We are planning a trip for the spring and will be spending several days in Lyon. I love to cook (and eat) anf have the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie on my list to visit but the reviews are very, very mixed. Would you recommend it - or not?? Thank yoiu so much!!
Posted by
big blue marble
427 posts
I lived in Lyon until a few years ago and have been back in town countless times for shopping, doctors' appointments, cultural events, and so on. However, I have not been to this venue.
Having read the descriptions of it, if I were a traveler from outside France, I would categorize it as an idea that isn't yet quite right and would not spend my valuable time there until it has been improved.
There is so much more to see and do in Lyon that you could fill a few weeks with them without spending time on a half-baked experience, as this seems to be. But don't take this comment to mean you should skip the recently re-opened Hôtel Dieu entirely. It's a terrific space and the renovation work is amazing.
That said "Cité Internationale" as a moniker is an entirely different area of Lyon, on the north end of la Parc de la Tête d'Or near Interpol's headquarters, so don't confuse that development with this venue at Hôtel Dieu.
Posted by
OP
254 posts
Thank you so much - this is exactly what I needed to knoiw!