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Pérouges and Oingt from Lyon

1 day · ~2 h 25 ·Hill towns, Wine, Food

Day by day

Driving times are approximate, from OpenStreetMap roads without traffic; long legs are rougher estimates. The Google Maps links give up-to-date times.

  1. Day 1

    ~2 h 25 · 4 h

    Golden stone and cobbled lanes near Lyon

    1. Lyon
    2. ~45 min · 39 km
      OingtAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes

      Oingt glows in its golden stone, so take your time on the lanes up to the keep, which you can enter. Look for the Nizy Gate and the Gothic choir of the church. Linger over a coffee, then on to Pérouges.

    3. ~1 h 05 · 63 km
      PérougesAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes

      Pérouges is for wandering. Follow the car-free cobbled lanes to the Place du Tilleul, where the Tree of Liberty stands, and see the fortified church of Sainte-Madeleine. Sit down at one of the old inns for a galette pérougienne, then head back to Lyon.

    4. ~35 min · 39 km
      Lyon

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What you'll eat

What each stop is known for, and the dishes its region is famous for.

Pérouges

Also typical of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Adapted from Wikipedia (Cuisine auvergnate), Wikivoyage (Pérouges). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thermal baths along the way

Spas and hot springs near your stops, the closest by road first.

  • Natespa · ~38 min by car from Pérouges

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Soundtrack for this trip

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in music: a troubadour, Baroque violin, Berlioz, Auvergne bagpipes and dances, chanson, ambient and folk-pop.

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