Here and there but not quite everywhere!
After breakfast at the InterContinental Lyon, we headed down to Vienne by train. Once there, we visited the Cathedral, Musée Gallo-Romain, and various ruins of the Roman Empire, including the city’s Ancient Theatre. We ended the day back in Lyon with dinner at Le Bouchon des Cordeliers.
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After breakfast at the InterContinental Lyon, we headed over to Chambery, a former capital of Savoy, for the day. The weather wasn’t great. We ended up visiting the Cathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales and Musée Savoisien with lunch in between at a Savoyard restaurant. Unfortunately, the museum of the Château des Ducs de Savoie is closed on Mondays so we could not visit.
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After breakfast at the InterContinental Lyon Hotel-Dieu, we decided to head up to Beaune as the weather forecast was the most favorable there. We came upon a marching band and the 165th Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction! We enjoyed some music and food, saw some historic buildings and a bit of the auction, and visited the Fallot mustard factory.
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We woke up to a rainy day at the InterContinental Lyon Hotel-Dieu. After getting a late start, we spent most of the afternoon at the Museum of Fine Arts. We then had an early dinner at a bouchon in Old Lyon before an early end to the day.
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After breakfast at the InterContinental Lyon, we headed over to Grenoble and visited the Museum of the Old Bishop’s Palace and adjacent Notre-Dame Cathedral. After lunch, we took the gondola up to the Bastille, a fortress that overlooks the city, and walked back down.
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