Lyon
A self-guided audio walking tour of Lyon, France
This self-guided audio walking tour of Lyon in Lyon, France covers 10 narrated stops over roughly 60 minutes and about 4.7 km on foot. Press play in the PodWalk app and each stop is narrated automatically as you arrive — walk at your own pace, online or fully offline. The route runs from Les Cordeliers to Rue Mercière. Expect a focus on hidden gems, architecture and history.
Download free, then play this walk in Lyon — narration starts automatically at each stop, online or off.
The route, stop by stop
Les Cordeliers
Every city has a square it keeps returning to — not because it's the most beautiful, but because it was always where decisions got…
Chapelle de la Trinité
1622. A Jesuit architect named Étienne Martellange breaks ground on a chapel that will become something Lyon has never seen before — the city's first building in the baroque…
Fontaine Bartholdi
Three years after the Eiffel Tower went up, Lyon answered with water. Not a tower, not a civic hall — a fountain, commissioned for the Place des Terreaux and unveiled in…
Rue des Capucins
The name alone tells you something: Capucins. Friars. Men who chose poverty as a public…
Place du Change
Merchants don't build churches. Except when they do — and when they do, they put their name on the…
St Jean Cathedral
Three hundred years of construction, and the city barely noticed when it stopped. That's the strange power of St…
Place des Célestins
For nearly four centuries, this square didn't exist — it was a monastery. The Celestines arrived in 1407, built their walls, and held this ground until the Revolution swept them out in…
Place Bellecour
Stand here long enough and the wind will make the argument for you. Place Bellecour doesn't persuade — it…
Place des Jacobins
Twelve streets converge here, which tells you something — this square wasn't planned so much as surrendered…
Rue Mercière
The ground remembers what buildings forget. Here, twelve streets converge on a square that was built to replace something far more powerful—and the replacement never quite erased what came…
These are the opening lines of each stop. The full narration — and the audio — plays in the app.
Lyon — FAQ
- How long is the Lyon walking tour?
- About 60 minutes on foot, covering 10 stops over 4.7 km. You can pause and pick it back up whenever you like.
- What does the Lyon audio tour cover?
- 10 narrated stops, beginning at Les Cordeliers and ending at Rue Mercière. Each one plays automatically as you reach it.
- Do I need an internet connection or mobile data?
- No. Download the walk once in the PodWalk app and the narration plays fully offline — handy while roaming in France. GPS triggers each stop as you arrive.
- Is the Lyon audio tour free?
- Your first walk on PodWalk is free. After that, walks come through one-time passes from $2.99 — there's no subscription and nothing auto-renews.
- Can I do the tour at my own pace?
- Yes. There's no guide and no schedule — start when you want, linger as long as you like, and the next stop plays automatically when you get there.
Walk Lyon with PodWalk
Free to download. Your first walk is free, and you can download this one for fully offline use.