ibis Lyon Sud Oullins

Here is a beautiful route for road cycling or running that combines nature and urban planning. Departing from the Gerland playground, the circuit runs along the Henry Chabert Park and follows the banks of the Rhône via the Quai du Canada. Cyclists or runners will turn around on the Voie Verte des Berges du Rhône, at the level of the Pavillon de la Roseraie. This circuit allows you to see one of the key places in Lyon, the magnificent Cité Internationale de Lyon, designed by the architect...

Leaving from Oullins, this hiking route runs along the Parc Chabrières and L'Yzeron to the Parc Naturel de l'Yzeron, a veritable green lung of 60,000 m2. A little further on, hikers will discover the Gier aqueduct. This aqueduct which supplied the city of Lyon is more than four kilometers long. It is made of 72 arches which testify to the importance of the city in the Gallo-Roman era. The circuit mainly ends in the streets of Saint-Foy-lès-Lyon.

Tour of the Confluence district, a peninsula between the Rhône and the Saône. It is a former industrial district which was rehabilitated in the 2010s. The walk begins on Quai Arlès du Four, next to the shopping center, then continues on Quai Rambaud. You will pass in front of the Ouagadougou Aquatic Garden. After a good tour of the neighborhood, you will pass the Musée des Confluences, a museum of natural history, anthropology, societies and civilizations, opened in 2014. The walk...

The GR®169 is a recent long-distance hiking trail opened in 2022 which goes around the metropolis of Lyon. It forms a loop from Irigny station to Feyzin station, passing through twelve forts of the second ring, including Fort d'Irigny, Fort Francheville, Fort Saint-Genis Laval, the fort of Dardilly, the fort of Meyzieu, the fort of Saint-Priest, the fort of Bron, the fort of Feyzin. You will find a dozen stations and no less than sixty bus stops along the route so that you can travel it in...