Yesterday, I showed you the view of Fourvière looking up and today I’ll show you what’s up there!
First is the matter of getting up there you can either take the stairs:
Or the Funicular:
I’ll let you decide which one I took 😂
Up on top of the hill is a few sites worth mentioning first up: Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière:
Just a few steps from the Basilique is La Tour Métallique (aka the baby Eiffel Tower) which was finished 5 years after the Eiffel Tower.
A few steps in the other direction from the Basilique is Lugdunum Musée et Théâtres, which is the museums and accompanying ruins to the first civilization in Lyon (called Lugdunum at the time).
Then it was off to explore more of Vieux Lyon. One thing Lyon is famous for is its Traboules, which are little passageways that connect the main streets. They were originally used by the silk workers to move silk works from one production area to another (but they also came quite in handy during WW2 for the Résistance).
More Vieux Lyon pics….
For dinner, we ate at a bouchon which is a typically Lyonnaise restaurant.
After dinner we went and looked at some street art, but I’ll save that for my next post!