Discover Lyon by bike on a guided tour, riding from the north to the south of the city. Learn about the city's history from your professional guide as you pass its most important landmarks.

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Covid-19 precautions: Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
Duration 3 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
Live tour guide: English, French
Small group: Limited to 10 participants

Highlights

Discover Lyon effortlessly by bike
Cross the city from north to south
Learn about the city's history and culture from your local guide

Full description

Discover Lyon, a city known for its variety of landscapes, in particular the confluence between the Saône and the Rhône. The tour will begin by the south of the city, in the district of La Confluence. After a 15-minute training session, you will ride from the extension of the Presqu'île to its modern district, passing by buildings from the city's industrial history. Then following the Saône riverbank you will see the Old City classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. After a few minutes, you will be in front of the Croix-Rousse hill, famous for the silk industry and its beautifully colored architecture. Your local guide will tell you more about that time when the Canuts, or silk workers, lived and worked there. You will go back towards the agency along the Rhône river bank. Effortlessly cross Lyon with an easy city bike. This means of transport allows you to see, in a couple of hours, most of the main attractions offered by the city. You will go back home with a lot of memories: the confluence between the two rivers, the Old City of Lyon, the Saône river and its Italian style, Croix-Rousse hill and its silk history, the banks of the Rhône and more.

Includes

10-minute bike training session and briefing
3-hours bike tour
Guide
Helmets (provided and required)
Raincoats (if necessary)

Drinks
Personal expenses

Not suitable for

Pregnant women
People under 4 ft 9 in (150 cm)

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask

Meeting point

Mobilboard Lyon 29 quai Docteur Gailleton, 69002, Lyon, France

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Important information

Not allowed

Unaccompanied minors

Know before you go

The minimum age to participate is 12 years
Anyone under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
The minimum height is 1,50 meter
The tour is not suitable for pregnant women
Flat shoes and casual clothes are recommended
There are no toilet facilities at the departure point
Up to 20 electric bikes are available; to book this tour for more than 8 people, please inquire

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.6 /5

based on 37 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.7/5
Transportation
4.5/5
Value for money
4.3/5
Safety
4.6/5

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Great way to see a lot of Lyon really quickly.

We took the two hour tour and saw just about all we needed to see of Lyon. There were only four of us on the tour as we took it on an overcast day. This was good as it meant it remained cool. I was not sure about the lectric bikes at first as I had never ridden one, but by the end of the tour we were all converts. The make the ride so much easier. We covered all the banks of the rivers. Started around the pool area of the Rhone, down to "The Conjucture", the meeting of the rivers. Then up and over the Saome, past the original town area for Lyon until we crossed it again up near the tunnel that takes you under the hill on the middle peninsular to the Rhone again. We crossed back to the side we started riding down to the pool area again then back to the office on the other side. All up around 2.5 hours. We saw a lot and it would have been nice to do it a little slower so photos could be taken. But it was well worth it. I would recommend it as a tour most could do.

April 24, 2019

July 18, 2022

First there was disagreement about the duration of the tour, two or three hours? After discussing the terms were changed according to them. Then we started 15 minutes later and were back well within the agreed time.

July 12, 2022

Lyon: The Grand Tour by Bike

Lyon: The Grand Tour by Bike

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Great way to see a lot of Lyon really quickly.