Walks · Lyon · English
7 narrated stops, 21 minutes of stories, 3.7 km on foot. Press play at each stop — no app needed — or open the walk in Avsha and let the stories keep coming as you move.
Stop 1 · 3 min
In short: The name Fourvière is a remnant of the Latin phrase "Forum Vetus," meaning "the Old Forum." This site was once the administrative and religious center of Lugdunum, the capital of the Three Gauls.
↓ 700 m · 10 min to the next stop
Stop 2 · 3 min
In short: The Tour Rose is located at number 16 Rue du Bœuf in Old Lyon. This Renaissance spiral staircase is housed in a courtyard accessed via a traboule, a secret passageway silk workers used to keep fabric dry during transport.
↓ 600 m · 8 min to the next stop
Stop 3 · 3 min
In short: Created by Daniel Buren and Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Sens dessus dessous is a giant periscope in Place des Célestins. It features a rotating circular mirror that reflects the architecture of a seven-story underground parking garage located beneath the square.
↓ 300 m · 5 min to the next stop
Stop 4 · Le Mur des Canuts, Lyon, France · 3 min
In short: Spanning over twelve hundred square meters, Le Mur des Canuts in Lyon is the largest trompe-l’œil mural in Europe. Created in 1987 and updated twice, the artwork reflects the evolution of the Croix-Rousse district and its silk-weaving history.
↓ 50 m · 1 min to the next stop
Stop 5 · Place Bellecour, Lyon, France · 3 min
In short: Place Bellecour is one of Europe's largest pedestrian squares and the largest in France not paved with stone or grass. It features unique dusty red soil and a monumental bronze statue of King Louis XIV riding bareback in a Roman style.
↓ 1.4 km · 21 min to the next stop
Stop 6 · Place des Terreaux, Lyon, France · 3 min
In short: Place des Terreaux is famous for its Bartholdi fountain, the Hôtel de Ville, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts. Once a site for the guillotine, the square now features sixty-nine modern pavement fountains designed by artist Daniel Buren.
↓ 600 m · 8 min to the next stop
Stop 7 · 3 min
In short: The canuts were master silk weavers in Lyon. They led a historic 1831 industrial uprising after silk merchants refused to honor a minimum price for labor, marching under the motto "Live working, or die fighting."