Self-guided audio tour: Fourvière, the holy hill
The origins of Lyon: Lugdunum
With this self-guided audio-tour designed by Laura, a professional guide who is passionate about her work, discover Fourvière, where Lugdunum was founded, the Roman town that would become Lyon. Explore the district with your smartphone, which will begin stories and give directions automatically, at the right place and the right time. Leaving from Place de Fourvière, at the foot of Fourvière Basilica, follow your guide’s voice on your smartphone, which will tell stories automatically when you reach the spot where they happened.
The tour offers a chance to admire the striking Fourvière Basilica, which watches over the city. Visit the impressive Roman remains, such as the Grand Theatre, where the famous music, drama and dance festival Les Nuits de Fourvière is held every summer. Journey back through time and the history of Lyon, on this charming tour that includes incredible sites and stunning views of the city.
Worth knowing
- A fully charged smartphone, the Rewind app, earbuds or headphones, and an Internet connection are required to enjoy this tour.
- The Rewind app is available for Apple iOS or Google Android.
- You can begin this tour when you please, from 10 am to 5:30 pm.
- Please go to the rendezvous point to activate the commentary and begin your self-guided audio-tour.
- Want to take a break? No problem, you can pick up your tour where you left off, whenever you wish.
- When your purchase is complete, you will receive a confirmation email with the activation code for the tour and instructions to follow to download the app.
- Tour not recommended for people with reduced mobility.
- Non-cancellable and non-refundable tour.
The essential tourist and cultural pass to make the most of your stay in Lyon!
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Duration
1h visit
Type
Self-guided audio tour
Meeting place
Exit of the funicular "Fourvière", Place de Fourvière - Lyon 5th
Access
Funiculaire > Fourviere
Three Days in Lyon
by pete
When asking friends about Lyon, most had driven past it many times, but only two had actually visited, and they loved Lyon. So we decided to take the train and treat ourselves to a Lyon City Card, which covers public transport and free or reduced entrance fees and even a one hour river cruise. We used it for a guided tour of Vieux Lyon and the Traboules, an audio tour of Fourvière including the church and Gallo-Roman museum, the puppet museum and Old Lyon museum, and a River Cruise, which were all excellent. The Musée de la Confluence is a superb modern building, with equally interesting exhibitions inside.
We stayed in the Old Town and were spoiled for choice with restaurants in the evening. We just picked at random, without consulting interner reviews, and had delicious meals at a reasonable price each time.
Are there any negatives? Yes, beer was 9€ for half a litre (about a pint), but the solution is to drink wine or pastis, which is much cheaper!
Luckily we did not manage to see everything we wanted to see, so we will be returning!
Good audio tour, once we figured out where to start
by dale
The audio tour was very good. Clear direction on where to walk and descriptions of the sites were generally good. The only exception being that it wasn't clear where we should start the tour until we downloaded the app. We didn't download the app until we got to the Roman amphitheater, and that's when we discovered that we needed to start near the cathedral. It's a long walk up the hill to the cathedral.
