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Lyon (Airport)From 400 € : Geneva to Lyon (Airport) in 120 m. for 145 km.
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Lyon (often Lyons in English) (French pronunciation: /lj??/) is a city in east central France. Location: 45° 46? 1? N, 4° 50? 3? E.
Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the second largest metropolitan area in France after Paris, with 1,648,216 inhabitants at the 1999 census, and approximately the 20th to 25th largest metropolitan area of Western Europe.
Lyon is the capital of the Rhône-Alpes région, and the préfecture (capital) of the Rhône département.
The city gave its name to the Lyonnais province, of which it was the capital. Today the region around Lyon is still known as Lyonnais (French: le Lyonnais), or sometimes even as the Lyonnaise Region (French: Région Lyonnaise). Lyonnaise Region is an unofficial, popular name, not to be confused with the administrative région of Rhône-Alpes, which is much larger than the Lyonnaise Region.
Lyon is also the international headquarters of Interpol.
Lyon was an early center for printing books, and nurtured a circle of 16th century poets. For several centuries Lyon has been known as the capital of gastronomy, fine handweaving, and the silk trade. The Lumière brothers invented cinema in the town in 1898. December 8 each year is marked by "la Fête de la Lumière" (the Festival of Lights), a celebration of thanks to the Virgin Mary, who purportedly saved the city from a deadly plague in the Middle Ages. During the event, the local population places candles in their windows and the city of Lyon organizes and projects impressive large-scale light shows onto the sides of important Lyonais monuments, such as the mediaeval Cathédral St-Jean.
Two of France's best known wine-growing regions are located near Lyon: the Beaujolais to the North, and the Côtes du Rhône to the South. |
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Berne
Book from Geneva to Berne
The city of Berne [?b??n] (Bernese German Bärn [?pæ?rn], German Bern [?b??rn], French Berne [?b??n], Italian Berna [?b?rna], Romansh Berna [?b?rn?]), ...
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Annecy
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Annecy is a town in the Haute-Savoie region of eastern France, on the shores of Lake Annecy, 22 miles south of Geneva.
Annecy withdrew its ...
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Chamonix
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (45° 55? 8? N, 6° 51? 55? E; elevation 1040 m), or more commonly, Chamonix is a town and commune in eastern France, in the Haute-S...
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Combloux
Book from Geneva to Combloux
Combloux is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département in France. Population (1999): 1,976. It is located approximately 30 kilometres from Chamonix, an...
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