based on 8 experiences from female travelers
Danielle
Canada
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
Posted: July 10, 2024Experienced: February, 2023It 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.
Posted: June 30, 2024Lyon 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
Posted: June 9, 2024Renata
Brazil
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...
Posted: April 30, 2024Beautiful 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.
Posted: June 9, 2023Experienced: May, 2023A 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.
Posted: March 6, 2023Based on 18 local experiences
Based on 18 local experiences
Lyon is a beautiful safe town which is believed to be overall safe. I have not faced any untoward incident yet but I have come across drunk guys throwing sexist comments at us when we walk at night. Public transport is largely safe
Posted: September 4, 2024Generally is safe, depends on the districts, maybe don't walk alone late in the district of Guillotiere and Venissieux. The center is quite safe always, but I think there are pickpockets like everywhere in big cities, so be aware of this.
Posted: August 12, 2024Myriam
Lyon
3 days
Hey, I'm a Myriam, a french traveller! I have a lot of energy and will always wander around when I'm in a new place. So many things to see and live! :) I'm a big fan of urbex, so if you have any spot, I'd be super thrilled to visit them with you! Otherwise, I'm an easygoing weirdo. I often dress black, so people frequently assume that I'm a sad introvert, but in fact I'm just a concentrate dose of happiness and crankery (and mostly an extrovert) :p
Mélissa
Hello tout le monde, Je suis niçoise de base, cela fait sept ans que j’habite à Paris, j’ai toujours aimé voyager mais depuis l’année 2023 je me suis décidée a aussi voyagé solo ! Mon premier voyage a été une semaine à Édimbourg. J’ai vraiment adoré the spirite of this city 🧙🪄Que dire de plus je suis quelqu’un d’assez simple, j’aime la nature🌱le calme, je suis assez introvertie mais sociable 🫶🏻les animaux🦙mais aussi je suis adepte de soirée techno et autres musiques électroniques, la musique fait aussi partie prenante de mon quotidien🎶 🥳