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Shopping marathon in Lyon
04 Déc 2008
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The capital des Gaules proposes every French-style luxury brand, but also its own addresses, with its typical Lyonnais creators who are really worth the trip. They are grouped together in a thematic guide book which proposes fourteen different routes according to one’s tastes and desire. Nothing but happiness!

Lyon (69) - Quais de Saône - Photo M. Perrin - OT de Lyon

The peninsula of Lyon, which extends between the Rhône and the Saône is one of the densest commercial sites of Europe with more than three thousand shops, in a rather narrow area which can be crossed in every direction, without tiredness and without weariness.

One can find there, brands such as Dior and Vuitton, where the most clever of fashionitas prefer going rather than to the Parisian shops where it is enough that a group of Japanese tourists appear to have people queuing on the pavement!

But true and exclusive Lyonnais creators also display the pink sticker of the Lyon Shopping Guide book which allows the trendiest among them to be recognised.

Lyon (69) - les berges du Rhône - Photo Rhône-Alpes Tourisme - P. Blanc

Max Chaoul, the creator of wedding and evening dresses who walks off with all the prizes in New York; his challenger, Nicolas Fafiotte who dresses the finalists of the Miss France competition and young creators such as Laurine Masset;

The true gourmets such as the presenters of Violette et Berlingot who unearth the best candies and sweets; the creators of hats of La Tribu des Oiseaux; the excellent and very creative chocolate maker of Elégance Chocolat …

… The magnificent antique dealers of Auguste Comte street, who are among the most famous in Europe and the conceptual stores like Colette in Paris who unearth, all year round, the trendiest, the one having the most hype, the funniest and the most unusual; Apparently, one day is not enough …

Informations pratiques
Guide book of shops in Lyon « Tendance Presqu’àŽle », in the 1st district (Rhône)
13 rue du Griffon
Tel.: 00 33 (0)4 78 30 02 26.
tendancepresquile.eu
It is freely distributed at more than 160 shops, members of Tendance Presqu’île, in the Tourist Office, in the 1st and 2nd districts city halls, in taxis …
To visit Lyon 
en.lyon-france.com
Super-trick
The Espace Beauté Payot-Peyrefitte (Tel.: 00 33 (0)4 72 77 50 13), a beauty area newly created in the centre of Le Printemps department store which proposes «à la carte» beauty care and a very clever formula at 70 €, the «Printemps Route Day» and another one at 170 € (3 hours of treatments) baptised «After Shopping».
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Tags : Going out, Rhône, Shopping
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