For know, you can find some nice self guided pub crawls here. You can organise your own pub crawl through some of the coolest areas in Lyon, by using our custom Google Maps. Let us know how it was!
At the moment I do not organize pubcrawls myself, but I have partnered with the riviera bar crawl tours: You can check them out here : Riviera Bar Crawls in Lyon Their pub crawl seeks to show you la Ville des Lumières (the City of Lights) by night. Walking through the backstreets of the city, they visit a wide variety of the bars that Lyon has to offer. They go to three bars and a nightclub; go with them to enjoy free shots, cheap drinks and free entry to one of Lyon's best local nightclubs as well as meeting fellow travellers and locals alike.
Book Now »You can use these maps to do your own pub crawl in Lyon. All these bars are great! Let me know if you had fun or if I need to add a bar!
Vieux Lyon is filled with some nice Irish pubs and local bars and even a few small clubs. In many Irish pubs, the bartenders will speak english.
This pub crawl starts on top of Croix-Rousse hill. Croix-Rousse is a fairly hip area and new bars are popping up here all the time. You will walk down the slopes, where you will find many great bars and clubs. All these places are great! Let us know how it was!
If you are interested in discovering the night life in the university area, go to some of these places. I guarantee you, you will not find any tourists here and these pubs and wine bars are really lovely.