Lyon city card.

I honestly don't see the Lyon card being worth it. Unless you are really going bomb a whole bunch of museums and do the guided tour and spend all of your time doing attractions I don't think you'll get value out of it. The Roman museum (which I recommend) is a whopping 4e to get into. And one way transport to the airport is 16e so paying more for a card for one usage doesn't seem like savings.

Maybe it's because I've been to Lyon a couple of times but to me it's really more of a walking around and exploring city not a series of museums and attractions city. It's small enough and interesting enough that I usually choose to walk or metro/bus to an area and then walk around it. It has a ton of murals and public art - sanctioned and unsanctioned - so wandering down a random street is often rewarded with some interesting spot.

If you do get one just visit the tourist office near Place Bellecour downtown. The airport is too far out of town to "pop into".

My $.02, enjoy Lyon,
=Tod

Thanks Tod, we are definitely more walking /exploring people. Any suggestions for a 60-90 minute train ride, day trip around Lyon one day? Winery or something else?
Thanks again!

I haven't done a lot of day trips from Lyon. It's the biggest city around but it is surrounded by wine country on all sides. I came in from the south on the train last visit and the countryside and wineries run up surprisingly close to the city. The local wines are more of the beaujolais varieties with Burgundy to the north and Châteauneuf-du-Pape to the south.

I have really good things about Tain-l'Hermitage which about an hour away by fast train. They are a chocolate and wine center as well as a picturesque town on the river. But you'll have to do your own research because I've never been.

Have a great trip,
=Tod

We wanted to do the one-hour walking tour, which we enjoyed, so we did buy the card. I think we might have only bought a 24-hour card, and used it for the tour, Gallo-Roman Museum, Resistance and Deportation Center, and transportation during the day and to dinner. I don't think we saved much money--probably just a few euros. I decided to get it after adding up the individual sights we wanted to see--that's the only way to be sure it's worth it.

We used a cab from the airport because it was raining, and bought the card at the Tourist Information Office at Place Bellecour.

Loved the 48 hour Lyon Card. For us …

• All buses and trams included. (We walked a lot and used the Metro a lot.) LATE NOTE. Funicular up Fourviere Hill also included.
• All museums included. (We went to just two. Centre d’Histoire de la Resistance and Musee des Beaux Artes.)
• Saone R cruise included.
• Walking Tour of Croix-Rousse - History of Silk Trade included.
• 10% discount since we arrived by train, not air.

Not sure that it actually saved us money; we figured it was about even on that score. But we never had to fiddle around with paying for transport or worrying about whether a site was “worth it.” Just tapped and went.

What we did was to go to the Tourist “i” at Bellecour early on our first morning. Talked to them. Saw what’s included. Compare that with our plans and decided.

Just returned from our second visit to Lyon. First visit, 3 full days, we did purchase card and we’re happy we did for the ease of public transportation. This visit you may now simply tap your credit card on all transports. I highly recommend the Musee of Confluence where we spent 4 hours and would like to return, very thought provoking. I bought Lyon card on line but must go to TI in Bellecour square to pickup. The free tour was excellent!