A former Roman fortress Lungdunum, Lyon presently is the third-largest city in France. Not only is it a historical site, but also a modern city with well-developed infrastructure, a center of industry and commerce.

 Lyon is one of the most pleasant-to-visit places in good old Europe. Although every stone, brick and concrete block here breaths with history, the city itself is still young and flourishing. And there are a lot of sights here that definitely worth seing.  And what is also definitely worth doing is staying in some Lyon cheap hotel. Cheap Lyon Hotels are here for you aplenty. Lots of Lyon apartments are gathered near the historical center, providing their guests with unique combination of traditional architecture and French hospitality. Hardly will you find a budget hotel or inexpensive hotel in this part of Lyon, but the feeling that you are staying at the Lyon hotel, where some historical person used to stay hundred or more years ago, is what justifies the cost. However, Lyon is rich in cheap Lyon accommodations as French cuisine is rich in dishes: beef and snails are on the same menu, one just chooses what one likes. De-luxe apartments and luxury hotels in Lyon are equally easy to find as budget Lyon room or inexpensive hostels in Lyon.
Old Lyon is the most famous and attended district especially after inclusion in UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Tourists often like to walk by the buildings of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and in the Place Bellecour (Bellecour Square) - the meeting place of most natives. Croix-Rousse and Terro wards are of keen tourists' interest in Lyon. Croix-Rousse ward is an ancient silk-weaving ward with labyrinth-like side-streets. Get mislaid in these side-streets, then find a house with 365 windows, aisle Vorasse, the square Croix Paket. And don't be scared to look into courtyards, as tourists are expected to be curious in Lyon.
Don't forget to visit the museum of dolls in the Hotel de Gadagne, and rosarium, which reminds that "there are more roses, then anywhere else in the World" in Lyon.

 Lyon is also a birthplace of motion pictures. It is here that the Lumiere brothers invented this little trick with light and film that changed the World once and for ever.