has excellent recommendations on anything you may want to know.
Lots of fun information shared about the city. Good walking pace and Toni was a great guide. Beautiful city.
This was really a fantastic tour with a wonderful . The guide was funny, informative, and made sure that everyone’s needs were met. We discovered many amazing places that we wouldn’t have found by ourselves. The guide knew lots about history, which made the tour particularly interesting and enjoyablefor me. He also gave us lots of recommendations for restaurants, food and places to visit. Thank you Tony! Marilyn
One of the best City walking tours we’ve been on. Antonio and his partner ran a well organized, professional and friendly tour that covered everything we really needed They followed up with a separate text ( as promised) covering restaurants etc.
The experience was absolutely amazing!! Our guide was extremely knowledgable and super kind. He answered everyone’s questions patiently.
We really enjoyed the Highlights of Lyon tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable and shared interesting historical facts and local stories that gave us a much better understanding of the city. The tour was well organized, informative, and moved at a comfortable pace. It was a great introduction to Lyon, and we would definitely recommend it to anyone visiting for the first time.
Tony seem to have information about every building, nook and cranny of the city that we visited. Despite the Heat it was a very enjoyable and informative outing.
Toni was such a great guide and I loved this tour of Lyon! It’s clear how much he enjoys his work and how much thought he’s put into crafting an engaging and informative outline of the key moments in the city’s history. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone visiting Lyon!
Toni was a fabulous tour guide! He provided us with so many wonderful recommendations, interesting facts and great history. We were taken to all the historic sites and monuments and really learned so much about the city. He was always able to answer our questions and even provided personalized recommendations for every person on our tour. We would recommend this tour to all!
Interesting and informative walk around old town Lyon and the cathedral hill. Toni was a great guide! He moved us along at a relaxing pace, he was attentive to everyone, and he has an amazing amount of local knowledge about Lyon. I recommend this tour when you visit Lyon!
Absolutely wonderful walking tour. Excellent communication both before, during, and after the tour. We were given many great recommendations for places to see, things to do, and where to eat some amazing Lyonnaise cuisine. We appreciated that the verbal recommendations were followed up in written form which is so helpful. I’m so glad we booked this tour of Lyon. Toni was such a fountain of information. The tour was well paced and he was always aware of placing us in the shade (hot summer weather). Would 100% do again!
The tour already started out great when I got a reminder from Maud about the tour in the morning, with where we were meeting Tony (our tour guide), what he was wearing, and what time to meet. Then we experienced quite a lovely tour with Tony who is very knowledgeable but also funny! I would 100% recommend. Learned so much about Lyon that I have a new appreciation of this city ♥️
Excellent guide covered the best spots. Guide was thoughtful about the extreme heat, the interests of the small group and gave much good advice about other things to do in Lyon.
Great group size and incredible guide. Nice pace through Lyon - you will learn a lot and experience lot.
This was my first time in Lyon. Toni did an excellently job. He was knowledgable and enthusiastic. He showed us all the significant areas and shared with us the rich history of Lyon.
Super knowledgeable guide (Toni), who had memorized the names of the people in the group prior to meeting us. The small group made for an interactive experience where he had time to talk to different people as the group walked between sites. He also sent a list of all of the recommendations he made along the way; from restaurants and wine bars to ice cream. My only mistake was to take it on my last day in Lyon!
Tony is amazing! He knew all about the history of Lyon and all its hidden secrets. He was quite entertaining and answered all of our questions. If we didn't have an end time I think he would have kept going! Since we only had two days in Lyon he made suggestions on where to go to maximize what we can see in the short time we had. He also gave us lots of recommendations on restaurants and coffee shops. We enjoyed our time with Tony and it will be a guaranteed fun time for you too! Book him today!
Very good tour, the guide was incredibly
knowledgeable and very entertaining. The time for the tour was about right. Highly recommended.
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Toni was a fantastic, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, friendly, funny tour guide! We learned a lot of interesting history and completely recommend this tour.
A brilliant comprehensive tour of the old town. Toni is very knowledgeable and entertaining. The structure of the tour was very good and the information provided was so good it enabled us to continue to other areas on our own on the following days. So pleased we did it on our first morning.
It by far exceeded my expectations. Toni was absolutely fantastic, he’s like a Wikipedia of Lyon history. I would highly recommend taking this tour, you will learn so much and walk through beautiful old Lyon
Toni was superb - good fun ,enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Saw some great sights and learnt lots about the history and architecture of Lyon. He was mindful of the mixed ability group and ensured we were all comfortable. He sent a great list of recommendations after the tour finished.
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