Courtyards and Traboules of Vieux-Lyon

What's a "traboule" ?

Trabouler, from Latin "Trans ambulare" means "pass through". Particularly numerous in Vieux Lyon, traboules are passageways connecting one street to another. In the Middle Ages, they provided a quick route to the boats on the Saône River. During the Second World War, they also served as secret routes for members of the Lyon Resistance.

Traboules and courtyards in the Vieux-Lyon not to be missed 

• 27 rue Saint-Jean to 6 rue des Trois-Maries traboule can cross two courses gallery 16th century, fully restored with plaster bright.
• La Maison des Avocats (courtyard and Garden of "La Basoche"), rue de la Bombarde.
• La Longue Traboule: 54 rue St Jean to 27 rue du Boeuf: longest traboule neighborhood. It crosses four courses and four buildings.
• La Maison du Chamarier, at 37 rue Saint-Jean (courtyard).
• 2 Place du Gouvernement to 10 quai Romain Rolland (courtyard and traboule). The building n°2, built in the 15th century, actually housed the Hostellerie St Christopher, which housed the travelers. The building has retained some Gothic decorative elements. The traboule led to the high court, then located above the stable, and then joined the dock Romain Rolland.
• The courtyard at 21 rue du Bœuf.
• La Galerie Philibert de l’Orme (a courtyard), of Maison Bullioud, at 8 rue Juiverie.
• 10 et 12 rue St Georges (courtyard and interior garden, open from 7am to 7pm).
• 40 rue St Jean to 5 place Neuve St Jean.