Presqu'île Map Poster, Lyon

Key Streets & Landmarks

Did you know?

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   Place Bellecour, at 62,000 m2, is the largest pedestrian square in Europe and the 3rd largest in France after Place de la Concorde and Place des Quinconces.

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   The Bartholdi fountain on Place des Terreaux, created in 1892, was originally intended for Bordeaux. Lyon acquired it at auction for 100,000 gold francs.

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   The Presqu'ile is literally an 'almost island' formed by the confluence of the Rhone and the Saone, two rivers that meet at the southern tip of the district.

Neighborhood Vibe

The Presqu'île is Lyon at its most elegant. Rue de la République, the main shopping artery, pulses with urban energy tempered by the shaded quays of the Rhône and Saône. Between Place Bellecour where locals gather and Place des Terreaux where the Bartholdi fountain splashes into the night, the district vibrates with a dynamism that two thousand years of history have never exhausted.

Discover on foot

Start at Place des Terreaux with the Bartholdi fountain and the Museum of Fine Arts. Walk down Rue de la Republique, the main shopping artery, to Place Bellecour, Europe's largest pedestrian square. Continue to the Museum of Textiles and the elegant streets around Rue Auguste-Comte. Stroll along the Saone quays to admire the colorful facades of Old Lyon across the river. End at Place des Jacobins and its fountain, one of Lyon's most beautiful. The Presqu'ile unfolds like a history book, each square telling a chapter of Lyon.