Book a luxury hotel in Lyon with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and stay in this medieval Rhône-Alpes city bound by the meandering Saône and Rhône rivers. You can follow the silk trail spun by 18th-century merchants through cobbled streets and dine on coq au vin and Beaujolais on quintessentially French café terraces.
Luxury things to do in Lyon
Bold post-Impressionist masterpieces by Gauguin and Matisse lure art lovers to the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon housed in an ornate, Benedictine abbey. Glide in the funicular up to Fourvière Hill for views across the Old Town’s red rooftops from the top of the neo-Byzantine Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière. The haunting ruins of the hilltop Roman amphitheatre make an enchanting backdrop for summertime concerts.
Luxury shopping in Lyon
Delicate cravats and luxury scarves spun by traditional silk weavers drape workshop windows in the hilly Croix-Rousse arrondissement, once the heart of the silk trade. Lyon’s exclusive Carré d’Or, or ‘Golden Square’, earns its moniker from the cluster of high-carat couture boutiques like Hermès, Cartier and Dior.
Gourmet Lyon
Lyon is a city for viticulture vultures, wedged between the northern Beaujolais and southern Côtes du Rhône appellations. Your attentive sommelier will top up rich glasses of syrah to accompany onion-laced Lyonnaise cutlets in cosmopolitan brasseries in the gastro hub of Presqu'île. Whet your appetite with communard cocktails of red wine and crème de cassis before haute cuisine creations by the cream of French chefs in cobbled Vieux Lyon.
Stay in a luxury hotel in Lyon with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and immerse yourself in the charm of the Middle Ages in this Unesco World Heritage site. Luxuriate in the aromatherapy spa and loggia-style courtyards in your boutique Renaissance residence in the heart of Vieux Lyon.