I've written about Lyon many times in the past, but since my desires to visit the city are as of yet unfulfilled, I will gladly take an opportunity to follow in Anthony Peregrine's footsteps as he travels there for The Times (U.K.). Starting off in Vieux Lyon, there's a taste of the Renaissance, and the frightening information that the city fathers once considered bulldozing the area for urban renewal. Happily, that disaster was avoided, and now you can still poke around in the unique walkways (called traboules) which connect the buildings in this vicinity. There's shopping, of course, as well as museums dedicated to the filmmaking Lumière Brothers and the Resistance (whose leader, Jean Moulin, died in Lyon). And this being Lyon, food is king, with restaurants ranging from master chef Paul Bocuse's temples of cuisine to the bouchons, the characteristic eateries of the city.
For more, be sure to go to my Rhône Alpes index, where there's a wealth of material.
Did I mention the fantastic Iranian restaurant we found on a little side street in Lyon?
Posted by: Bob | May 06, 2008 at 02:47 PM