Lyon Hop-On Hop-Off Tour with Audio Commentary
Overview
Available languages
1 hour 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Explore Lyon at your own pace with a unique vantage point from a double-decker bus. Listen to audio commentary of the sights with your own phone with the REWIND application . Please bring your own earphones . Available in eight language selections. Hop on and off as often as you like at the different stops.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Duration:1 hour 30 minutes
Operating Schedule:Departures from Place Bellecour from May 1st to October 31st departure every 45 minutes at : 10am/10:45am/11:30am/12:15am/1pm/1:45pm/2:30pm/3:15pm/4pm/4:45pm/5:30pm
Stop 1 departure
Stop 2 - Terreaux
Stop 3 - Aller - Palais de Justice
Stop 4- Vieux Lyon
Stop 5- Musée des Confluences
Stop 6 - Théâtres Gallo-Romains
Stop 7 - Fourvière
Stop 8 - Mur Peint
Stop 9 - Retour Place Bellecour
What‘s Included
Hop-on hop-off tour
free audioguided application on smartphone REWIND - bring you own earphones
Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Earphones
Options
Lyon City Tour - 2 Days
Lyon City Tour - 1 day
Reviews
309 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Disappointed
irinakC6622DJ,May 6, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00We paid to the driver and started at Bellcour place at noon. We got off by Notre Dame de Fourvier at 13.05pm . When bus left we saw the notice that it is a lunch time until 15.35 pm . Understand, but bus never came back ( it was a last week on very rainy day) , we were waiting for almost an hour and got a taxi to get home.
Know the city name.
Bryant B,May 3, 2026
- Review from Viator
4.00The app needs to have clearer instructions on downloading the audio app. The dialog kept switching between “Lion” and “Lyon”, that was annoying.
Lyon tour
kshearmire,Apr 29, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00The tour left on time. The driver helped me access the audio on my phone. Take your own ear buds, they have gone all digital! Lyon has a lot of history.
Hop
Glen A,Apr 29, 2026
- Review from Viator
2.00Lack of explanations, missing places. Les Halle’s Paul Bocuse, La Croix Rousse. Pretty fast for pictures and commentary was week
Improvements Needed!
Christopher P,Apr 27, 2026
- Review from Viator
2.00VERY confused as to how to access the audio for the tour. You have to download an app then download the tour. There were signs saying that wifi was available but we could not get it to work. So after 15 minutes of shear frustration and no tour audio, I asked the bus driver for help and he said "Sorry the wifi is not working on this bus". In the end, it was a beautiful 1.5 hour drive around the city with no idea at all as to what we were supposed to be looking at. Nice drive, maybe, but no tour.
Disappointing
Voyager326493,Apr 20, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00I was surprised I had to use a QR program which my i phone resisted but I finally got it working but I thought the narration was really bad and insulting. The narration in English couldn’t even pronounce Lyon correctly and tried making lame jokes and there was long periods of just music. I finally just turned it off. It wasn’t my 1st time using this tour in other countries but this was also before the QR code use and the first time I was disappointed in the tour.
Bus broke
Aizhan R,Apr 16, 2026
- Review from Viator
1.00We book this experience for our elderly parents and my brother with his wife. Their bus broke and they had to wait for 1hr 20min outside waiting for the next bus to come in order to complete their tour. They were not given an estimate of when the bus would pick them up and had to stay outside instead of potentially using an opportunity to look around. It was windy and cold that day and was not an enjoyable experience at all
Lyon in just 90 minutes
Henry B,Apr 2, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00It was a great way to see Lyon France. Friendly driver was very accommodating to everyone on the bus
Total disappointment
Hipcm,Feb 15, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00Whenever we visit a city we always make a tour in these buses to get a general idea of the city and decide what to visit in detail below. This time it was a total disappointment! The audio guide does not work on all phones and the Bus mobile internet was inactive. To sum up, the driver was super antipathetic and refused to give information. By the way, it was really unpleasant when we asked him how we could get out and back in later because we had not received the tickets (we made the purchase personally at the entrance of the Bus)
A practical way to discover Lyon
Rosalie667,Jan 22, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00An excellent option to discover Lyon in a practical and flexible way. The hop-on hop-off bus allows you to get on and off freely throughout the day, with stops at the main tourist sites such as Old Lyon, Place Bellecour and Notre-Dame de Fourvière Basilica. Multilingual audio commentary is clear and informative, and onboard Wi-Fi is a real plus. An ideal solution for a first visit of Lyon, offering good value for money and a complete overview of the city.
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