The magnificent Place Bellecour, Lyon's central square and the largest pedestrian plaza in Europe, serves as the beating heart of this UNESCO-listed city where the Rhône and Saône rivers converge.

Lyon is officially flying. The French city has shot to No. 1 on Speedtest’s Global Index for fixed-line broadband, clocking a ...

Vieux Lyon, or Old Lyon, is the city's renaissance district located in the 5th arrondissement. Here, visitors will find many attractions, such as the Place du Change, the former business square of ...

Back down the hill, Vieux Lyon offers the best concentration of well-preserved Renaissance buildings in France – vestiges of Lyon's Golden Age when it was the center of Europe's silk industry.

Seth Sherwood, a longtime resident of France, has been writing about the country for the Travel section for 20 years. Paris might have seized the global spotlight this year as the host of Summer ...

Lyon (pronounced “lee-ohn”) has been among France’s leading cities since the Romans ruled. In spite of its workaday, business-first facade, Lyon is the most historic and culturally important ...

The largest open space is the Place Bellecour (3), which also contains the Tourist Office (00 33 4 72 77 69 69; lyon-france.com; open 9am to 6pm daily), which sells a Lyon City Card (€32 for 48 ...

A fire tore through an apartment building in the early hours of Friday near Lyon in central France, killing at least 10 people, including five children, the French authorities said. Over 160 ...

Liverpool has sent homegrown midfielder Tyler Morton to French club Lyon for a transfer fee of up to 15 million euros.

LYON, France — Czech Republic international Pavel Šulc has completed a move to French club Lyon from Viktoria Plzeň. Both ...

LYON, France -- On a damp, cold November day in Lyon, France, a French Military Veteran who has seen generations come and go, looks across the field and sees a U.S. Soldier who's barely seen life ...