Rhône: what to see and do
45 sites listed in the département. Around Lyon, whose historic site is listed by UNESCO and whose cuisine is world-renowned, the Rhône cultivates an exceptional urban and wine heritage with the Monts du Lyonnais and the first slopes of the Beaujolais. This département charms with its cultural and culinary vitality.
l'Aquarium du Grand Lyon
Come and experience a real world tour of fresh and salt waters. Dive into European rivers and let yourself drift to tropical seas, passing through the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and the great African lakes.
Musée et sites de Saint-Romain-en-Gal- Vienne
The Saint-Romain-en-Gal archaeological museum is in Saint-Romain-en-Gal in the Rhône département above the archaeological site of the same name, in the heart of the ancient Roman city of Vienna.
Site historique de Lyon
UNESCO World Heritage since 1998, the Historic Site of Lyon is one of the largest protected urban ensembles in Europe: Renaissance Old Lyon and its traboules, the Fourvière hill and its basilica, the Presqu'île and the slopes of Croix-Rousse tell two thousand years of unbroken history since the Roman foundation of Lugdunum.
Cathédrale Saint Jean
Château de Bionnay
At the end of the twentieth century, several buyers followed one another. Among them, in 1994, Philippe Bally, inventor and industrial artist.
Château de Corcelles-en-Beaujolais
The château de Corcelles was built on a Carolingian-era lookout post. The Douby river that flows at the foot of the château marked the boundary between the dioceses of Autun and Lyon, the counties of Burgundy and the Beaujolais.
Château de Francheville
Château de Janzé
The château de Janzé is in the commune of Marcilly-d'Azergues, in the Rhône département, north-west of Lyon, on the slope of a valley overlooking the Azergues valley.
Château de Jarnioux
Built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the château de Jarnioux is one of the best preserved in the Beaujolais, since it never knew a siege. Its 6 towers, one of which 30 metres high, punctuate its imposing structure.
Château de Lissieu
Château de Montmelas
The château de Montmelas, of which written traces exist from the year 970, was initially a stronghold of the lords of Beaujeu.
Château de Ménival
Château de Rapetour
A thirteenth-century château. Inner courtyard with Renaissance galleries and stone column, coats of arms.
Château de Rochebonne
The main building is flanked by two large round towers. Triangular pediments and terraces with stone balustrade.
Château de Rochetaillée-sur-Saone
The château now houses the Automobile Museum belonging to the City of Lyon, one of the finest French collections, due to its former owner, car enthusiast Henri Malartre.
Château de Saint-Cyr
Château de Saint-Trys
Château de Sans-Souci
Château de la Bachasse
Château de la Chaize
Since 1967, the castle has been the property of the Marquise de Roussy de Sales who thus succeeded her aunt the Marquise de Montaigu, then the last descendant of this long family line.
Château de la Fontaine
Château du Sou
Château du Tourvéon
Château-Musée de Lacroix Laval
At the gates of the Lyon urban area, the Lacroix-Laval estate houses a sixteenth-century château in the heart of a 115-ha natural park of greenery.
Château-Perret
La Basilique de Fourvière
The basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière overlooks the city of Lyon from the top of the Fourvière hill, on the site of the old Forum of Trajan.
Labyland
Lac des Sapins
Mini World Lyon
An indoor animated miniatures park, opened in 2016 at Vaulx-en-Velin, which recreates towns, countryside and mountains with trains and autonomous vehicles.
Musée Espace Pierres Folles
Musée Miniature et Cinéma
Musée d'Histoire de Lyon, les Musée
The Gadagne museum (or Hôtel de Gadagne) is a museum in the heart of Old Lyon, in the Saint-Jean district of Lyon.
Musée de l'imprimerie de Lyon
Musée de la résistance et de la déportation
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
The Lyon Fine Arts Museum is a municipal museum founded in 1801 and located on Place des Terreaux in a former Benedictine abbey, the Abbey of the Ladies of Saint-Pierre, a listed historic monument better known as the Palais Saint-Pierre.
Musée des Confluences
Musée des Tissus et Musée des Arts
Musée gallo-romain de Fourvière
The museum of Gallo-Roman civilisation is in Lyon, near the Roman theatres, on the Fourvière hill, once in the heart of the Roman city of Lugdunum.
Observatoire de Lyon
Oingt
Oingt is a magnificent medieval village, listed and restored, perched on a spur overlooking the Azergues valley where the "Route Fleurie" passes, linking the most beautiful villages of the Pays des Pierres Dorées.
Parc de Courzieu
Parc de la Tête d'Or
Planétarium de Vaulx en Velin
l'Ile du Beurre
