Lyon, France - 10 amazing places

Did I pick the best top 10? Did I mispronounce all the place names? let me know!

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Great filming! Great informations!

Nicely done. Will be there for the month of July.

Thank you for sharing. Nice video. I would add Great Synagogue of Lyon though.

For the traveller from Paris, and that city’s rather monochrome palette of grey to greyer (with splashes of very intermittent colour to relieve the gloom, for Paris knows that it’s a resolutely northern place, and its buildings reflect those often cloudy skies), the first thing that strikes you about Lyon, 250 miles to the south, are the warm colours. Someone described the city’s overall appearance as like a crate of peaches ripening in the sun and this captures it nicely, as the red roofs and sun-bleached, fading stone more than hint of Le Midi, a hop-skip-and-jump down the Rhone Valley (Vienne? Valence? Montélimar?) It’s no accident that Lyon is almost exactly on the same latitude as Milan and Venice, as there is more than a hint of the Italianate in the ochre walls. Lyon is a lovely open city, with significant elevation on one side - reminiscent of Grenoble - looking east over the rivers divided by Presqu'île, across the rest of town. The most charming bit is the oldest bit, as is always the case in most French (and other countries’) cities. I almost gave myself a double hernia trying to romp up Fourvière Hill, but the pain soon eased when I clocked the majestic views from atop. There are also significant Roman ruins up here that are more extensive than I’d expected; a couple of theatres and other sundry bits and bobs. Least said about the Basilica (a sort of Romanesque/Byzantine mess of a mash-up) itself, the better. The reason to be up here are the views. The best church in Lyon is the main cathedral just down the hill. The rest of the time is best spent just aimlessly wandering. The old working-class district of La Croix-Rousse is a (slightly gentrified) throwback to Lyon’s industrial past; a kind of self-contained village within the city. Place Bellecour, the city’s main square is a big, pompous, unwieldy thing and resembles nothing so much as a military parade ground. You can imagine Napoleon rallying his troops here on his way back from exile, (even if he never did.) But minor quibbles aside, Lyon can easily cope with 3 days of your life. I still can’t quite decide if its ‘northern’ or ‘southern’, though; I have always personally marked the start of Le Midi on this eastern side of France at Montélimar, but on a midsummer’s day in Lyon, with the cicadas’ electric buzzing filling the air: this could well be the true south. But where oh, where, are the shutters?!

Refreshing; a minimum of music and more commentary. Excellent photography.

Nice video, thank you

J'aime Lyon où j'ai vécu longtemps. C'est une ville très belle, très agréable

Best city in France ❤️

I'm living in Lyon and it has become quite an insecure city. I'm actually thinking about moving in the future to another city.

Another great find Barnyz, such a beautiful city. I love the mix of historic and modern. Views and people watching, what more could you want.

Magnifique vidéo pour faire découvrir notre chére belle ville❤

Bienvenue à Lyon 🫶

Great scenes in Lyon

Impressive city and a great production by you as always, Barnyz! Thanks for the city tour and history!🙏🙂👍

Superbe video Barnyz 👏👌 The narration is great to listen and very interesting. We have been to Lyon in 2006 but only for a day and we saw Place Bellcour and walk on the bridge that leads to the old city …we did love the old city very much . I don’t know the city very well but your 10 highlights were very nice and sure made us want to go back .
Lovely video my friend
Have a nice week
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Great travel video from Lyon.

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Truly love your channel. Keep doing the best work !!!

Hello, Barnyz! I visited many places in France, but not Lyon. I know that's an amazing and historic city to visit nd enjoy and your images show this perfectly. Happy week and see you soon, my friend! Renata

Gorgeous Lyon, I was there many years ago. Your presentation is professional as usual. Very nice night shots and time lapse. Hi Barnyz!

Looked a real big city and a long history too, loved the Roman connection with it being the birthplace of two Emperors. Another superb Cathedral and what an amazing old clock. Mrs Metalman would be very happy with the Old Town and to be fair I would enjoy it too and despite the crowds, I think the train up to the church instead of that hike. Either way worth it for the view inside the church and I never knew France had such amazing Roman ruins as that and what a superb place to watch the setting sun. That that is what I call 'proper' art, none of this modem rubbish, a must see if in the city. Did not realise there was so much to see and do in Lyon and a 'free' zoo too, a great tour around, cheers Alan

Such a beautiful city, definitely worth to visit, excellent travel guide my friend👌👌, you done really good job, thanks for sharing and take care

Very nice, my friend 🙂

Wow, Such a beautiful place and video. Nice walking tour. Thank you for sharing.

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Thanks for another beautiful and informative video trip Barnyz. Your timelapses are incredible, I really love them all <3 Cheers!

Wonderful 👍🏻fantastic filming 🤩thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤗

Very good informative video like this city 👍

Excellent video my friends. We have been to Lyon a couple of times and we love it. I love the museum with the Bartholdi fountain. The first time we visited the city the fountain was completely surrounded by scaffolding, but last year it was not and it looked so beautiful. The interior of Notre Dame is also quite wonderful and one of Mai's favorites in all of Europe. The inside of the church has wonderful lavish decorations and the frescos really compliment that fact. Great video of a really wonderful city my friend (Very enjoyable).👍👍 Have a great weekend and cheers from Shawn and Mai. 🍻🍻