There are two main areas in lyon where you’ll find traboules Savvy traveler tips and a city guide to lyon Funny enough, my first ever traboule experience happened completely by accident.
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This hill was the center of lyon’s silk trade for centuries, its canuts producing fabrics coveted across europe.
Although there are an estimated 400 traboules scattered throughout lyon, only about forty are open to the public, each clearly marked with a small, distinctive seal
If you plan on doing the entire traboule circuit in la croix rousse and seeing a few passageways in vieux lyon, put aside three to four hours Several guided tours are available in lyon. Les premières traboules, aménagées au 4ème siècle, étaient utilisées par les habitants pour se ravitailler en eau, d’autres datent de la renaissance. For practical information and travel tips on lyon, see two recent articles in myfrenchlife™
