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Food tours in Lyon

Lyon Food Tours Guide 2026

Eating your way through Lyon: guided tours, hands-on classes, and self-guided routes that deliver.

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Lyon has 6+ food tours and culinary experiences covered in this guide, led by Secret Food Tours Lyon, Lyon Food Walking Tour with a Local Guide (Lyon Original Tours) and Food Tour in Lyon: A Full Taste of France (Do Eat Better). Each entry below includes the practical details — what it costs, when to go, and how to plan around it.

Lyon travel guide - where to stay, what to do, and where to eat in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Top food tours

Guided experiences that show you Lyon through its food.

Walking Food Tour

Secret Food Tours Lyon

3 to 3.5 hours€99.99 (about $112 USD) per person

Small-group walking tasting tour of Vieux Lyon and the Presqu'île with five stops, maximum 12 guests.

Includes: Five tasting stops across Vieux Lyon and the Presqu'île · Small groups capped at 12 guests · Introduction to Lyonnaise specialities with a local guide · Walk through the Renaissance streets of the old town
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Walking Food Tour

Lyon Food Walking Tour with a Local Guide (Lyon Original Tours)

3 hoursAbout €78 (about $87 USD) per person

Three-hour walking food tour through Vieux Lyon with four tasting stops and a local guide, marketed on Expedia and Musement.

Includes: Four tasting stops of Lyonnaise specialities · Guided walk through Vieux Lyon including traboules · Local guide explaining the history of the old town · Three-hour format suited to a half-day slot
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Walking Food Tour

Food Tour in Lyon: A Full Taste of France (Do Eat Better)

3.5 hoursAbout €97 (about $109 USD) per person

Three-and-a-half-hour guided food tour starting at Place Saint-Jean, with lunch and water included.

Includes: Lunch included as part of the tour · Starts at Place Saint-Jean beside the cathedral in Vieux Lyon · Water and tastings of Lyonnaise specialities · Longer 3.5-hour format with a guide
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Walking Food Tour

Lyon Street Food Tour (byFood)

3 hoursAbout €77 (about $86 USD) per person

Three-hour street food tour meeting at Place de la Bourse.

Includes: Street food focus on the Presqu'île · Three-hour guided walk with tastings · Meeting point at Place de la Bourse in the 2nd arrondissement · Mid-range price of about €77 per person
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Market Food Tour

Original Food Tours - Les Halles Morning Tasting Tour

2.5 to 3 hours; starts 10:00About €134 (about $150 USD) per person

Morning guided tasting walk at Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse with 5-7 tastings.

Includes: Guided tasting inside Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse · Five to seven tastings of produce, charcuterie and cheese · Morning departure at 10:00 with a local guide · Compact route within one market hall, little walking
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Walking Food Tour

Visit Lyon Old Lyon Food Tour

3 or 4 hoursAbout €60-80 (about $67-90 USD) per person depending on tour

Tourist-office food tours of Old Lyon: 3-hour walk about €60-70, 4-hour walk with Presqu'île about €80, 3-hour vegan tour about €60-65, listed on the official shop.

Includes: Official tourist-office food tours of Old Lyon · Choice of three-hour, four-hour and vegan formats · Four-hour route extends from Vieux Lyon to the Presqu'île · Prices from about €60 per person
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Cooking classes

Take a piece of Lyon home with you.

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La Cuisine de Marie

From €120 (about $134 USD) per person
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Cook'n'With Class

From €85 (about $95 USD) per person

DIY self-guided food tour

Build your own food crawl through Lyon.

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    09:30 Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse, 102 Cours Lafayette, 69003 - browse charcuterie, cheese and pastry stalls (closed Sunday afternoon)

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    12:00 Le Resto Halles inside the market hall, phone +33 4 78 62 66 54 - lunch served until 14:30, closed Sunday and Monday

  3. 3

    15:30 Walk to Vieux Lyon and the traboules around Rue Saint-Jean, 69005

  4. 4

    19:30 Dinner at a bouchon: Café Comptoir Abel, 25 Rue Guynemer, 69002, phone +33 4 78 37 46 18, or Les Fines Gueules, 16 Rue Lainerie, 69005, phone +33 4 78 28 99 14

Foodie tips

Get more out of every meal.

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Mondays are quiet at Les Halles; only oyster vendors are reliably open.

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Book bouchons and starred tables before arrival; most close Sunday and Monday.

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Report allergies to tour operators when booking; many Lyon dishes contain pork, offal, gluten or dairy.

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Operators' cancellation terms differ; check refund rules before paying.

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