If you're arriving at Perrache train station than I recommend this walk as a good introduction to Lyon: walk across Place Carnot (beware of drug users, prostitutes and pickpockets who plague this square from 9pm onwards), follow Rue Victor Hugo to its end stopping to look at the top name boutiques and shops.

At the end of Rue Victor Hugo is Place Bellecour. From Place Bellecour turn left to cross the Saone river and enter the Fourvière district via the Pont Bonaparte. Go straight across Quai Fulchiron and enter Place St Jean and explore old Lyon at your own pace.

Walk out of Perrache train station and keep going straight

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'Le Crayon' is the Lyonnais nickname for the Crédit Lyonnais skyscraper which is visible from everywhere in Lyon and is the tallest skyscraper outside of Paris. For us Brits it rather resembles Canary Wharf.

Next to the Part Dieu metro station - it can also be seen from Part Dieu train station

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The cathédrale St Jean towers over the Saone river and can be seen from most places in the city. It dominates the old city of Lyon and has a delicious interior which is vast.

Tall columns support richly painted ceilings and beautifully crafted stained glass windows. Don't miss the famous astronomical clock and a copy of the Black Madonna in Częstochowa in Poland.

Free entry

Place St Jean

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