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Country FRANCE LYON (regional info) > Tourism & Travel Guide: Lyon BOOK HOTEL RESERVATIONS ONLINE OR BY LIVE TELEPHONE SUPPORT 24/7 US and Canada: 1-800-780-5733 Europe: 00-800-11-20-11-40 Use reference code: 361882 Cash Back Booking Incentives Room Sales and Hot Deals Special Internet Rate Price Guarantee ARCANTIS HOTEL THEATRE Lyon Au Patio Morand Hotel Lyon Best Western Crequi Lyon Part Dieu Lyon Best Western Hotel Charlemagne Lyon Best Western Hotel de Verdun Lyon Best Western Hôtel du Pont Wilson Lyon BEST WESTERN SAINT ANTOINE LYON BEST WESTERN SAPHIR LYON Campanile Lyon Centre - Gare Part Dieu Lyon Campanile Lyon Centre - Gare Perrache Lyon Campanile Lyon Centre-Berges du Rhône Lyon CITEA LYON Cour Des Loges Lyon EXCLUSIVE HTL GLOBE ET CECIL Lyon Grand Hotel - A Boscolo First Class Hotel Lyon Grand Hotel de la Paix Lyon GRAND HOTEL DES TERREAUX LYON Hilton Lyon Holiday Inn Garden Court Lyon Villeurbanne Lyon Hotel Athena Lyon Hotel Berlioz Lyon Hotel de la Cité Concorde Lyon HOTEL DE LA LOIRE Lyon Hotel des Artistes Lyon HOTEL DES SAVOIES Lyon Hotel du Helder Lyon Hotel du Simplon Lyon Hotel Kyriad Lyon Perrache Confluence Lyon Hotel la Tour Rose Lyon HOTEL LE BRITANIA Lyon Hotel Le Royal Lyon - MGallery Collection Lyon Hotel Lyon Métropole & Spa Lyon Hotel Qualys Axotel Perrache Lyon Ibis Lyon Centre Perrache Lyon IBIS LYON GARE LA PART DIEU Lyon Ibis Lyon Gerland Pont Pasteur Lyon Ibis Lyon Gerland Rue Merieux Lyon Ibis Lyon Nord Lyon Ibis Lyon Part Dieu Les Halles Lyon Kyriad Lyon Croix Rousse Lyon KYRIAD LYON SAINT-EXUPERY ARPT LYON La Reine Astrid Warwick Lyon Le Phenix Hotel Lyon Les Carres Pegase Lyon Mercure Carlton Lyon Mercure Lyon Beaux Arts Lyon Mercure Lyon Brotteaux Lyon MERCURE LYON CENTRE GH PERRACH Lyon Mercure Lyon Centre Republique Lyon Mercure Lyon Charpennes Lyon Mercure Lyon Grand Hotel Saxe Lafayette Lyon Mercure Lyon Lumiere Lyon Novotel Lyon Part Dieu Lyon Park & Suites Elégance Lyon Gerland Lyon Premiere Classe Lyon Centre - Gare Part Dieu Lyon Radisson Blu Hotel Lyon Sofitel Lyon Bellecour Lyon STARS LYON CENTRE Lyon Villa Florentine Lyon Ville de Lyon Lyon Tourisme Tourism & Travel Guide: Lyon Lyon Regional Directory Google Images: Lyon Google Video: Lyon Google Map: Lyon Wikipedia: Lyon Customer Service & Support Airline Tickets Group Hotel Bookings Travel Weblog and Live Chat Travel Forum Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east central France. It is the third largest French city, the first being Paris and the second Marseille. It is a major centre of business, situated between Paris and Marseille, and has a reputation as the French capital of gastronomy and a significant role in the history of cinema. It is also the religious capital of France for the Roman Catholic Church. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the second largest metropolitan area in France after Paris, with 1,783,400 inhabitants at the 2007 estimate, and approximately the 20th to 25th largest metropolitan area of Western Europe. Its "urban region" (Région Urbaine de Lyon), represents half of the Rhône-Alpes région population with 2,9 million inhabitants. Lyon is also a major industrial center specialized in chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries. Lyon is the préfecture (capital) of the Rhône département, and also the capital of the Rhône-Alpes région. The city is known for its historical and architectural landmarks and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lyon is known to be the silk capital of the world and is a centre for fashion. It is also hosting the international headquarters of Interpol and EuroNews. read full wikipedia reference about Lyon, France " Arrival, Information And City Transportation " Dining And Drinking " Nightlife And Entertainment " Listings " Explore