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Lyon Secrets: Explore Croix-Rousse Murals
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24 Ratings
Lyon
Uncover Lyon’s hidden stories and iconic views with local guide Quentin. Explore murals, markets, and secret pathways in this vibrant city tour.
Uncover Lyon’s hidden stories and iconic views with local guide Quentin. Explore murals, markets, and secret pathways in this vibrant city tour.
Duration:
1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mur des Canuts - Explore the largest mural in Europe!
- Maison des Canuts - Learn about the working life of Lyon’s silk workers.
- Marche de la Croix-Rousse - Stroll through Lyon’s most iconic food market.
- Traboule et Cour des Voraces - Experience one of Lyon’s most remarkable Traboules, a passage used by silk workers to transport…
- Mur des Canuts - Explore the largest mural in Europe!
- Maison des Canuts - Learn about the working life of Lyon’s silk workers.
- Marche de la Croix-Rousse - Stroll through Lyon’s most iconic food market.
- Traboule et Cour des Voraces - Experience one of Lyon’s most remarkable Traboules, a passage used by silk workers to transport fabric to the city center.
- Place Chardonnet - Discover the descent of Croix-Rousse.
- Amphitheater of the Three Gauls - Visit one of Lyon’s two amphitheaters and uncover the history of Lugdunum’s rise and fall!
- Montee De La Grande Cote - The quickest path from Croix-Rousse to the city center, featuring delightful cafés and vintage shops.
- La Fontaine Bartholdi - Did you know the Bartholdi Fountain was originally intended to face the city hall? And it’s not even the one in Lyon…
- Place des Terreaux - Explore the Fine Arts Museum and City Hall at Terreaux Square, one of Lyon’s two main squares.
What's Included
- A list of recommendations in Lyon
- A few jokes
- New friends from all over the world
- Umbrellas
- A list of recommendations in Lyon
- A few jokes
- New friends from all over the world
- Umbrellas
Additional Information
Hello, I’m Quentin! I’m a local guide with a passion for sharing the rich culture and history of France.
✅ Join my walking tour of Lyon!
- Delight in breathtaking views as we journey from the hilltop to the heart of the city.
- The most enjoyable way to explore Lyon — suitable for all ages!
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Experience the city like a local, with exclusive insights.
-…
Hello, I’m Quentin! I’m a local guide with a passion for sharing the rich culture and history of France.
✅ Join my walking tour of Lyon!
- Delight in breathtaking views as we journey from the hilltop to the heart of the city.
- The most enjoyable way to explore Lyon — suitable for all ages!
- Experience the city like a local, with exclusive insights.
- Connect with new friends from around the globe.
✅ Arrive as a tourist, leave as a local!
- Stroll through hidden passageways,
- Uncover the gastronomic capital of France,
- Relive compelling World War II stories,
- Discover Lyon’s silk legacy,
- Learn about dramatic workers’ uprisings… and more!
✅ If you enjoyed the tour, feel free to tip based on your experience. Your support makes this tour possible — thank you!
✅ Join us and you’ll be able to tell your friends you truly experienced Lyon!
- Croix-Rousse is a hill, hopefully we only go down, making it super easy but we still have to walk a few stairs down. Text me if you’re concerned!
Location
36 Bd des Canuts
Boulevard des Canuts
36 Boulevard des Canuts, 69004 Lyon
(Directly in front of the famous Mur des Canuts mural – you can’t miss it!)
How to Get There:
Take the C Line of the subway from the city center in the direction of Cuire and get off at Hénon metro station.
I recommend taking the subway—it’s a hill :-)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(24 Ratings)
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Jet67856948281
Jun 8, 2025
Happy intro to Lyon - Great tour to get to know Lyon, and some of her history. I was entertained and the city is really beautiful. Glad I joined.
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Cristiane
May 17, 2025
Starting tour for Lyon!! - Amazing tour, nicely paced, and quentin is super fun and knowledgeable!!! We went through only 3 traboules but its enough to get your curiosity going to explore more! Cant recommend enough
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Jonisb
May 12, 2025
Best walking tour in Lyon - This was a great tour. Quentin was a very knowledgeable guide. He took us through traboules that we would never have found on our own. In addition, he explained numerous facts about famous individuals who lived on the hill. Especially interesting was information about the French resistance. I highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting. Lyon. There is so much more to Lyon than just the crowded streets of old town.
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Flyer181623
Apr 14, 2025
Proud and passionate Lyon guide! - Great way to learn about one of the regions of Lyon. We booked both tours of Quentin, and enjoyed it. Great service, passionate story teller and an adorable 'Allo Allo' accent (especially when talking about the WW2 resistance in Lyon 😊)
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Nadia
Apr 4, 2025
Croix Rousses - Quentin is so passionate about his home city and gave us loads of background history and tips about Lyon
The Croix Rousses tour was fascinating and told us som much about the silk workers and how they shaped the city
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Jillmu6397ha
Mar 23, 2025
Superb guide - Very interesting guide through Croix Rousse to the town below. Well presented and varied information. Highly recommend Quentin as a tour guide in Lyon.
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Yana_m
Mar 15, 2025
Quentin is an excellent... - Quentin is an excellent guide, very knowledgeable and fun! It's an interesting area to walk through.
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Scenic302316
Mar 2, 2025
Fantastic - do not hesitate booking! - Quentin was the highlight of our trip, we never would have stumbled across the gems he took us to without this tour. He was so informative and engaging, our whole group loved it. We also didn’t expect to learn so much history as we did. We even got in touch after the tour for some recommendations and he was so happy to help, giving lots of suggestions and tips, despite not having to do so.
You will not be disappointed!
Thank you so much Quentin for your time- Suzanne
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O1422ielauriej
Mar 2, 2025
Another great tour with Quentin. - Quentin is a great guide. He's knowledgeable, humourous and very friendly. The information he provided helped me better understand the area and the history of the silk workers. Seeing the traboules to make our way back to Hotel de Ville was amazing. This is the second tour I've done with Quentin and I can't say enough good things about him and both tours.
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619inag
Feb 24, 2025
Beautiful tour - Beautiful tour of Croix-Rousse! Quentin is very good and showed us so many peculiarities and the history of this district of Lyon! I recommend it to everyone
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