Lyon is a great town. The Romans had the good sense to build way up on the hill, so a visit to the archaeological museum and related sites like the Roman amphitheater, so intact that modern performances are held there, will reward the tourist with a fine view of old Lyon and the artisan food packed countryside around it.
Lyon is famous for its food. Bill Buford, of Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
Vegetarians are excused from this exercise. And if you for some reason have an aversion to words such as “brains” then the exclusion applies to you also. Oh, add lice.
In any case, you know what I like about Lyon besides the food? Color in the streets. It’s a very photogenic place, this Lyon. See the picture up there on the right, for example. Click to see the picture larger.
And the lust for good fresh food (and color) even extends to the stores that sell your vegetables, as you can see from the picture below:
Oh, wait, I’ve fooled you. The picture does not depict a real store at all, but a tiny miniature of a food store. Really. It’s from the Lyon Museum of Miniatures. You must go. Really.
Lyon, France Travel Planning