Lyon: Street Art Audio-Guided Walking Tour

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Duration

1.5 hours

Discover incredible murals and frescoes on a self-guided walking tour of Lyon’s United States street art district. Use your smartphone to listen to the specially curated audio guide as you walk.

Highlights

Take a self-guided audio tour and discover Lyon’s street art
Walk through the open-air museum and admire the striking frescoes
Learn the stories behind each of the incredible paintings on the tour
Leave your smartphone in your pocket: all commentaries and directions are automatic
Explore at your own pace and pause your audio tour when you take a break

Full description

Explore Lyon’s street-art scene with an audio guide that takes you off the beaten path. Start whenever you’re ready, on your own or with others, and learn the incredible stories behind the wall paintings in the United States district.

Set out with your smartphone in your pocket and get ready to do some urban exploration while you follow the voice of your passionate and professional guide. The audio commentary triggers automatically as you make your way through the streets.

Discover an ultra-innovative housing project from the 20th century designed by the brilliant architect, avant-garde town planner, and a key figure in Lyon’s social and architectural history, Tony Garnier.

Take a walk around the Ideal City, an open-air gallery of 25 murals, and see how each country envisages its ideal city, including Egypt, India, Mexico, and Russia. End your tour in the heart of the United States district, right in front of the fresco representing this country’s ideal city.

Take the tour at your own pace and stop for some refreshments along the way. Once you’re ready, simply resume your urban art tour, starting off from where you paused it. Clear directions and an integrated geo-localization feature ensure that you won’t get lost.