The third largest city in France, Lyon is the capital city of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. While it may be best known as one of the best student cities in the whole world, it also has a lot to offer travelers who decide to stop by and see what it has.
In fact, the city's old town, known as Vieux-Lyon or Old Lyon, is actually on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The Renaissance-era streets gives tourists a glimpse of the area's old-world charm as well as its history and culture.
When in Vieux-Lyon, it is impossible not to come across one of its many traboules. A "traboule" comes from Latin term "Trans ambulare," which means "pass through."
What a traboule essentially is is a shortcut in the form of internal passage. These traboules allow people to "communicate from a street to the other one by crossing one or several buildings and run," according to Visit Lyon.
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