La Place Bellecour
La Place Bellecour
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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- Bellecour • 2 min walk
- Vieux Lyon - Cathédrale St.Jean • 7 min walk
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Joseph C
Stamford, CT762 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
The Bellecour is the centerpiece of the city in many ways and the literal center. It holds the milepost 0 of the city - all distances are measured from that point.
Ringed by restaurants and the city tourist office, the Bellecour is plain and beautiful, sitting back from what is around it, filled with people at times enjoying being there.
Ringed by restaurants and the city tourist office, the Bellecour is plain and beautiful, sitting back from what is around it, filled with people at times enjoying being there.
Written October 18, 2022
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mariedesjardins
Prince George, Canada6,668 contributions
Jul 2019 • Solo
Visited this lovely square in Lyon in July 2019. Easily accessed by the metro. Lots of shops and restaurants. Museums are located off the streets surrounding the plaza. It’s within maybe a 20 minute walk from the river and the start of Vieux Lyon.
Written January 26, 2020
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Dimitris L
Sydney, Australia43,039 contributions
Aug 2019
Place Bellecour is a vast square. It is a huge open public space which is not really very interesting at first sight. Usually public spaces such as this would have some nice trees and flowers and some landscaped gardens perhaps. Not this one. There are some trees around the square, but the rest of it is just dirt or sand on the ground. There are a couple of large statues, one of which is that of a king. There is a branch of the Tourist Office and some other interesting sights. Also there are plenty of cafes and restaurants in the vicinity. Worth walking through it to get to other places.
Written July 31, 2020
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Peasantfood
Adelaide, Australia763 contributions
Jan 2020 • Family
Very much enjoyed our time people watching in this huge public park in central Lyon. Took a ride on the huge wheel (9E) and enjoyed amazing views from 10 storeys high. Visited this area 3 or 4 times during our stay.
Written January 6, 2020
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Kiran S.
Pune District, India69 contributions
Aug 2022
I am exploring Lyon and will continue to do so till mid December 22. Lyon is such a beautiful city, well planned in every way you can think of. I am living in Belcour, the heart of this city. Living between the two rivers Rhône and Saone, I am enjoying my holidays with my family. The people in this city are extremely helpful. Though most are not conversant in English, one can do a lot with sign language. Translater on my phone was very useful and I keep using it whenever there’s a need. Shopping is a very happy experience. Hotelling is fun as you can find something you wish to eat . The electric scooter is a very convenient mode of transport. I have full admiration for the people of Lyon and wish to reciprocate if anyone reaches out to me in Pune.
Written September 28, 2022
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Gorg183
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg168 contributions
May 2021 • Couples
Yes it’s a “place”, a square. What more? I do not really know. It’s enormous, rectangular, surrounded, as always in Lyon, by streets with many cars. I gave it a try but could not discover any charm, hidden gem, beauty.
Written June 26, 2021
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Adrian G
Dublin, Ireland42 contributions
Nov 2014 • Couples
Our visit to Lyon was very impressive.It’s the third largest city in France. We decided to stop over on our way to the airport for a return trip to Ireland. We got a pleasant surprise!
Lyon with its 2 million inhabitants is the biggest French city we have visited since Paris. A vibrant beautiful city filled with restaurants, craft workshops, museums and a very well preserved medieval city centre bound by two major rivers.
Lyon is the junction of where the Rhone and Saone rivers meet. (We are wintering on our boat on the Saone at Chalon.) This, from Roman times made the city a very important trading centre. It’s wealth comes from this trading culture and the founding and building up of the biggest silk industry in France. This has brought wealth to the city over the centuries and this is demonstrated through the large open squares and beautiful buildings of the old city and the modern city which has spread out from the banks of both rivers up into the hills overlooking the Rivers.
In twenty four hours we managed to fit in a ‘hop on hop off’ tour of the city, a walk around the island between the two rivers, lunch in the old town centre, a visit to a museum of miniatures and movie props and then the History of Lyon museum.
I have remarked on how some small French towns along the canals are dying with shops being forced to shut down, the post office only open for four hours a day three days a week. But then you visit Lyon and you see a thriving vibrant economy. Lyon has always been an independent innovative city. It did not support the French Revolution because at that time it was doing better than a lot of France and people already had a better quality of life.
I noticed is along the canals originally accumulated their wealth from the traffic on the canals and when that traffic switched to roads, unless the townspeople adjusted to the new economic reality quickly, they lost out. So rather than as I thought, it’s the French economy declining, what I was actually seeing was the effect of a permanent and fundamental structural change, as transport of goods shifted from canals to roads.
These types of changes have being going on since time began and when people cope well with change they prosper. So I learned more than just about Lyon during the visit. There is so much more to see and do in Lyon. We definitely will have to make a return visit.
“Adrian & Nuala are on a mature Gap Year in France. You can see more about their adventures on www.adrianandnualasgapyear.com”
Lyon with its 2 million inhabitants is the biggest French city we have visited since Paris. A vibrant beautiful city filled with restaurants, craft workshops, museums and a very well preserved medieval city centre bound by two major rivers.
Lyon is the junction of where the Rhone and Saone rivers meet. (We are wintering on our boat on the Saone at Chalon.) This, from Roman times made the city a very important trading centre. It’s wealth comes from this trading culture and the founding and building up of the biggest silk industry in France. This has brought wealth to the city over the centuries and this is demonstrated through the large open squares and beautiful buildings of the old city and the modern city which has spread out from the banks of both rivers up into the hills overlooking the Rivers.
