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Lyon market stalls and weekend food crowds

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Weekend — Lyon

Train day

France's food capital — one bouchon, not five

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Why it's cool

Lyon is worth a weekend — traboules, rivers, serious food. Steal 48 hours from your Annecy base.

George rhythm

One proper bouchon dinner with classmates. Home Sunday night to your real kitchen.

Day shape

A realistic rhythm — not a locked schedule.

Morning

Train in, traboules and riverside.

Afternoon

Long lunch, museum or park if energy.

Evening

Big dinner, sleep, croissant morning, train home.

Fun at a discount

  • Lunch menu at a bouchon beats dinner prices.
  • Vieux Lyon traboules are the sight — free to wander.
  • Train station lockers for hands-free walking.