The 15 Best Lyon Tours & Food Walks

1.Lyon City Hop-on Hop-off Sightseeing Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 1,614 reviews · 1 - 2 days · from $29Our pick

Use Lyon’s open-top hop-on hop-off bus to get your bearings, ride up to Fourvière Basilica, pass the Painted Wall and Vieux Lyon, and reach the Confluence Museum. The free multilingual REWIND app supplies audio commentary, so bring a charged phone and your own earphones.

“An excellent way of getting a quick tour of Lyon. It allows you to visit the highlight areas of such a beautiful city. I highly recommend!”

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2.Musée de l’illusion Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 1,023 reviews · 1 hour · from $22

Step into Lyon’s Museum of Illusions for hands-on optical tricks, holograms, puzzles, and photo rooms where you can appear to float, shrink, or stand upside down. You explore at your own pace, usually in about an hour, with no guide or food included.

“Le musée fait découvrir pas mal d illusions mais soyons honnête s il n y a pas foule la visite dure 30 minutes max! La foule ce fut la problématique majeure pendant cette visite. Le gens vous poussent, vous passent devant sans cesse… personne n était là pour gérer le flux de personnes qui nous a mené vers la sortie avant d avoir accès à un dernier atelier monopolisé par des personnes qui y sont restés au moins 20 minutes… 64 euros à 4 c est plus cher que Disney a la minute !”

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3.Vieux Lyon Cultural & Historical Walking Guided Tour (English)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 942 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $6Best value

Meet guide Paul at Place Saint-Jean for a two-hour English walk through Vieux Lyon. See the cathedral clock, secret traboules, silk-making history, the Klaus Barbie courthouse, Théâtre des Célestins, and Hôtel Dieu. Expect a small listed group, useful food tips, and a nominal fee plus tip.

“Paul was a very good guide and engaging speaker. It was a great introduction to the city and its history. Lots of restaurant suggestions and further sightseeing suggestions.”

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4.Private Walking Tour of “Traboules” in the Old Town

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 866 reviews · 2h 30m · from $43

Meet Yannick, or Yan, at the fountain by Lyon Cathedral for a 150-minute walk through Vieux Lyon. You’ll enter lesser-known traboules, hear stories of silk workers and Resistance meetings, and see passages that are easy to miss without a local guide.

“My wife and I enjoy these sorts of tours and Yannik provided one of the best experiences we have ever had. He was extremely informative and very witty. His description of the Swiss soldiers who sacked Lyon in the 16th century as "nasty chocolate soldiers" will probably be stuck in my head for the rest of my life. We highly recommend him as a tour guide.”

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5.City Highlights Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 847 reviews · 90 minutes - 2 hours · from $25

Join Aidan or Ryan for a relaxed Lyon walking tour in English or French. Choose a 2-hour route with up to 10 people, Fourvière Basilica, Roman theatres, and 10 major sights, or a 90-minute route covering five essentials over 2 kilometers.

“Aiden was amazing. He had so much knowledge regarding Lyon and we had a great walk around the city”

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6.Lyon Highlights & Secrets Walking Guided Tour (small group) including Funicular

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 831 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $39

Join Toni and a maximum of 10 people for a three-hour English walking tour through Place des Terreaux, Vieux Lyon, and Fourvière Hill. Ride the funicular, enter a traboule, hear Lyon’s story, and finish with practical food and sightseeing tips.

“we had a small group walking tour of Lyon and were very happy to have Toni as our tour guide. Toni is very knowledgeable, friendly, energetic, and having a great sense of humor. We strongly recommend this tour to appreciate Lyon much more.”

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7.Highlights and Hidden Gems of Lyon Guided Walking Tour (English)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 750 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $6

Start at Lyon’s Museum of Fine Arts and walk through Croix-Rousse, secret traboules, Passage Thiaffait, and Vieux Lyon. Guide Paul brings the city’s silk trade, food, architecture, and past to life in clear English. Expect a brisk route with plenty of stairs and useful tips for the rest of your stay.

“To see the most interesting places in two hours with a knowledgable guide living in Lyon was a good start to our two dags in Lyon. We would not have found some of these places on our own.”

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8.Food Tour in Lyon – A Full Taste of France by Do Eat Better

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 603 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $92

Spend about 3.5 hours walking Lyon with an English-speaking local guide, tasting wine, Rosette de Lyon, quenelle, sweets, praluline, and chocolate. The route starts and ends at Place Saint-Jean, includes a full meal in tasting portions, and is limited to 12 people.

