Grand cathedral in the heart of the old town. We happened to come as they were doing a medieval…read morerenaissance festival and that made the setting so much more memorable.

Beautiful cathedral, both inside and out! It's a wonderful complement to the Basilica de Notre…read moreDame de Fourvière. Be aware that this church is closed for lunch between noon and 2 pm but it's well worth scheduling a visit. Soaring interior, brilliant stained glass windows - and a very unique treat is that it holds within a fully operational mechanical (astrological) clock dating from 1661. On the hour, every hour, it will chime and its clockwork animatronics will swing into action Truly a 17th century Disney-like delight! A must-see for sure.

Some of these churches can be a little tricky when determining how old they are because apparently,…read morethey started building this church during the middle ages and only finished it in the 19th century. Mind you, considering that it isn't a particularly large church, it does make me wonder why it took so long, but maybe it had something to do with them having money problems. Still, it is a rather lovely church, and like a lot of these churches, the artwork inside is absolutely amazing. Oh, one of the more modern aspects of this church is that the stations of the cross have been redone with a much more modern, 21st Century feel about it.