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Basilique Notre-Dame de
Fourvière
Start at this massive hilltop basilica
(www.fourviere.org; place de Fourvière, 5e;
STRETCH rooftop tours adult/child €7/4; h8am-6.45pm,
tours Apr-Nov), whose terrace offers stun-
YOUR LEGS ning panoramas of Lyon, the Rhône and
Saône Rivers, and even distant Mont
Blanc on clear days.
LYON The Walk » Head southwest along rue Roger
Radisson for 250m to the Gallo-Roman Museum.
Musée Gallo-Romain de
Fourvière
Ancient Gallo-Roman artefacts from
the Rhône Valley are displayed at this
Start/Finish Basilique Notre- hillside museum (%04 73 38 49 30; 17
Dame de Fourvière rue Cléberg, 5e; adult/child €4/free, Thu free;
h10am-6pm Tue-Sun). Next door are two
Distance 3km ancient Roman theatres, the 10,000-seat
Théâtre Romain and the smaller odéon.
Duration 2½ hours
The Walk » Descend rue Cléberg 200m, then
turn left into leafy Parc des Hauteurs, following
the main path downhill 400m to Montée St-
Barthélémy. Walk downhill about 50m on Montée
Stroll through two millennia of St-Barthélémy and turn right into Montée des
Lyonnais history, from the Gallo- Chazeaux, down to rue du Bœuf. Turn right then
immediately left into rue de la Bombarde for about
Roman settlement of Lugudunum 30m. Take the first street to the right (rue des
Antonins) until you reach the cathedral.
to Lyon’s avant-garde 20th-century Cathédrale St-Jean
opera house; along the way, three This partly Romanesque, partly Flam-
secret medieval passageways and a boyant Gothic cathedral (place St-Jean,
pedestrian bridge across the Saône 5e; h8.15am-7.45pm Mon-Fri, to 7pm Sat &
Sun;) was built between the late 11th
River are thrown in just for fun. and early 16th centuries. Don’t miss
the astro nomical clock in the north
transept, which chimes elaborately at
noon, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm daily.
The Walk » Go back to rue du Bœuf and stop at
house number 27 (on your right).
Traboules
Throughout Vieux Lyon, secret passages
known as traboules (from the Latin
transambulare, ‘to walk through’) wind
Take this walk on Trip through apartment blocks and court-
yards, up stairs and down corridors,
1k connecting streets with one another in
unexpected ways. In all, 315 passages

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