Time travel around Lyon
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Where to stay - Cerdon ?
The map of your stay "Time travel around Lyon"
Detail of the stay : Time travel around Lyon
How to get there - Cerdon
Traces of prehistory
Steps: Plagne
Let's start with the origins, and a fascinating visit to the Musée de Préhistoire de Dinoplagne®. Follow the 150-million-year-old, perfectly visible and 100% authentic dinosaur footprints. Finally, visit the Grottes du Cerdon, a prehistoric leisure park where you can learn how early man hunted or lit fires.
Places of interest : DINOPLAGNE
Ancient remains
Steps: Izernore
The second day takes us back to antiquity. If Lyon, capital of the Gauls, is a favored destination, Izernore in theAin department.
Medieval heritage
Steps: Pérouges
Next stop: the Middle Ages. The choice widens to include a territory that still boasts numerous Romanesque churches and abbeys - notably in Southern Burgundy, with the unmissable Pérouges. At the top of a hill in the Dombes region, the village offers a plunge into the Middle Ages. Head south to Crémieu. The medieval town has preserved its architectural heritage: ramparts, fortified gates, convent and cloister, covered market... Finally, the last stop of the day is Saint-Chef. In the land of Frédéric Dard, a Romanesque church features admirable frescoes.
