excl. Breakfast - HRS Rating: 8,55/10 - Bring together four of the finest Renaissance ... more
housesin Old Lyon Preserve the spirit and the Italian soul that brokeover Europe at that timeClothe the majestic volumes with contemporaryart worksBring the light thr...
Housed in a historical building at the heart of Lyon’s old town, the Cour Des Loges ... more
combines original period charm with state-of-the-art facilities. Enjoy access to the hotel’s luxury spa.The Cour Des Loges is comprised of 4 magnificently restored Rena...
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Hotel - Hall Central, BP 140, Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport, 69125 Lyon, Allée Est - Le Centre - Bp 140, 69125 Saint Exupery, Rhône Alpes, France - 3 Stars, 4 Stars - 120 Rooms
Advantages: Fantastic food; Great wine; Wonderful service; Good value Disadvantages: Absolutely none
A little over ten years ago I was a student in Lyon, and as a 20-year old who thought he knew it all I spent the year in what is regarded (at least in the city) as the gastronomic capital of France without stepping foot in any of the more highly regarded restaurants. So when we were passing through and spending a couple of nights in Lyon last year the time had come to sample a true 'Bouchon' - a traditional Lyonnais restaurant.
Cafe des Federations came highly recommended, and with the stern warning that it was virtually impossible to get a table without a booking. With this in mind we arrived early, so early in fact that the staff were quite happily sat at the back of the small, perfectly French, room smoking cigarettes and drinking red wine. The reception, however, was friendly and a couple of minutes later we were sat at a small ...
Advantages: tastes great Disadvantages: high in sugar
Lyons Battenberg Cake
This has been on special offer recently in Tesco's and since the offer has been on I have been able to eat single handed 4 whole cakes. The offer being buy one get one free and for a price of £1.29 pence, which gets you the two cakes, I think it is well worth it.
The Lyons Battenberg cake has been around for years and has been one of my favourite cake time treats for many a year. The fact that this cake is so sweet really satisfies me as I have a very bad case of sweet toothitis.
The Battenberg Cake is made up of a super soft sponge centre that is in two different colours and four separate squares of colour giving the cake a chequered look. The two colours are a gorgeous pink and a light yellow shade. The whole sponge centre is wrapped around the outside with a good thick layer of marzipan ...
Advantages: Wonderful city Disadvantages: Pollution
Introduction
As some of you may or may not know, as part of my degree, I study an element of French language in preparation for the third year I will spend in France next year. My likely destination is Lyon and as such I decided it would be worth taking a trip to Lyon to explore what the city had to offer and get my bearings a little before I actually attended the university next year.
Lyon is situated in the Rhone- Alpes region of France, which lies in the east close to the Swiss border. It is surrounded, unsurprisingly, by the Alps and is not very far away in fact from Europe's biggest mountain, Mont Blanc. It is in fact France's second biggest city residing close to St. Etienne and Geneva (in Switzerland). So I and my fiancée (who will also join me in Lyon next year) took a visit to the place.
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ashtonluke 06.07.2005
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