Pentes De La Croix Rousse

Lively Les Pentes de la Croix Rousse centers around the grand Hôtel de Ville, on Place de la Comédie, and Lyon Museum of Fine Arts, with its Impressionist masterpieces. The Roman-era Amphitheater of the Three Gauls is open for tours, and Jean Nouvel's Lyon National Opera hosts ballet and classical music. Hip shops line Passage Thiaffait arcade, while bistros and cool clubs fill streets on and near Rue St. -Catherine.