Lyon LYON is physically the second biggest city in France, a result of its uncontrolled urban sprawl. Viewed at high speed from the Autoroute du Soleil, the impression it gives is of a major confluence of rivers and roads, around which only petrochemical industries thrive. In fact, from the sixteenth century right up until the postwar dominance of metalworks and chemicals, silk was the city's main industry, generating the wealth which left behind a multitude of Renaissance buildings. But what has stamped its character most on Lyon is the commerce and banking that grew up with its industrial expansion. It is this that gives the town its staid, stolid and somewhat austere air. The city is now busy forging a role for itself within a new Europe, with international schools and colleges, the new HQ for Interpol, a recently inaugurated eco-friendly tram system, a second TGV station with links to the north that bypass Paris, and high-tech industrial parks for international companies making it a modern city par excellence . More so than any other French city, it has embraced the monetarist vision of the European Union and is acting, with some success, as a postmodern city-state within it. Most French people would find themselves in Lyon for business rather than for recreation: it's a get-up-and-go place, not a lie-back-and-rest one. You probably wouldn't plan a two-week stay - as you might in Provence's cities - but Lyon certainly has its charms. Foremost among these is gastronomy ; there are more restaurants per Gothic and Renaissance square metre of the old town than anywhere else on earth, and the city could form a football team with its superstars of the international chef circuit. While the textile museum is the second famous reason for stopping here, Lyon's nightlife, cinema and theatre (including the famous Lyonnais puppets), its antique markets, music and other cultural festivities might tempt you to stay at least a few days. In addition it has been long established as the home of major biennial festivals of art and fashion. Lyon is organized into arrondissements , of which there are nine. A visit to Lyon will necessarily take you into the Presqu'île (1e and 2e arrondissements ), the area between the Rivers Saône and Rhône, and you are more than likely to spend some time in Vieux-Lyon (5e) on the west bank of the Saône, as well as the east bank of the Rhône (3e), including the modern development known as La Part-Dieu. The centre of Lyon is the Presqu'île , or "peninsula", the tongue of land between the rivers Saône and Rhône, just north of their confluence. Most of it lies within the 2e arrondissement , but it's known by its quartiers , which include Bellecour , around the central square, and Perrache around the station. At the top end of the Presqu'île, as the Saône veers west, is the 1er arrondissement , known as Terreaux , centred on place des Terreaux and the Hôtel de Ville. On the west bank of the Saône is the old town, or Vieux Lyon , at the foot of Fourvière, on which the Romans built their capital of Gaul, Lugdunum. Vieux Lyon is made up of three villages: St-Paul, St-Jean and St-Georges, and forms the eastern end of the 5e arrondissement . The 9e lies to its north. To the north of the Presqu'île is the old silk-weavers' district of La Croix-Rousse , the 4e arrondissement . Modern Lyon lies east of the Rhône, with the 7e and 8e arrondissements to the south, the 3e arrondissement in the middle, with La Part-Dieu TGV station amidst an assertive cultural and commercial centre, and the 6e arrondissement , known as Brotteaux , to the north. North of Brotteaux is Lyon's main open space, the Parc de la Tête d'Or . The district of Villeurbanne , home to the university and the Théâtre National Populaire, lies east of the 6e and the park. 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