Often hailed as the gastronomic capital of France, Lyon promises a feast for the palate, senses and imagination. The Rhône and Saône rivers carve through the city, their banks adorned with ...

In the case of Lyon, the city's reputation precedes it. Known as France's gastronomic capital, Lyon boasts a whopping 17 ...

Lyon boasts some 2,000 restaurants and I've never found two Lyonnais who could agree on a favourite – this is a city where you really do have to try very hard indeed to find a bad meal.

In the Croix-Rousse district of Lyon, residential buildings tower over the city, narrow gaps between them revealing slivers of the Rhône River flowing below, carving through the pastel-hued ...

From the Fourvière terrace, you can take in a commanding view of Lyon's old town, with its Renaissance roofs sporting uniform chimneys, and the Presqu'île's elegant 19th-century architecture.

LYON is the gastronomic capital of a country obsessed with food. But there’s so much more than eating to explore in its evocative old town. It has more than 2,000 years of history to discover… ...