- Traveler Rating
10 reviews 27 travel blogs 24 photos Attraction Type:
Ancient ruins
TravelPod Member ReviewsRoman ruins Lyon
-
Loved it
jodebane 0 contribution United States May 15, 2012
The Roman Ruins in Lyon were fantastic. I loved climbing up the stairs, turning your head back, and seeing an amazing view of the city. I wish I'd spent more time in Lyon.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
Traveler PhotosRoman ruins Lyon
Related BlogsRoman ruins Lyon
-
1
Vieux Lyon (World)
... would have made reservations at a good place prior to getting into town. Vieux Lyon is certainly worth visiting though. The Basilica up the hill from there, and the old Roman ruins just down from the Basilica are also worth seeing (but not in Vieux ...
-
2
Tour de France
... were running a little late. We headed further south. Something I didn’t know is that many of the best preserved Roman ruins are in the south of France. We first stopped at Orange and saw the Arc de Triomphe d'Orange, a 2000 year old Roman arch that ...
-
3
Brief summary to friends. Just to say I'm alive
... was easy). My first stop to Perpignan was Vienne - a cute little Gallo-Roman town near Lyon. A day there was enough to appreciate the wonderful roman ruins. So, since it started raining the following morning, I decided to leave and go south. Its ...
-
4
Lyon !
... apologize for my bad sentence structure, it's 12:14am, and I'm really tired...haha. We then visited Vieux Lyon (Old Lyon), and the Roman ruins. After happening upon a breathtaking view, and looking into two churches (one of which was having Mass!), ...
-
5
An afternoon in Lyon
... delicious, but I was still hungry. Not for food, but for sights. I decided to take the funicular nearby up to the Roman Ruins. I walked back through the old town. Walking through a European Old Town is an attraction in itself, I realized. Travel wasn't ...
-
6
Traveling through Provence
... made this his home for a while, and during World War II, it was virtually destroyed in the allied bombings. There still remains Roman ruins in the city. On our walk, we walked up to The Amphitheater. This was built about 90 A.D., and ...
-
7
Large city packed with Roman ruins
Awesome ruins, plus the incredibly moving and disturbing Museum of the Resistance and the Deportation ...
-
8
Weekend in Lyon
... hilly too and I decided not to take any public transportation. It was all feet today. The first thing I did was head to the Roman ruins, and then from there noticed there as a huge basilica nearby so I went to check that out too. Luckily there was a ...
-
9
Lyon - Roman Ruins.
... , but this was heaven. We dumped our packs and headed straight out to explore, and found the funicular that took you up the hill to Roman ruins and majestic church. We didn't have the right change so were trying to work out the French so we could buy our ...
-
10
Lyon
... great place to retire to, so me may be leaving him behind. It is right on the Rhone River, and full of old Roman Ruins. Most interesting to him was the portion of Roman Road, complete with high street signs for viewing in the chariots, and ...
Roman ruins Map
- Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
- Tete d'Or
- Opéra National de Lyon
- Palais Saint-Pierre
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Maison des Avocats
- Maison des Canuts
- Musee des Beaux-Arts
- Le Hot Club
- Musee de l'Imprimerie de Lyon
- Amphitheater of the Three Gauls (Amphitheatre des Trois Gaules)
- The Presqu'île
- Musee Gadagne Histoire de Lyon & Marionnettes du Monde
- Rue de la Republique
- Croix-Rousse
- Fourvière Hill
- Cathedral Saint Jean Baptiste
- Place Bellecour
- Basilique Notre Dame de Fourviere
- Musee des Tissus et des Arts Decoratif