It's hard to pin a name on this part of east-central France. The government solution, Lyon-Rhone-Alpes, although hardly poetic, at least covers the features: grand Lyon, the broad Rhone Valley, and the towering Alps on the Swiss-Italian frontiers. Despite the region's expressways and …
431km (268 miles) SE of Paris, 311km (193 miles) N of Marseille At the junction of the turbulent Rhone and the tranquil Saone, Lyon is the third-largest city in France. The city has a population of 400,000, with over a million more people spread across the large urban area that surrounds it. Lyon is …