Lyon and the Alps Features

Experience Lyon and the Alps

When To Go

Midsummer can be hot and sticky. The best time of year in Lyon and the Rhône Valley is autumn...

Dining with Bocuse & Veyrat

Haute cuisine today owes a great deal to the renovations of Lyonnais master chef Paul Bocuse.... Back in...

Le Beaujolais Nouveau

Many of France's most accessible and friendly wines hail from the 40-km (25-mi) north-south stretch of...

Powder-Perfect Skiing

If you're going to work off all the highly calorific Lyonnais cuisine, there's no better way than by...

Lyon's Dance Blowout

Lyon's Biennale de la Dance throws France's second city into perpetual motion for nearly three weeks...

Monk-eying Around

The formula for the green, 110-proof liqueur Chartreuse is a secret, entrusted to three monks at the......

Sightseeing Tours

Navig-Inter arranges daily boat trips from Lyon along the Saône and Rhône rivers...

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