lundi 18 août 2014

Lyon travel guide

High place of the French gastronomy, Lyon invites you to enjoy its most famous dishes (rosette, jesus, dumplings, fritters) in the famous "caps", these typical small and quaint restaurants. A rich architectural and religious remarkable heritage, the city of Lyon delight for walkers, with its old neighborhoods, the ancient theater, churches and large pedestrian squares, lively day and night. Often wrongly described as a bourgeois town, sleepy, Lyon has been known for thirty years an important cultural and demographic renewal, confirming its status as a European crossroads.
To discover Lyon, we must lose in Old Lyon: walk towards the Basilica of St. John and head towards that of Fourvière. Also inescapable. Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, home to the second artworks collection of France after the Louvre ... The tour will continue in the historic heart of Lyon to visit the peninsula and up Bellecour. Going back to the north-west of the city, the walker will stop up Soils before reaching the area of ​​Croix-Rousse, a great place to have a panoramic view of the city. It should also visit the many museums in Lyon: the Textile, the printing or the Gallo-Roman Museum. Of mini cruises are offered on the Saône towards the island of Barbara. And the traveler will not leave Lyon without eating in one of the famous "caps."
when to go
Lyon knows the harsh winters, better from the spring and early fall for évitre the tourist season (July-August).
Agenda festivities
Do not miss to Lyon:

- In late January-early February: Chaos dance festival in Lyon-Villeurbanne
- End of March: International Fair of Lyon
- In late March and early April: Festival From one world to another (world music)
- May: sound Nights (electronic music)
- June-September: Fourvière Nights in the Roman theater of Fourvière (concerts, dance, theater)
- September: Biennial Dance and Contemporary Art
- Early December: Festival of Lights (street performances, lighting to thank the Virgin for saving Lyon from the plague)
more
- Lyon offers one of the richest and most varied cuisines of France.
gastronomy
SPECIALTIES
We must discover the rich gastronomy of Lyon in the famous caps, typical restaurants
- Sausages (rosette, sausage, jesus ...)
- Lyon Caviar: lentil salad
- Firefighter Apron: slice of tripe marinated in wine and fried
- Dumplings: dish made of semolina, milk and egg in pike flesh, poultry or veal
- Andouillette white wine served in a mustard cream and accompanied by fried potatoes
- Brain weaver: cottage cheese with sour cream, flavored with vinegar, olive oil, white wine, shallots and herbs (parsley, chives)
- The donut: sweet pastry and fried in oil
- The Catch: brioche with candied fruits and chocolates

LOCAL PRODUCTS
Lyon's reputation is well established for:

- The charcutailles (rosette, sausage, sausage ...) and poultry
- Fish
- Vineyards

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