The Parc de la Tête d’Or is a pretty great place to relax and enjoy some family time!
The “Parc de la Tête d’Or” – called Park of the Golden Head in English – is the largest and most famous urban park in Lyon. It is located on the side of the river Rhône and is covering a land area of 105 hectares. There are seven different entries to access it but the most outstanding one is called the gate of the Rhône’s Children. If you enter the park via this gate, you soon find a wonderful lake of 16 hectares. The park is really appreciated by the inhabitants of Lyon but as well by tourists as it is a really impressive and relaxing green space in the middle of the city. People can visit there one of the biggest botanical gardens in Europe and the first in France with around 15,000 plants listed over 8 hectares, 1,400 of which considered as threatened. Visitors can also enjoy the free zoological garden inside the park and see over 400 animals – 149 mammals, 122 birds, 71 reptiles and 100 red-eared sliders. Half of these animals are for a partnership with European breeding programs. Indeed, the zoo is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria which is aiming to help endangered species breed safely.
Lyon: The Hidden Gem 