Is Lyon Safe for Solo Female Travelers?

Solo travel

Felt really safe, especially in vieux lyon and along the river. I felt safe walking around alone, even with headphones in. However, be aware of pickpockets on the subway. The food was amazing, fresh food everywhere and inexpensive. Le musée des confluences is an absolute must! The river rhône is beautiful. Vieux Lyon and the roman ruins are fascinating

Solo travel

It is overall a nice city, I was living there for a year. But it is very unsafe, specially the area of the Guilliotiere. I would highly recommend that you go with someone else in the city and not alone as a girl. We had a lot of cases of sexual assaults and harassment.

Group travel

Lyon feels safe and warm , it‘s one of the most beautiful places i have ever visited . There are plenty of good restaurants , so it‘s a good destination for a culinary excursion . Public transport is not expensive and there are a lot of museums that you can visit

Couple travel

We went to France in 2010, in Lyon. We had a Very good experiente there. While my husband worked as an invited university teacher, I was walking around the city. Lion is a very interesting city, with so many good atractions as you had a good time to explore It... I loved to visit the greco romano places Just like the museun , the coliseu and the ancient theatre ... It's amazing. I walked around 7 floors and neither realized It! Very close there IS the famous ancient Iglise de Fourviere.. The city has the famous "trabuilles" just like a Net between the medium age constructions... I visited too the museum of Gobellain, a tapestry museum, the puppet museum and the house of Lumiere brothers... Even the charmosos Bouchons, little restaurantes, with very generous portions of food, in a Very acessible prices, are precious!... Walk by the rivers is a very nice experience with many frenchs caffes... I loved this experiencie ...Lyon is a wonderful city... I Will put pictures, as soon as I can...

Solo travel

Beautiful city!! I met people at my hostel (Le Flaneur) and was able to adventure through the city with them. Spent a lot of time on my feet, but every road had something beautiful to see. Would not recommend Walking alone at night - encountered several aggressive drunk people.

Solo travel

A very interesting city, especially if you are interested in food. I encountered some of the most diverse menus there. I liked the pubs and sightseeing walks.

this is a big city so there are places safer than others, i would say the presqu’île neighborhoods are pretty safe as they are the most crowded ones at night. I would recommend avoiding neighborhoods like la guillotière or villeurbanne if you are alone especially at night. But the bars and clubs are usually not around those neighborhoods so it’s fine. Overall, there will probably be annoying men that will try to talk to you or catcall you, but most of them are inoffensive. If you feel like you’re in danger, you can check the Umay app that will show you places you can go nearby to be safe, i know that most buses are a part of those places in Lyon, maybe some bars and shops too!

By day, public transportation and the city center is very safe. I leaved here for 7 years now and never get hurt by day neither my friends. By night it can be more dangerous even in the most famous places in the town. But you just have to be a little vigilant and not be alone to be safe.