I will be visiting Lyon, in France late July with my husband and child aged six and would like to know what places of interest we can add to our itinerary, bearing in mind that we have a six year old child with us.
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Last year I went to Lyon with my family and I visited many different areas. Below, I have given you some information on what you mind find in Lyon:
Lyon boasts an impressive array of parks and playful options. The zoo at the Tete d’Or Park, Fourviere and City adventure parks, the Aquarium and Safari Parks all top the to do lists of visiting children. Another interesting park is the mysterious medieval Barbe Island, just outside the city center in the ninth arrondissement. Silk workshops that demonstrate how Lyon’s proudest export is made, an International Puppet Museum and kids programming at the Opera House and Auditorium make for interesting additions to the usual urchin activities.
For an unusual way of getting to your next destination, Cyclopolitain is a high tech-looking rickshaw that provides taxi service for the price of a bus. It’s a fun way to see the sights.
Outside the city
From May to September Pilat Park organizes more than forty nature excursions suitable for all ages. Gimel peat bog, Malleval vineyards and slopes, Bessat natural forest and the “chirats” rock slides are all explained by specialists.
Families will want to visit the sites of the recently created Monts d’Ardèche Nature Reserve, including – Arc Bridge, Chauvet Grotto, Mont Gerbier de Jonc, Ray Pic waterfall and Païolive wood. Exciting adventures in the vicinity include camping overnight in the Ardèche gorges, traveling by kayak, exploring the numerous grottos with professional cavers, riding the rapids in a canoe or canyoning.
In summer families can mountain bike or try a donkeyback ride through the dark mysterious forests of spruces and firs of the Chartreuse Nature Reserve. Depending on the season, visit the reserve on foot, on horseback, in snowshoes, on a mountain bike or on the back of a donkey following the marked trails stretching for 100 km.
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Put the silk museum on your list of things to see, and you might want to do the guided walk of the traboules (covered passages between streets).
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Of course doing the traboules is a must-do with kids, something very specific in Lyon. Ask for the maps at the tourist office on place Bellecour, you won%26#39;t need a guided tour. Tourists usually goes to the Renaissance district only (saint Jean in the old Lyon), but the most impressive traboules are on the Croix-Rousse hill, the former silk workers area. Start with the Cour des Voraces, the most spectacular one and get down the hill to place des Terreaux through the traboules, your kid is going to love it (like a treasure hunt).
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I would add the roman theaters on the Fourvière hill to your itinerary. Get there with the funicular, and get down the hill with the numerous stairs, the loveliest way is montée Nicolas de Lange that leads to Saint Paul area. Your kid will like walking on the ancient roman road with very big stones and climbing uo the rows in the theaters.
The whole family may also like the musée de la miniature, located in the former Maison des Avocats in Saint-Jean. When you%26#39;ll be in there, think of me, I used to work in this beautiful 15th century house!
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Last but not least. If you like ice creams (sure your 6 year old does!), you%26#39;ll have to stop at our 2 very good places for ice-creams : Les enfants gâtés on place Sathonay (very nice square at the bottom of the Croix-Rousse hill, have a look at the roman amphithéâtre a few steps from there) and Nardone on the Saône bank (left bank near place du Change in Saint Jean). Delicious and original flavours.
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