For the traveller from Paris, and that city’s rather monochrome palette of grey to greyer (with splashes of very intermittent colour to relieve the gloom, for Paris knows that it’s a resolutely northern place, and its buildings reflect those often cloudy skies), the first thing that strikes you about Lyon, 250 miles to the south, are the warm colours. Someone described the city’s overall appearance as like a crate of peaches ripening in the sun and this captures it nicely, as the red roofs and sun-bleached, fading stone more than hint of Le Midi, a hop-skip-and-jump down the Rhône Valley (Vienne? Valence? Montélimar?). It’s no accident that Lyon is almost exactly on the same latitude as Milan and Venice, as there is more than a hint of the Italianate in the ochre walls. Lyon is a lovely open city, with significant elevation on one side - reminiscent of Grenoble - looking east over the rivers divided by Presqu'île across the rest of town. The most charming bit is the oldest bit, as is always the case in most French (and other countries’) cities. I almost gave myself a double hernia trying to romp up Fourvière Hill, but the pain soon eased when I clocked the majestic views from atop. There are also significant Roman ruins up here that are more extensive than I’d expected; a couple of theatres and other sundry bits and bobs. Least said about the Basilica (a sort of Romanesque/Byzantine mess of a mash-up) itself, the better. The reason to be up here are the views. The best church in Lyon is the main cathedral just down the hill. The rest of the time is best spent just aimlessly wandering. The old working-class district of La Croix-Rousse, is a (slightly gentrified) throwback to Lyon’s industrial past; a kind of self-contained village within the city. Place Bellecour, the city’s main square is a big, pompous, unwieldy thing and resembles nothing so much as a military parade ground. You can imagine Napoleon rallying his troops here on his way back from exile, (even if he never did). But minor quibbles aside, Lyon can easily cope with 3 days of your life. I still can’t quite decide if its ‘northern’ or ‘southern’, though; I have always personally marked the start of Le Midi on this side of France at Montélimar, but on a midsummer’s day in Lyon, with the cicadas’ electric buzzing filling the air: this could well be the ‘true’ south. But where oh, where, are the shutters?!

@NathaliesWorld9

Ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you for taking your time and writing such a long comment about Lyon) maybe you can add something about my video about Paris kzread.info/dash/bejne/dGaptNOEg6Sbnso.htmlsi=eZdfvrcj20FZJp3L

I have booked a vacation to France and will be visiting Lyon . This video has helped so much!

@NathaliesWorld9

Жыл бұрын

Thank a lot! If you Plan to visit Paris and Versailles check my video guides too!

@emilybruce368

Жыл бұрын

@@NathaliesWorld9 that's awesome to hear! I will check them out. Would be great to fit all 3 in.

Spectacular video. So informative and great quality video. Thank you for sharing. We are visiting Paris and Lyon next September. Thank you so much for putting this together.

@NathaliesWorld9

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching) I have a France playlist if you would like to check it out) and loas of videos about Thailand

Thanks for the video, you convinced me and will be visiting Lyon soon!

@NathaliesWorld9

11 ай бұрын

Oh really! I am very honored! It’s a really great city to visit, the best cuisine in France!

I love the archetecture, I love art these murals are fantastic, also good commentary

@NathaliesWorld9

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Lyon has a lot of those mural paintings. I just showed the 2 most known. You can find more about it there: www.lyon-nature.fr/lyon-et-ses-fresques-murales/

Good to see this video. Beautiful houses and streets to see.

@NathaliesWorld9

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I really enjoyed visiting this city.

Beautiful place, nice video. Thanks for uploading ... Have a nice day!

@NathaliesWorld9

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Thanks ,really good video .one of the best I have seen .🙏👍🥂

@NathaliesWorld9

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much) I am happy to hear that! I am trying to make my city travel guides informative for travelers to visit. You can find more cities and countries in my playlists!

Just the video I was looking forward . Have a binge watching travel videos . Yours is the best by far . New subscriber too

@NathaliesWorld9

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. I'm really happy that you appreciate my video. I always try to make them informative.

La plus belle ville de France ❤️

@NathaliesWorld9

10 ай бұрын

Merci!

Nice video in Lyon & Nice Fresques de Lyon !

@NathaliesWorld9

Жыл бұрын

Thank you) this Sunday comes a new video about Nature and wildlife near Lyon) you can watch too!

Nice video. Was hoping you would explain how to get from one place to the next using public transport

@NathaliesWorld9

2 ай бұрын

Oh! Then it will be 2 hours video)

@cedriclloyd5571

2 ай бұрын

@@NathaliesWorld9 Lol. I can't seem to find no video like the other cities of people showing how to buy tickets and the cost and etc lol. But I found some website blogs explaining it. Guess I will buy like 24hr ticket. Thank you

@NathaliesWorld9

2 ай бұрын

I mostly walked between all the sights

I"m so glad to find your videos especially now that I am going to Lyon France. Thank you for your great videos. Do you have anything on suggestions for lodging in Lyon?

@NathaliesWorld9

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching) not really as my in-lows house is nearby. So we don’t stay in a hotel. I would say go to AIRbnb because it will be a more authentic experience

i never knew lyon had such peinture murales

@NathaliesWorld9

Жыл бұрын

You can learn more about it there (in french sorry 😊) www.lyon-nature.fr/lyon-et-ses-fresques-murales/

Live here already.

@NathaliesWorld9

10 ай бұрын

Great! My city! Then you can recommend more places?

Nice......111..............

@NathaliesWorld9

5 ай бұрын

Have been to Lyon?

Nathalie's~ fantastic - have a good day-=)

@NathaliesWorld9

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Watch my other city guides! Like Paris, Istanbul, Melbourne, Hanoi, Shanghai, Bangkok

"Neşe, hayatı güzel yapan şeydir. Bizi zorluklardan geçiren ve gölgeleri aydınlatmak için ışığın içeri girmesine izin veren şeydir. Neşe yaralarımızı iyileştirir, bize büyüklüğe ilham verir ve ruhlarımızı iyilikle doldurur."

@NathaliesWorld9

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😊

il y a aussi le centre commercial de la part dieu le plus grand de france et le chateau des frères lumière les inventeurs du cinéma a visiter

@NathaliesWorld9

6 ай бұрын

Oui c'est vrai! Je devrais inclure dans ma prochaine vidéo la partie 2

Perfect video, even the music is too loud comparing to your speach.

@NathaliesWorld9

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes, I already worked out music issue in my latest videos)

Hi , nice city , are you Russian ?

@NathaliesWorld9

3 ай бұрын

French of Russian and Ukrainian descent)

Hard to understand her accent

@NathaliesWorld9

10 ай бұрын

Which accent?