
At dusk, Lyon is luminated and stands out!
Let yourself fall under the charm of a night-time ride.
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Cancellation free of charge 72 hours before schedule activity
Health and safety commitments
In order to ensure the safety of our visitors, all tours provided by ONLYLYON Tourism have been adapted with routes that enable physical distancing and compliance with applicable health regulations:
- Group limited according to the standards in force
- The guide and all participants aged 11 and above must wear a mask at all times
- A distance of 1 metre must be maintained between participants
- Our guides are equipped with a hygiene kit
- Our guides alone make contact with objects (doors, light switches, etc.)
- Out of respect for the inhabitants, we limit the passage in the traboules during the visit
Duration
2h00
Kind
Guided tour on foot
Access
Metro A or D > Bellecour
Meeting point
In front of the Tourist Office, Place Bellecour - Lyon 2nd

Lyon, the city of lights
This expression originated with the regular presence of French kings during the Renaissance, the invention of the cinematograph by the Lumière brothers and the Fête des Lumières, a festival that floods the city with light every year in December!



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My Franco-Welsh origins include Paris and Brittany, yet it is in London, where I aimed to find an English spouse, that I met my husband who is from Lyon, who taught me to love his city.
Having been absorbed into an old family at the origin of very famous stores: 2 passages / Printemps, Grand Bazar / Monoprix, I also married into their history, as well as the family's wine growing estate in the part of Beaujolais that produces the crus.
I have a passion for the history of art, so after bringing up our children, I embarked on a Master's degree.
I love passing on my knowledge, telling stories and having a good laugh. Depending on the season, I am either a teacher of the history of art to the Compagnons du Tour de France*, a painter, or of course, your guide. (*French organization of craftsmen and artisans dating from the Middle Ages).
I'm used to guiding top-of-the-range customers and foreign journalists, and love taking people on all the usual tours, the Fine Arts museum, the murals and especially the hills in the lovely Beaujolais region, with their scenery, their châteaux and the wine growing estates from the inside.
I'm very much open to the international scene, and here with you today because all my 6 grandchildren live abroad.

Hej, hallo, hello, bonjour
I'm Delphine, one of the twenty or so lecturing guides that work for the Guides' Bureau.
Our service is incredibly rich: we all have our own profiles, our own interests, our own areas of study and our own favourite type of public.
And we all have one thing in common: LYON
What I love is the variety of its districts and their architecture, the wealth and diversity of its history and the Men who built it, the beauty of its monuments, particularly the light reflected from the façades that border the Saône early in the morning or at the end of the day; it's a trip in itself!
So after language studies which took me to live in Denmark and Germany, I returned to Lyon to work as a guide to lift the veil on "Myrelingues la Brumeuse"* and to share my enthusiasm with you who have come here to discover it or immerse yourself in it. (*title of a book by Claude le Marguet, set in 1536 in Lyon)
Paa gensyn, bis bald, see you soon, à bientôt !

All I need is a sturdy pair of shoes and a good hat, and I'm ready to take you on a "voyage through our city" I'll be delighted to take you on a discovery tour of our "landmark" sights as well as my own favourites.
In other words, I'd like to help you gain insight into the soul of our city! And on the way, I'll tell you all about the history and art of our UNESCO-listed capital.

During tours, people often ask me if I'm a student. I'm too old for that. I'm a historian without the qualifications. I'm an architect without the diploma. But I was born in Lyon, and I enjoy helping members of the public discover this city which is a lot more than just a row of lovely façades.
You have to get a feel for the substance of the past, the depth of roots, the art of construction, the relation with light, the appeal of good food, one's relationship with a site, and the diversity of the different areas.
What you see counts of course, but as far as I'm concerned, a tour is only successful when people have had a good time, when I've managed, throughout the tour, to take them behind the scenes, to give them a sense of how people lived in those days and how we live in the city today.
I'm often delighted to hear people say they want to come back and spend more time here.

I started out by working as a lecturing guide for a travel agency for 7 years. Then I decided to settle permanently and resumed my initial job as a guide in my hometown.
I have a passion for History, and the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in particular, and the history of art, and therefore particularly enjoy being in this city which boasts several centuries of history.
I love good food, and really blossom in this capital of gastronomy, where good food is part of local culture. So I quite naturally took an interest in the history of food and chefs.
So many passions I intend to share with you during your next visit.
Kind regards from Lyon!

Hello, I've been a lecturing guide for the Tourist Information Office for many years. Although I should have retired a long time ago, I'm lucky to still be able to share my passion for Lyon with visitors.
After studying the History of Art and Archaeology at university and spending two years in Rome to perfect my Italian, I joined what was then the Tourist Information Office, seeing the city change over the years.
In addition to the pleasure of sharing my knowledge, my passions are my family, my grandchildren, and travelling abroad, with a slight preference for Roman civilisation, which always brings me back to Lugdunum…

Lyon has been my city of adoption for several decades now, so as a polyglot with a lovely Austrian accent to boot and a passion for Lyon, I'm here to take you on a discovery tour of the city and its surrounding areas.
I'll be delighted to guide you through this great city, from Roman times to the 21st century!

