Taxi Marseille → Lyon

Lyon, capital of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, is France's third-largest metropolis and one of Europe's great cities. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its historic centre (from the Renaissance Vieux-Lyon to the Haussmannian Presqu'île), Lyon is globally recognised as France's gastronomic capital. Paul Bocuse, traditional bouchon restaurants, the eponymous food halls and a constellation of Michelin-starred restaurants make Lyon an essential culinary pilgrimage destination. The Vieux-Lyon, France's largest Renaissance ensemble after Paris, houses the famous traboules — covered passageways running through buildings from one street to another — and the Cathedral of Saint-Jean with its 14th-century astronomical clock. The Fourvière hill, crowned by the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (the 'hill that prays'), offers a spectacular panorama over the city, the Saône river and the Alps on clear days. The Presqu'île, between the Rhône and Saône rivers, concentrates the monumental squares (Bellecour, Terreaux), the Museum of Fine Arts (one of France's richest) and shopping streets. Lyon is also the city of the Lumière brothers (birth of cinema in 1895), Guignol puppet theatre and silk weaving (Croix-Rousse quarter and its canuts). La Part-Dieu houses the business district and the main TGV station.