Old Lyon Map Poster

45.7620° N, 4.8270° E

At the foot of the Fourvière hill, Old Lyon is the largest Renaissance district in France. Its cobbled lanes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, conceal a secret network of traboules — passageways running through buildings that silk workers once used to transport their fabric. Gift a map poster capturing the medieval web of this one-of-a-kind neighborhood.

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Key Streets & Landmarks

Saint-Jean Cathedral

Rue du Bœuf

Vieux Lyon Traboules

Place du Change

Neighborhood Vibe

Old Lyon smells of warm stone and traditional bouchon cuisine. On Rue du Bœuf, ochre and pink facades lean over cobblestones worn by five centuries of footsteps. The traboules — secret passageways between inner courtyards — reveal an urbanism invisible on maps, a parallel network known only to insiders. Here, every dead end hides a Renaissance courtyard, and every bouchon a centuries-old recipe.