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.
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What's Included
Includes
- Visit of the traboules
- Professional storyteller guide
Excludes
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Your Guide will be waiting for you on Place Saint-Jean, in the center, next to the fountain. You'll recognize her by the Cybele Badge. In case of delay, please notify your Guide by phone (0420880034) BEFORE the start of the tour.
Itinerary
The Vieux-Lyon district is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it is the second largest Renaissance complex in Europe after Venice. Your storyteller guide takes you back into the life of the inhabitants of Old Lyon in the 16th century ...
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Reviews
This is the storytelling tour of Old Lyon (discord in the printing house). Good time spent with the family, the story is well put together and engaging, it motivates the children. And we go through some very beautiful places in Old Lyon. The host, Agent O, was perfect!
This is the fifth visit I have made with Cybele; simply put, my goal is to do them all! The format is fun and original, the guides are funny and friendly, and I appreciate the quality of their work, especially the sources cited at the end of the visit. Just to (re)discover Lyon, with family or friends: go there, you will definitely have a good time!
Chloe, our bright guide, took us far beyond the streets of Lyon. My niece and I loved following Lisette’s adventures and discovering her world. It was very interesting, stimulating, funny and thrilling (for both children and adults!). Thank you for offering this kind of walk 🫰🏻
Cybele’s actors are seasoned in exercise, especially in tourist places like Old Lyon. They are very attentive and very professional. They know how to capture the attention of the youngest audience and infuse culture through the art of storytelling and song but also through that of play. We have done many of the guided tours offered by the association and do not get tired of them. It's always a treat.
Great visit to Lyon, with a very nice theatrical performance. Mixing big story and small stories Exciting and captivating. Thank you!
As usual Cybele makes me and my daughter have a great time. It's funny, rhythmic, very pleasant and time flies at one of these speeds! This is my sixth visit and it's always a pleasure.
Bravo and thank you to Agent O., who managed despite the rotten weather, to instruct us and amuse us with his storytelling talent! It made us want to try one of these days another visit!
We did not see that this visit was for a children s audience but we feasted. The storyteller was exciting and warmed us up with his enthusiasm despite the freezing weather. Bravo, nice service
A passionate and exciting visit thanks to Agent C. The very lively story, extremely well told leads us into the old Lyon that we rediscover from another angle. To do absolutely!!
Listening to an actor tell us a wonderful story while walking around Lyon and discovering key info, places and anecdotes: fun moment not to be missed. Recommended to all. Small and large:) Format, substance and form: everything sounds right. We have already been there twice with family, a third to come with friends. Various stories and places! Can't wait to let me transport again. Age of participants (parents + 11 year old).
Thank you Olivier, we loved this theatralized tour. You transported us to old Lyon at the time like an open-air play. Now we want to make all the visits!
This tour took us to 16th century Lyon. The guide , with tasty anecdotes, made us have a very pleasant time. We will return without hesitation.
Our child loved the story that was created by Cybèle and a few weeks later is still singing songs associated with the visit.
Once again, Chloe, Agent C, proved to be exciting and very talented; Old Lyon has almost no secrets for us. My 2 grandchildren aged 10 and 12 were passionate; I will take my 2 other grandchildren from their next stay in Lyon. All 4 had loved the visit to the Croix-Rousse following in Jirôme’s footsteps
An original and very nice way to visit Lyon, we spent a pleasant time with agentC! We will not fail to make other visits.
An exciting visit for myself and my little girl aged 11 ..visit that pleases both children and adults..a big thank you to Agent O..
Our daughter loved the visit, she was captivated by the story and the counter. This tour is great for children, but also parents, to discover the traboules of old Lyon.
We visited old Lyon for kindergartens with our sons of 4 and 7, a visit quite suitable for these ages. The storyteller, Agent L, is great, she knows how to captivate the little ones, make them observe the monuments, she makes them sing and play for an hour! They were super happy with their visit, we too, and we continue to sing the Spaghetti lion song at home!!:)
Storytelling and therefore fictionalized rather playful though a little short (1h15)... As far as I am concerned I should have chosen the classic tour organized by the tourist office because I could compare by doing the visits "From Fourvière to the Saône and La Maison des Canuts and the slopes of the Red Cross" with Fabienne (tourist office) and I clearly preferred...
Two visits with Cybele this weekend. Thanks to Olivier for this playful but nevertheless very informative discovery.
Another way to discover the city. More dynamic and taking than a classic visit, all were pleasantly surprised.
