Two guided tours for your ideal enjoyment of the celebration

The celebration of the lights occurred December 8th, 1852, when habitants of Lyon decided to come down the streets and put candle lights in their windows, after having been deprived twice of a holiday in honour of the Holy Virgin. Since, this celebration became more and more important. Initially a catholic feast, it has become a celebration of the entire city during four nights, when visitors from all around Europe come to join.

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The festival is different every year when it takes place on the December 8ths: indeed, the themes of the light animation are completely renewed. The scenery are the most remarkable places of the city: the cathedral Saint Jean, Place des Jacobins, Place des Terreaux, the théâtre Célestin, the banks of the Rhône river, the huge Park de la Tête d’Or, the passageways (traboule), the hills of the district Croix-Rousse and finally Fourvière.

Thus, it is impossible to establish in advance the best tour for visits, contrary to what we propose for our other guided tours.

That is why we suggest to you two visits:

1. a visit as a try-out that we establish at the end of October referring on the press file in regards of what was done in the previous years and of the geographical particularities of Lyon. The purpose of this kind of approach is to avoid you to slave away with a stop and go traffic!
2. a final visit, which we will define on the first evening of the celebration, in order to make sure that you may visit the most interesting performances of the festival of lights, even if you are in Lyon for one single evening only.

I wish to receive the two programs of guided tours for the festival 2009 as soon as edited

Optimize your stay in Lyon by visiting the town with our guided tours through the Old City of Lyon and the “traboules “ (passageways).