Lyon · LYON STORYTELLING & THEATRICAL TOURS
7 reviewed
Some guides in Lyon perform the city rather than explain it. These 7 storytelling and theatrical tours walk you through Vieux Lyon in the company of characters from its past: what each dramatises, how long it runs and what it costs, and which are told in English rather than French.
Actor-led storytelling in Croix-Rousse: traboules, the 1831 canut revolt, and Lyon silk history, all in 90 minutes in French for $23.
“Clémence une guide exceptionnelle : réussit à nous faire vivre le passé et l'histoire des canuts à travers les lieux emblématiques de la croix rousse et une trame tirée d'éléments véridiques”
A French 90-minute storytelling walk in Vieux-Lyon, mixing traboules and 16th-century printing history with actor-led suspense.
“Chloé nous a fait la visite du Vieux Lyon en nous contant une histoire passionnante. Moment agréable et trop court.”
French acting tour for kids in Vieux-Lyon: Lisette’s Renaissance quest through traboules on a 90-minute walk from Place Saint-Jean.
“Chloé a captivé toute la famille, petits et grands.”
A 1h15 French storytelling walk through Old Lyon’s UNESCO streets and traboules, with a theatrical guide and a Henry II-era printer tale.
“We had the storytelling tour in the Vieux Lyon. We really enjoyed it : the guide was great with perfect rythme and play, the story is well designed and we discovered lot of interesting spots. I would say this is the perfect way to discover a city, specially with children.”
Experience Lyon’s traditional Guignol show at Parc de la Tête-d’Or, a 30-minute family performance with 1948 traditions for about $9.
“Un bon moment les enfants en réclamaient encore 😃”
90-minute French theatrical walk on Croix-Rousse: White Lady legends, freemasonry lore, and one traboule. No tunnel visit.
“la guide, Chloé, agent C était absolument géniale ! apprendre en riant c'était vraiment chouette”
A French-only 75-minute Renaissance role-play walk through Old Lyon, with real traboules and character-driven stories near Saint-Jean.
“Visite ludique instructive . Nous sommes plongés dans la Renaissance au coeur de Lyon. Très Belle visite.”