"Look and listen to the stones of my city".
Teaching people to look, telling stories, making sense of things, that's mainly what motivates me in my job.
My own personal story has mainly unfolded in Lyon, which I have proudly seen blossom over the past decades.
Sharing with visitors from all over the world -I speak English and German- the beauty of my city is a great pleasure to me, and an honour. But what I also like is talking to the locals themselves, while helping them understand the specific characteristics of their area.

Lyon adopted me 34 years ago and I love it!
Studying languages and the history of art as well as having a passion for history determined my career as a lecturing guide.
Although I moved to Lyon by chance, I must admit I love this city and feel happy here!
I love Lyon for its past and present that combine and merge in the melting pot of history, and are also apparent in its incredible vitality that many city's envy!
I adore the uniqueness of Lyon… its glorious Roman past which archaeologists never tire of revisiting, as well as Vieux-Lyon, its Renaissance area (second only to Venice) and its secret and mysterious traboules.
My love for Lyon also resides in my love of food, as this world capital of gastronomy boasts a record of one restaurant for 294 people!
I love Lyon for its culture, its biennials and its museums which are the stuff dreams are made of!
So many reasons that explain why I'm so very attached to Lyon and wouldn't leave it for an empire..., as far as I'm concerned, it's ONLY LYON!

How lucky I am to have been able to study the history of art and archaeology in Lyon. It's magic! From the Roman theatres to the Musée des Confluences, past, present and future combine in beauty and harmony, just like the gold, silver and silk threads woven by the canuts.
Let's set out for a spot of "trabouling" with Rabelais' ghost, who will lead us from Hôtel-Dieu to the wealthy homes of the merchant bankers in Vieux-Lyon, stopping at inns, bouchons or star-rated restaurants on the way…
Let your eyes feast on the golden light that's worthy of Italy, and gilds the slopes of Croix-Rousse on summer evenings as you stroll along the embankment amid the seagulls and boats.
I love this city because life is so sweet here, and I love telling visitors all about it, as the enthusiastic urbanist in me sees the city as a living organism.

I was born in the north of France and decided to come to Lyon about fifteen years ago to finish my studies… and I've been here ever since!
My interest in foreign languages and heritage led me to study for a lecturing guide diploma prior to branching out to accompany groups in France and abroad
Having starting out in Bourgogne, I now work as a guide in Lyon and the surrounding area (Vienne, Beaujolais, southern Bourgogne, Pérouges).
What I still really enjoy about this job are the human encounters and the wide variety of themes broached. It's never boring!
My favourite place in Lyon: Les Jardins du Rosaire… an absolute must!

I've always lived in Lyon, and I love it.
I particularly like going up onto Croix-Rousse hill, where I lived for many years, to look out over the city.
What a view! You never tire of admiring the constantly changing panorama of the city, and the view that extends all the way to the Alps. This area has lost nothing of its authenticity.
Follow me! Let's "débarouler" down the slope and stairs in the footsteps of the "canuts", the weavers who secured Lyon's fortune during the 19th century.
In Lyon, there's plenty of History of course, and plenty of stories to be told, but there's also Gastronomy and the "bouchons"... A whole past and art de vivre à la Lyonnaise that I'll be delighted to help you discover and enjoy.

The decision to change my choice of studies to the History of Art at university, then to attend the School of Art and Communication was an obvious choice.
I completed by studies with a diploma to be a lecturing guide, which is an essential prerequisite when training to be a guide…
Having always lived between Rhône and Saône, I love travelling the length and breadth of Lyon. With each new viewpoint, I add new touches to my internal painting of its landscape.
In a city that lies at the crossroads of so many different influences, I never tire of going from one area to another, experiencing the change of century, architecture and atmosphere.
Discovering Lyon, is also about meeting the locals, past and present, that have marked the city, and to whom we owe our heritage, our particular characteristics, our "lyonnitude".

My tours invite you to view the city like a tightrope walker balancing between light-heartedness and knowledge, gastronomy and architecture, silk and alchemy, football and botany, cinema and historic periods... And many other subjects that are the essence of Lyon.
Although I'm interested in the world in general, I chose to return to the city where I grew up, not to work but to pursue a passion: guiding visitors through Lyon, my home town. I will take you on a trip through time, from past to future, in a city where you can never be bored, and where there's something of interest for every generation. .
So if you want to discover the different areas in Lyon like a real little "gone" (street urchin), don't hesitate to follow me! I've worn out many pairs of trainers in the traboules and on the slopes of the three hills, I'm acquainted with Guignol's entire repertoire, and know where you can enjoy the best mâchons.
If you're interested, I'll be waiting under the horse's tail!

When seeking to share Lyon's heritage with people, I like to broach the question from the viewpoint of technical skills and know-how, and even economy, whether it's architecture and town planning, or vineyards and gastronomy.
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