Lyon is the second largest city in France, a city founded by the Romans and with more than two thousand and five hundred years of history, perhaps because of this we can found so many museums here that are of great importance as the Lumière Museum, dedicated to the Lumière brothers, who were born in Lyon and invented the movie, or the Museum of the Automobile, with one of the largest collections of vehicles of all kinds in the world.

Any trip in Lyon should start for its old quarter, known as Vieux Lyon or Old Lyon. In its narrow and bustling streets we find amazing attractions like the International Museum of Marionettes and the puppets, dedicated to Guignol, which was invented in Lyon, and the International Museum of Miniatures, which brings together a huge collection of models manufactured in the museum.

It is in the Vieux Lyon which takes the tram to go up to the Furvière hill, where is the beautiful Cathedral of Notre Dame of Furvière, one of the most beautiful gothic buildings in France and which has an astonishing view of Lyon. If you visit the cathedral be sure to see the chapel, which is on the right of their entry, and its beautiful crypt, whose lift is left of their entry.

Well worth a visit to the Hotel de Dieu, or General Hospital of Lyon, and is a huge building that had its beginning in the year of 546, the Hotel de Dieu houses one of the most spectacular hospitals museums in the world, with impressive pieces gathered from its foundation, with emphasis on the surgical material of the Middle Ages.

Another unforgettable museum is the Museum of the Resistance, built in the former headquarters of the Gestapo, Hitler's policy police, and dedicated to the resistance to Nazism, Lyon was the capital of the French Resistance, were born there and lived through its most famous leaders.

We also recommend a long walk in the sidewalk on the left bank of the Rhone River, where can be found beautiful fountains and boats that have bars, restaurants and small museums. The walk is especially beautiful at dusk, when the last rays of the sun illuminate the multi colored buildings on the banks of the Rhone River.

Near Lyon and Big Lyon there are great places to visit, as the medieval city of Pérouges and the city of Vienne. Pérouges is a small city all built with stone, which was kept exactly as it was in the Middle Ages, if you visit Pérouges, which may be cycling through the cycle Lyon - Pérouges, be sure to visit his factory of glass artifacts and experience its typical dish, the Gallet of Pérouges, a kind of cobbler. Vienne is a small town that has among its many attractions Roman buildings, including the precious temple of Augustus and Livia, in Charles de Gaulle Square.

Lyon is a beautiful city and, although I love it, I can not find words to describe all its charm, I just add that worth it be known the Parks Tete D'or and of the Birds (which I describe in other article), the boat trip crossing the River Rhone with the meeting of the waters of the Rhone and Saone Rivers, and the districts of Croix Rousse and Furvière, which are the highest points of Lyon, with beautiful views of the city.