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Traboules de la Croix-Rousse and Living Silk-work

Discover the Lyon silk-workers’ daily life by visiting a real weavers’ workshop kept going by the Living Silk-work Association with its kitchen, its attic and its mechanical looms.

The Croix-Rousse is the district where the “canuts” or silk-workers used to live. The famous Croix-Rousse “traboules” were very important for them. You will see just why!

A short stroll through the maze of “traboules”. Some of them have the strangest names, like the “Cour des Voraces”, the voracious men’s courtyard…
 History is everywhere on the bustling slopes of the Croix Rousse: here you will find the ruins of the Gallo-Roman amphitheatre where the first Christians died as martyrs.

The workshop is closed on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday morning and bank holidays.

Groups of 20 at the most.

Admission payable on arrival.

Walking tour  

Duratin: 2 hours

INFORMATION /BOOKING

Individuals: +33 (0)4 72 77 69 69

Groups or "A la carte": +33 (0)4 72 77 72 33

Tour proposed in French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguses, Russian, Danish, Japanese