“Excellent tour with great history information as well as food and wine sampling. Our guide, Elizabetya did a fabulous job. She is very knowledgeable and also very friendly. She has well maintained relationships with the owners of the establishments that we visited.”

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9.Lyon Old Town Food Tour with 6 French Delicacies & Fine Wine

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 575 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $130

Walk from Temple du Change through Vieux Lyon and across to Place Bellecour, stopping for charcuterie, cheeses, pastries, wine, a bouchon lunch, chocolate, and Mokxa coffee. English-speaking guides such as Nathalie, Charlotte, Anna, and Oliver add Lyon’s food traditions and city stories. Groups are capped at 12.

“This tour was a comprehensive food experience of Vieux Lyon. Our guide, Nathalie, brought us to several local spots to test regional dishes from an apéro to a plate in a local bouchon (both featuring local wines) to sweets and chocolates from a notable sweet shop. Nathalie provided excellent guidance about the history of Vieux Lyon and some of its under-the-radar spots along the way. This was a great tour and I would recommend it as part of a well-rounded Lyon experience. Lyon is known as the Capitol of Gastronomy for a reason.”

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10.2-Hour Electric Bike Tour with a Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 472 reviews · 2 hours · from $41

Cover Lyon’s major sights by e-bike with a local guide such as Bruno, Nate, or Pierre. Expect a safety briefing, river paths, Bellecour, the colored Croix-Rousse tunnel, Lyon Cathedral views, and Tête d’Or Park, with bikes, helmets, and rain jackets supplied.

“The tour was excellent , great fun and the guide was superb. Would recommend if you are in the area”

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11.Vieux Lyon Food Tasting Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 453 reviews · 4 hours · from $104

Spend four hours walking Vieux Lyon with a French- or English-speaking guide such as Nathalie, Shirine, Nico, or Vincent. Visit five local food stops, taste about 14 savory and sweet specialties, explore traboules, and learn how Lyon’s food traditions grew from its streets, trades, and people.

“Awesome foodie experience in Vieux Lyon with Shirine. She was very knowledgeable and I enjoyed all of the food stops. Would definitely recommend.”

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12.Golden Stones Beaujolais Wine Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 387 reviews · from $113

Travel from Lyon to Southern Beaujolais in a small English-speaking group of up to eight. Taste local wines with pastries and a Lyon mâchon, stroll medieval Oingt, and meet a family winemaker. Guides such as Rachel, François, Yann, and Vladimir bring the region to life.

“Our Beaujalais wine tour was fantastic..The comfortable ride thru the Golden Stones countryside to the town of Oingt and Dominic's family winery was very scenic.Rachel our guide was delightful..Her knowledge and informtion certianly completed the tour. The wines we tasted were excellent and insight into the process and issues into running a family winery only added to this great tour..highly reommended..”

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13.2h – Electric Bike Tour of Lyon with a Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 273 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $42

Ride through Lyon with a local English-speaking guide such as Nate, Shirine, Alex, or Pierre. In two hours, you’ll see Old Town, Lyon Cathedral, Place Bellecour, the Rhône, City Hall, a famous mural, and Parc de la Tête d’Or. E-bikes, helmets, and rain jackets are included.

“This bike tour of Lyon (with Nate) was excellent. I learnt so much and had a lot of fun cycling through the streets of Lyon and the beautiful botanic gardens. Nate gave great information, was passionate about Lyon and answered all questions. Time and money very well spent! An enjoyable experience overall. Merci beaucoup, Nate!”

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14.4h Complete Lyon Experience: E-Bike, Food Tasting & Old Town Walk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 228 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $96

Ride an electric bike through Lyon’s historic center, along the Rhône, through Tête d’Or Park, and up to Fourvière. Your guide, possibly Shirine, Clara, Bruno, or Jean, leads the way in English, with a regional tasting, drink, and Old Town walk included.

“To be clear I'm rating a 2-hour ride without food that the tour operator swapped for the 4 hour ride I booked. Apparently I was the only one so they moved me to another excursion and refunded 1/2 of the cost. Bicycling around Lyon was super - the guide, Pierre, was entertaining and led a nice tour of the city. The bike lane infrastructure is great.. I recommend this tour as a nice introduction to the city.”

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15.Lyon City Card Public Transportation & 40 attractions

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 209 reviews · 1 to 4 days (approx.) · from $38

Use one Lyon City Card for unlimited buses, metro, trams, and funiculars, plus one-time entry to major museums, a walking tour, and seasonal boat options. Collect it near Bellecour, choose 1 to 4 days, and plan carefully around museum hours and reservations.

“the card was very useful though a few of the activities were reduced not free”

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