4-Day Lyon Bouchons, Silk Quarter & Riverside City Break
France's food capital: traboules, bouchons and two rivers.
- Destination: Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
- Duration: 4 days / 3 nights
- Budget: 536–700 GBP
- Estimated cost: 536 GBP
Day-by-day plan
Day 1: Arrive and Presqu'ile
Stay in Presqu'ile.
Morning: Tram from the airport to Part-Dieu.
Afternoon: Place Bellecour and the Presqu'ile shopping streets.
Evening: First bouchon dinner.
Day 2: Vieux Lyon and Fourviere
Wear flat shoes for cobbled slopes.
Morning: Funicular up to Fourviere Basilica and Roman theatres.
Afternoon: Traboules of Vieux Lyon.
Evening: Riverside walk along the Saone.
Day 3: Croix-Rousse
Les Halles closes mid-afternoon.
Morning: Silk workshops and the Maison des Canuts.
Afternoon: Les Halles Paul Bocuse food hall.
Evening: Wine bar in the 1st arrondissement.
Day 4: Confluence
The park zoo is free.
Morning: Confluence museum where the rivers meet.
Afternoon: Parc de la Tete d'Or.
Evening: Farewell bouchon or brasserie.
Budget
- Flights — Return fare anchor: lastminute.com's London-Lyon route page lists return flights from £63 per person (one-way from £40) (lastminute.com/flights/r_london--lyon, checked 4 Nov 2026); 'from' fares are lead-in prices including taxes and do not guarantee availability on specific dates. — 63 GBP
- Accommodation — 3 nights sole occupancy at about £80 per night for a central hotel in Presqu'ile. — 240 GBP
- Food & drink — Roughly £40 per day covering bouchon lunches, market halls and patisserie. — 160 GBP
- Local transport — Airport tram link and the metro/funicular network. — 18 GBP
- Activities — Fourviere Basilica, museums and a river cruise. — 55 GBP
Tips
- Vieux Lyon: Renaissance old town with hidden traboule passageways.
- Fourviere Basilica: Hilltop basilica with panoramic city views.
- Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse: Temple of Lyonnaise gastronomy.
- Croix-Rousse: Historic silk-weavers' quarter on the hill.