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Private tour in Lyon JEAN ALEXANDRE B
Silk Tour in Lyon
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PS : do not hesitate to send an email even if it shows I am not available ! Bonjour ! My name is Alex, I am a full-time licensed guide and also a teacher at Lyon University, where I give classes to future guides. I am responsible for 5 classes : adaptation to American visitors, adaptation to river cruise tourism, food tour experience, ethics and business creation, interactive and intertaining tours. Welcoming people in my 2, 000 year old city of Lyon is my second nature ! I am here to offer completely different tours because I really love my job, and that is what really makes the difference ! Sharing - Understanding - Open-mindedness - Knowledge - Warmth - Gay-Friendly and Yum-Yum are the keywords during my tours. I specialize in interactive tours and food tours : looking for details, meeting local people, making people understand things, taking time to know each other and go our own pace. And of course there is no tour with me without a tasting or a drink (I am the secret son of Julia Child and Paul Bocuse. . . ) I have a great sense of humour, but I am very strict in terms of QUALITY, I guarantee a 100% convivial and informative experience together ! Lyon is a very fascinating city where the variety of activities to do and sceneries to discover is very impressive : the city is considered as the French capital of gastronomy, but that is not the only reason why I got specialized in food tours and why I spend my days in the impressive indoor market Les Halles de Lyon-Paul Bocuse. I am a foodie and I deeply believe that food is a perfect introduction to another culture, a wonderful way to enjoy life, meet people, and face otherness. Lyon also used to be the main centre of the silk production in Europe during centuries : you can't imagine the treasures we still have in beautiful made-in-Lyon-velvet workshops, and the skills of passionate artisans we meet together during weaving demonstrations or demonstrations of handmade painting on silk. . . Top 4 by Alex : Food tour(s), Panoramic 4h tour, Silk Tour, and of course Vieux-Lyon 2h tour (you will see, I have keys and codes that will lead you to places where nobody else go !) See you very soooooon, et vive la France ! Alex Degree in languages (English - Italian) Professionnal tour guide card issued by the French State Teacher in guiding techniques, food tours and adaptation to foreign visitors at Université Lyon 2 I am not a driver. I can accompany you in your vehicle but I can arrange for a separate car/coach/taxi and driver.
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Meet silk professionals including private demonstrations
Overview of your Lyon tour
"Lyonnais silk : Hermès who ?" If you truely want to understand Lyon today, there is no other way but to focus on the 3 centuries of golden age of the silk trade. Nearly everything in Lyon now is a result of the silk powerhouse : today’s local economy, its major business sectors, its architectural features, its reputation Along with our partners, associations taking care of “canut” (silk worker) heritage & one of the last firms still producing Made in Lyon silk fabrics, you will follow the steps of the weavers in the traboules passageways Enter real workshops for original discoveries between technique, chemistry, fashion, zoology, botany, medicine & mechanics INCLUDED PRIVATE DEMOS - Silk weaving on 19th cent. authentic Jacquard loom & 20th cent. electric looms - Handpainting on napped rayon & silk velvet – Presentation of silkscreen printing Lyonnais tradition - Mini farm of real silkworms & their life cycle - from May to Oct. according to season of mulberry tree
Your Lyon tour itinerary
• Meeting point at Place de la Croix-Rousse under the statue of Jacquard, and we walk 10 min to the silk workshop for a 45 min demo. • Descent by foot through the slopes of Croix-Rousse hill (Place Colbert, rue Burdeau, rue des Capucins, rue Romarin, traboules) for a 1 hour tour following the steps of the Lyonnais silkweavers. Many steps involved. • We then cross the Saone river towards Vieux-Lyon neighbourhood for the last demo in a velvet and sikscreen printing workshop. End of the tour in Vieux Lyon, 16 rue du Boeuf. ** Upon request, private transportation can be included
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Type: Walking
It is a walking tour. Be aware there are MANY steps to go down Croix-Rousse hill
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Place de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 69004, France
Place de la Croix-Rousse, by the statue of Jacquard in the middle of the square.
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