Travel quotes
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles
Europe > France > Lyon
When to go to Lyon ( France ) ?
| Month | Sunlight (h/d) | Average T min (°C) | Average T max (°C) | Record T min (°C) | Record T max (°C) | Precipitations (mm) | Wet days | Rating |
| january | 2 | 0 | 6 | -17 | 17 | 51 | 15 |  |
| february | 3 | 1 | 8 | -21 | 23 | 45 | 12 |  |
| march | 5 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 22 | 52 | 11 | |
| april | 6 | 7 | 17 | -4 | 31 | 55 | 11 | |
| may | 8 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 68 | 13 | |
| june | 8 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 38 | 84 | 11 |  |
| july | 9 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 39 | 55 | 10 |  |
| august | 8 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 41 | 88 | 11 | |
| september | 7 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 35 | 92 | 11 | |
| october | 4 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 29 | 76 | 12 | |
| november | 2 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 22 | 79 | 14 | |
| december | 2 | 1 | 7 | -20 | 20 | 56 | 14 | |
How to read the charts
For example: In january, you will get 2 hours of average sunlight in Lyon and the overall temperature will vary between -20 and 20 (Celcius) in this area of France. Usually you shouldn't see more than 15 rainy days wich is representative of this part of Europe.
What to do in Lyon : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants
French town at the confluence of the Rhone and the Saone, Lyon has about 500,000 inhabitants. With a rich history, the city has existed since antiquity. It is still today at the crossroads of many French and European roads.
In the city, metro, tram, trolley bus and allow easy movement. Added to cable car and bike rental service. Lyon is well served by an airport and a TGV line. Highly valued for its quality of life, the city also offers the tourist a rich heritage, both from an architectural point of view and culture. The city is listed as world heritage by UNESCO, with ancient sites, overlooking the city, the medieval and renaissance of the old town, among others.
One can cite here all the remarkable monuments and places, but you admire such as city hall on the Place des Terreaux Celestine theater, the Rose Tower, the Palais Saint-Jean, the bridge Bonaparte, the Saint Nizier, the mullioned windows of the houses in the rising of the Great Coast ... From the museums, you can visit the Museum of Fine Arts, one of Gallo-Roman Civilization, one of hospitals, the Tissue and Decorative Arts, the Institut Lumière and the Centre for the History of Resistance and Deportation.
In addition, numerous festivals punctuate the year: Festival of Lights in December, Fourvière Nights with music, theater and cinema in summer, the Polar Quays dedicated to crime fiction in March.
Impossible not to mention the gastronomic reputation of the city, famous chefs such nursery Bocuse or White, its dishes offered in many restaurants, and the presence of hills of the Beaujolais and Cotes-du-Rhone, producing a perfect wine to accompany a delicious culinary specialties all Lyon.
