Lyon: Street Art Self-Guided Audio Tour on Your Smartphone

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ID: GYG401625-729374
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Country: France

Duration: 01:30 hours


Description

Discover incredible murals and frescoes on a self-guided walking tour of Lyon's United States street art district. Use your smartphone to listen to the specially curated audio guide as you walk.
Explore Lyon's street-art scene with an audio guide that takes you off the beaten path. Start whenever you're ready, on your own or with others, and learn the incredible stories behind the wall paintings in the United States district.

Set out with your smartphone in your pocket and get ready to do some urban exploration while you follow the voice of your passionate and professional guide. The audio commentary triggers automatically as you make your way through the streets.

Discover an ultra-innovative housing project from the 20th century designed by the brilliant architect, avant-garde town planner, and a key figure in Lyon's social and architectural history, Tony Garnier.

Take a walk around the Ideal City, an open-air gallery of 25 murals, and see how each country envisages its ideal city, including Egypt, India, Mexico, and Russia. End your tour in the heart of the United States district, right in front of the fresco representing this country's ideal city.

Take the tour at your own pace and stop for some refreshments along the way. Once you're ready, simply resume your urban art tour, starting off from where you paused it. Clear directions and an integrated geo-localization feature ensure that you won't get lost.

Highlights

  • Take a self-guided audio tour and discover Lyon's street art
  • Walk through the open-air museum and admire the striking frescoes
  • Learn the stories behind each of the incredible paintings on the tour
  • Leave your smartphone in your pocket: all commentaries and directions are automatic
  • Explore at your own pace and pause your audio tour when you take a break

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
You will need internet access on your phone to take the tour
You must be at the starting point to begin your tour
You can start your tour at any time
You must bring your own headphones
Your tour begins on the Boulevard des États-Unis at the États-Unis Musée Tony Garnier tram stop (line 4).
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When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.