Editing Lyon (section)

==<FONT COLOR="#DC143C">Things to do</FONT>==

Lyon holds the 2nd place among French cities for its nightlife! 
Vieux Lyon, the quays along the Saône, Presqu’île, Croix Rousse and many other districts are overflowing with sometimes surprising but always fascinating, magical places.

Any ideas ? You could start your apéro (french traditionnal drink about 18H PM) at Le Dahut des Pentes, and then get to Café Lecture, listenning to erotic poetry or surrealistic philosophy (?), then continue to La Belle Equipe (and taste their wonderful gratin dauphinois)... but it's still early, so you decide to visit the famous Atmosphère's free dance floor and make new friends bringing you to Le Bec de Jazz, meet the boss, Tchango Dei, great pianist... it's about 5 AM and you're hungry, hopefully, your trip goes on to La Catole and it's inimitable "tablier sapeur"... Oh ! Sun is rising ! don't worry, other nightclubbing places are waiting for you... 

===Food===
Lyon’s inhabitants’ love of good food and wine combined with the region’s delicious and varied cuisine based on local products have helped shape its special culinary culture, both gourmand and exacting. In Lyon, it is easy to find a place serving good food and very rare to find bad cooking.
There are two famous places in Lyon to have a good dinner or to eat specialties : just take a walk in Vieux Lyon or on Rue Mercière (1°) and you will start to feel hungry ! These are best known places, but there are so many others you can't discover all in a year ! 

Be careful, the true typical "Bouchons Lyonnais" is quite hard to find and some imitations will disappoint exigent gourmets. Don't worry if you go to Café des Fédérations (1°), Chez Abel (2°), Le Pailleron (3°), Comptoir du Vin (4°), L'amphytrion (5°)... Few examples, and each lyonnais has got his own favourite cooks. A local association labels some "authentic bouchons"; the list can be found in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouchon this Wikipedia article].

Lyon is a cosmopolitan city and you can find a huge diversity of restaurants: traditional food (like "Bouchons Lyonnais"; 1st and 5th arrondissements), Chinese (7th), Kebab (everywhere, but several around Les Terreaux), Exotic food, Mexican food, Russian food, Indian food, Italian food, etc.
Since many students are living there, you can find an abundance of cheap restaurants, but also sophisticated (and expensive) ones. You can also enjoy dinner watching a show or singing karaoke in places like Le Papagayo or Viva Bodega!

The website [http://www.lyonresto.com lyonresto.com] lists most restaurants in Lyon and features many customer reviews; unfortunately it only exists in French.

[[Image:veglogo.gif]]===Vegan, Vegetarian & Organic Food=== <br><br>
Lyon has 4 fully vegetarian restaurants that are also vegan-friendly and organic.  For a gourmet experience, try out  [http://www.touteslescouleurs.fr/ Toutes les Couleurs] or [http://www.couleursdesmets.fr Couleurs Des Mets ].  If you're on a budget, head over to [http://www.soline.net Soline] which features a more cafeteria-style menu. For soups and smoothies, try [http://planbio.blogspot.com PlanBio]. For veg-friendly snacks with your afternoon tea or coffee, try out [http://www.boutique-confidences.com Boutique Confidences].  They also sell organic and fair-trade packaged coffees, teas and cosmetics.  For a late-night veg snack, hit up any of the many kebab places mentioned above.  Some of them feature falafel, such as Adonys (rue Puits Gaillot), but if not, most of them will offer some sort of vegetarian option.

[http://www.eau-vive.com L'eau Vive] and [http://www.lavieclaire.com La Vie Claire] are popular natural food store chains in France with many locations in Lyon. There are also several farmers' markets, some of which are organic.  You can find a listing of the days and locations on the [http://www.en.lyon-france.com Lyon Tourism] website.

Tip: The word for "<b>organic</b>" in French is "<b>bio</b>".

===Nightlife in Lyon===
Since Lyon hosts very different kinds of people, you will find a variety of places to have fun! From the numerous Irish pubs to the Australian ones, you will meet people always ready to party, especially the CS team! To make the night last longer, there are a lot of clubs offering a diversity of atmospheres: electronic music, exotic, gay, gigs, for young or less young, etc.

For people fond of music, Lyon boasts several venues for concerts (e.g., Transbordeur, Bourse du travail, Halle Tony Garnier, Marche Gare, Ninkasi Kao, CCO Villeurbanne). There are also several pubs regularly featuring live music (e.g., KraspeK MyziK, Trokson, Bistroy, Eden Rock Café, K-barré) and many boats on the Rhône (e.g., Sirius, Marquise, Passagère). You can even find places to discuss more or less serious subjects or enjoy the theatre (e.g., Espace Tonkin, La Mi-Graine, le Fou Fieffé).

Lyon also offers many cinema complexes, both commercial and independent art houses. For different kinds of shows or to watch a play, there are several theatres in Lyon (e.g., Theatre de la Renaissance, de Vénissieux, Les Ateliers, Les Clochards Célèstes, Espace 44)and also the Opera of Lyon, the "Guignol de Lyon" (i.e., the famous puppets of Lyon) or many smaller places such as "Le Boui-Boui" or "Le Complexe du rire". For classical music, there are auditoriums and the "Piano à Lyon".