Hello everyone, i will be driving on Tuesday, May 30 from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Lyon, any recommendations for stop/lunch on the way?

Also, will stay in Boscolo Lyon hotel for 2 days leaving on Friday in the evening, nothing planned yet, will appreciate help with lunch /dinner suggestions.

TIA

After spending time in Paris and smaller French cities we have concluded that Lyon has the best food in France! We were there a few years ago as part of a longer road trip that included other cities. I posted a trip report - if you search my name you will find it - but I have cut and posted the Lyon portion below. Anthony Bourdain did a great segment on Lyon restaurants on one of his shows. I recommend finding it; that is what inspired us to visit Lyon initially.

Lyon seemed a very large and noisy city after quiet Sarlat. We stayed in another VRBO rental near Place Bellecour - a central location with many restaurants, bars, diverse stores, and the Metro, which we found very easy to use. A recommendation: Worth buying a 24 hour pass which you can use repeatedly on both Metros and trams.

Lyon is a very large city and we are glad we took the Hop On Hop Off bus tour which gave us a perspective on the entire city, and a good orientation to its architecture, history, economy, etc. We got off the bus in Vieux Lyon but found it too touristy. And then we waited an hour for the bus to come back because, the driver said, it was lunch break! C'est la France.

We visited the Centre D''Histoire de la Resistance et de la Deportation. It is a very well done, comprehensive history, narration, documentation of Lyon during WWII and after.

In Lyon, inspired by Anthony Bourdain, we ate in different bouchins. Our favorite was Bouchin Tupin - great ambiance, service, food. I had the best grilled lamb sweetbreads (aka brains) on a bed of pureed garlic. We had made advance reservations at Bouchin Tupin through Fork website and that worked well.

Pretty sure sweetbreads are not brains, but instead they are thymus and pancreatic glands. While all are considered offal, they are certainly different.

Les Halles. A combination of indoor market and food court. Nice-looking oyster bars.

Burgundy Lounge.

Café Comptoir Abel, a bouchon (note spelling).

Comptoir d’Ainay on rue Auguste Comte. You could also just wander down Auguste Comte reading menus, and pop in to make a reservation for that evening or the next.

joduhl,
thank you very much for your response, it is very hard to find info about Lyon.

FTOttawa,
thank you i will look up your recomendations.

There is lots of information online about Lyon which shouldn't be difficult to find. The main tourism office website of any French city of some size is usually excellent, for one. Lyon has a very comprehensive website with information on everything you could want, I think, including things to do (including museums, etc) and local transportation options, and the Lyon city card.

All usually have a French and usually English option, if not Spanish and German.
here it is

https://www.lyon-france.com/

you can choose English at upper to RH button.

The mairie's website also has info although that should be enough. I don'ty know if you know French or not.
https://www.lyon.fr/

That's really more for locals, but does have a map on it, if the other does not Just click Plan de la Ville at the top

Any decent guidebook about France should have Lyon as it is the third largest city in France (after Paris and Marseille)

We spent three days in Lyon last fall and I would offer these comments:

As you seem to want to concentrate on food, you might want to visit the food market, Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse, at 102 Cr. Lafayette. Everywhere we ate the food was outstanding and there are a lot of restaurants to chose from. But I have to say, even though the quality and recipes were the best, some of the food wasn't to my taste. Brains (sweet breads) and organ meats aren't my favorite.

Lyon is a very walkable city. A stroll down the main shopping street, Rue de la Republique, from end to end is a lot of fun. We also visited the Basilica Fourviere and the Roman ruins besides the food market. We missed the museum of the occupation but friends liked it a lot. Our hotel was located in the northern end of Vieux Lyon and we liked the old town a lot. Definitely worth a stroll there too.

From your hotel you could walk due west along the Rue Jaques Stella / Rue Jean des Tournes to the foot bridge, cross the river and find the funicular station and go up the hill to the Roman ruins and the Basilica, and then find your way back down through the old town. Les Halles and the Rue de la Republique might happen the same day, depending on your interests and energy.

Christina, thank you very much for info, reading as much as i can.

MichGuy, thank you for sharing your expirence, saving your suggestions to my itinerary

There are several very impressive trompe l'oeil murals in Lyon. La Fresque des Lyonnais and La Biblothèque de la Cité are near the Hôtel de Ville, and the very large Mur des Canuts (Silkworkers Wall) is up the hill in the Croix-Rousse neighborhood.
More info here: https://francetoday.com/culture/art_...murals-of-lyon
If you are in or around the Place Bellecour, look for the statue of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his Little Prince.
I really enjoyed our few days in Lyon and would happily return to see more.

MaineGG, thank you for the tips, will include in my trip