In twenty four hours we managed to fit in a ‘hop on hop off’ tour of the city, a walk around the island between the two rivers, lunch in the old town centre, a visit to a museum of miniatures and movie props and then the History of Lyon museum.
I have remarked on how some small French towns along the canals are dying with shops being forced to shut down, the post office only open for four hours a day three days a week. But then you visit Lyon and you see a thriving vibrant economy. Lyon has always been an independent innovative city. It did not support the French Revolution because at that time it was doing better than a lot of France and people already had a better quality of life.
I noticed is along the canals originally accumulated their wealth from the traffic on the canals and when that traffic switched to roads, unless the townspeople adjusted to the new economic reality quickly, they lost out. So rather than as I thought, it’s the French economy declining, what I was actually seeing was the effect of a permanent and fundamental structural change, as transport of goods shifted from canals to roads.
These types of changes have being going on since time began and when people cope well with change they prosper. So I learned more than just about Lyon during the visit. There is so much more to see and do in Lyon. We definitely will have to make a return visit.
“Adrian & Nuala are on a mature Gap Year in France. You can see more about their adventures on www.adrianandnualasgapyear.com”
Written February 20, 2015
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John M
Lyon, France1,948 contributions
Mar 2021
One of our favourite places in the 2nd district of Lyon and often provides a haven of rest and relaxation away from the hustle and bustle in the shopping avenues and surrounding streets. Lots of seats are distributed around this huge sandy red square located right in the middle of the Presqu’île and city centre. So many public events take place here all during the year, including free concerts, an ice-rink in winter when the Ferris wheel is installed until March. We’ve attended chess competitions and book fairs here and it’s favourite demonstration and protest spot. a statue called the Veilleur de Pierre (Stone Watchman) stands at the corner of rue Gasparin, where a bomb was exploded by the French resistance in July 1944 – many memorial events still take place there. A statue of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the author of the Little Prince was erected in 2000, for the centenary of the de Saint-Exupery’s birth. The 5 metre high copper statue, showing the author and the Petit Prince, was created by a local sculptor, Christiane Guillaubey.
Nowadays, the locals use the formidable statue of the Sun King, Louis XIV, called The Bronze Horse, as a meeting, point under the horses’s tail, or “sous la queue du cheval”. A great place to people watch, in a braod space surrounded by elegant Napoleonic buildings with Fourvière, or the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière to give it its full title, looking down on everyone.
Nowadays, the locals use the formidable statue of the Sun King, Louis XIV, called The Bronze Horse, as a meeting, point under the horses’s tail, or “sous la queue du cheval”. A great place to people watch, in a braod space surrounded by elegant Napoleonic buildings with Fourvière, or the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière to give it its full title, looking down on everyone.
Written June 21, 2021
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Irina Cherevatenko
Nice, France14 contributions
Feb 2019
Here you can always make an appointment and not get lost. There are no large crowds of people even in the summer, there is a free working Wi-Fi (which is a rarity for Lyon) and small red stone under your feet are cool.
Written January 24, 2020
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Wandering_Aengus
Belfast, UK482 contributions
Dec 2019
It may have been bad timing on our part but, while forming the centre point for much of Lyon's modern history, our visit simply revealed a rather large, barren square containing a statue of Louis 14th and a Ferris wheel
Written December 24, 2019
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JoHancock
Beavercreek, OH44 contributions
What are the hours and cost of the ferris wheel in December? Thanks!
Jdjdbdjdidkdjdbdjdiud
Strasbourg, France86 contributions
the wheel is open until very late and it costs between 6 and 10 euros per person.
i want a local hotel
Patti L
Roanoke, VA443 contributions
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La Place Bellecour (Lyon) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go
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- La Place Bellecour is open:
- Sun - Sat 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
- We recommend booking La Place Bellecour tours ahead of time to secure your spot. If you book with Tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. See all 20 La Place Bellecour tours on Tripadvisor
- According to Tripadvisor travelers, these are the best ways to experience La Place Bellecour:
- Lyon Hop-On Hop-Off Tour with Audio Commentary (From $16.56)
- Northern Rhône Valley Day Tour with Wine Tasting from Lyon (From $164.47)
- Discover Lyon in an Unusual Way (From $27.60)
- Lyon Electric Bike Tour including Food Tasting with a Local Guide (From $88.31)
- Lyon Small-Group Guided Electric Bike Tour with a Local Guide (From $38.64)
- Hotels near La Place Bellecour:
- (0.08 mi) Hotel Bayard Bellecour
- (0.06 mi) MiHotel
- (0.11 mi) Hotel Le Royal Lyon - MGallery Collection
- (0.10 mi) Globe et Cecil
- (0.13 mi) Hotel des Celestins
- Restaurants near La Place Bellecour:
- (0.10 mi) L'Institut Restaurant
- (0.09 mi) Le Wagon Bar
- (0.13 mi) Monsieur P
- (0.13 mi) Le Mirtillo
- (0.07 mi) L'Espace Brasserie
- Attractions near La Place Bellecour:
- (0.01 mi) LyonExplorer
- (0.01 mi) My Little Kombi
- (0.01 mi) Trésor Aventure
- (0.01 mi) Praline et Rosette
- (0.06 mi) Office of Tourism and Congress of Metropolis of Lyon
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