Aquarium Grand Lyon

Aquarium Grand Lyon is a great attraction for families with children. The aquarium has 40 tanks with 5,000 fishes and other sea creatures and is divided into 5 sectors: temperate freshwater, tropical freshwater, sea water, shark pit and 5 senses (where you can stroke some fish and other animals).

• Web:

  www.aquariumlyon.fr

• Address:

  7 rue Stephane Dechant, Lyon

• Phone:

  +33 4 72 66 65 66

• Opening hours:

  Wednesday - Sunday: 11.00am - 07.00pm

Basilique Notre Dame de Fourviere

The Basilica Notre-Dame de Fourvière was built between 1872 and 1884 and has a great position on a hilltop with great views over the city. Today it is a popular attraction for both locals and tourists. The church is decorated with many beautiful details in mosaics, murals and stained glass.

• Web:

  www.fourviere.org

• Address:

  8 Place de Fourviere, Lyon

• Opening hours:

  Everyday : 07.00am - 07.00pm

Boat Trips

Explore Lyon from the river Rhône and admire its heritage while the guide tells you the secrets of the city. In the evening you can have a very romantic dinner cruise. From April to October you can take a boat trip on the Rhône. Different companies operate in the evenings.

• Web:

  www.lyoncityboat.com

• Address:

  2 quai des Célestins, Lyon

• Phone:

  +33 4 78 42 96 81

Institut Lumière

The Institut Lumière is located in Monplasir, the historic district of Lyon. This is where the Lumière brothers invented the Cinématographe and also where they made history by making the first film in 1895. The four-level Lumière Museum allows you to discover the extraordinary inventions of the Lumière brothers, and within the Hangar Prime-Film there are daily movie screenings.

• Web:

  www.institut-lumiere.org

• Address:

  25 rue du Premier-Film, Lyon

• Phone:

  +33 4 78 78 18 95

• Opening hours:

  Tuesday - Sunday : 10.00am - 06.30pm

• More info:

  Monplaisir

Le Centre d’Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation

Lyon housed the core of the Resistance movement, which fought against the occupying German troops during WWII. Many French Jews were deported from here. Everything is explained at the Centre d’Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportationand, and there are also pictures from the trial of the Butcher of Lyon, Klaus Barbie.

• Address:

  14 Avenue Berthelot, Lyon

• Phone:

  +33 4 78 72 23 11

Musée d’Art Contemporain

This fantastic museum is situated on the border of the Park de la Tête d’Or, adjacent to the newly built Congress Center by Renzo Piano. It regularly beats Paris by gaining sole rights to any Andy Warhol exhibition. Next to the Museum, Renzo Piano’s 3,000 seat amphitheater is worth a visit by itself. One of the most audacious architectural juxtapositions: business, arts and leisure activities, all succeed in mingling together in the same living area.

• Web:

  www.mac-lyon.com/mac

• Address:

  81 quai Charles de Gaulle, Lyon

• Phone:

  +33 4 72 69 17 17

• Opening hours:

  Tuesday - Friday : 11.00am - 06.00pm. Weekend : 11.00am - 07.00pm.