Mon petit fils de 4 ans et moi même avons assisté à la visite musicale et contée du vieux Lyon pour les maternelles et Lucille nous a une fois encore émerveillé par ses dons de conteuse. Mon petit fils nous en parle depuis 2 jours et à tenu à refaire l itinéraire de cette visite avec son grand frère afin de lui parler des divers personnages rencontrés. Nous offrons ou faisons des que l occasion se présente des visites avec Cybèle et à chaque fois le charme nos conteurs et de leurs histoires agit....
A storytelling tour for the whole family. Young and old keep an excellent memory. The guide is a wonderful artist who captivates all audiences.
Very nice experience. My grandson (5 years) loved this visit evoking the life of Petit Louis
Exciting visit for adults and young (6 years). A good way to discover or rediscover the city through small history
It was back home in the evening that the children expressed their enthusiasm. This is a very good way to discover Old Lyon and interest children.
Living visit very rich in anecdotes and songs of period that allow us to immerse ourselves in the past under the Occupation. A story in history...thank you for this moment! We recommend and will definitely return to Cybele on our next visit!
We had a great time with Olivier who made us discover old Lyon and the printing press. His voice gives way to imagination and we see the characters come to life while learning a lot. We advise.
Very good original moment spent in this beautiful city of Lyon, the actress guide knew how to keep us in suspense until the end...
A captivating story that took us back in time, we almost saw Henry II at the bend in a street! Bravo and thank you to Agent L who kept us in suspense until the end...!
Fourth visit with Cybele, agents of Monsieur Fluchte have the gift to take us on a journey through beautiful stories to learn a little more about the history...
A real beautiful moment of storytelling and history spent with family! A visit to Old Lyon through the traboules! Thanks to the storyteller!
I loved this visit to Old Lyon which was the right balance between theatre and historical knowledge. Agent C took us back in time thanks to the colorful characters she played! Thank you!
Great tour that allows you to learn a lot about the history of the city in a fun way. We had a great time!
A very good afternoon with family and company of Manuela who accompanied us for this visit. This is really a nice way to visit a city, while having fun and tasting local specialties. Quizzes and dividing the group into several “teams” add a little spice to the experience but the good thing is that we all stay together throughout the tour. It is a great experience if you want to visit Lyon otherwise, even for the inhabitants of the city they discovered things!!!
Agent C picked us up on arrival at the Lyon Fair, our friends Manceaux and us. We loved this trip back in time, the encounter with the characters, the must-see places of old Lyon. Our 11-year-old daughter was not excited, at first glance, by this umpteenth visit of old Lyon... She was finally seduced. This visit is a good formula, proof that history can be approached in a playful way. Obviously in 1.5 hours it is not exhaustive, but it makes you want to gossip a little, read, document and then come back to the Cybele team for other adventures... Recommended, for travelers from 7 to 107 years.
Fabulous! Thank you to Lucille and Alexandre for these 2 visits (The Melody Cow and Petit Pierre) that captivated young and old! We will have a wonderful memory. Bravo Alexander, I wish you a great career as a storyteller... you are made for it! As for you Lucille, it was great, you have nothing left to prove!
We took the gastronomic tour of Old Lyon yesterday morning. There were 20 of us, we all loved it. Olivier was a great guide. This visit was pleasant both for its originality and its unfolding. We learned a lot while having fun. This changes traditional visits.
punctuality, good rhythm, suspense story fictionalized from real elements, all to make us love this good moment of discovery. A new way to visit the traboules, very pleasant, and even captivating. Thank you to Lucile who kept us in suspense.
I made this storytelling tour with two of my grandchildren and they were delighted by their visit. The storyteller is charming and her speech perfect.
The proposed visit is certainly fun but also very rich in information. We were a bunch of merchants from Flanders, the wheels turned into donkeys, the cars into carts. The visit was a light on a moment in the life of a neighborhood, on an era too. I very much appreciated the small point of correction at the end where the actor explains the freedoms he was able to take with History.
I participated in the search for Melody cow with my two nieces, very nice visit for children with a very nice storyteller. It was a very pleasant time:)
We followed "Mister O", our storyteller guide, and discovered an unusual Old Lyon. For 1h15, you are immersed in life at the beginning of the Renaissance. A very nice course, to do, even for Lyonnais, and even a first November with the crowd, which we did not feel. From 12 to 50, the whole family liked it. Congratulations to our guide.
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