Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse
Halles de Lyon – Paul Bocuse
The showcase of Lyon's status as a food capital, with about 50 top stalls selling cheese, charcuterie, oysters, and desserts, where you can order food on the spot.
This indoor market is named after Lyon's legendary chef Paul Bocuse. It moved to its current site in 1971 and was renovated in 2006. Its roughly 50 stalls are mostly top Lyonnais food purveyors: Mère Richard's Saint-Marcellin soft cheese, Sibilia's pork charcuterie (rosette and jésus sausages), Maison Pupier chocolates, Sève desserts, and the oyster bars of seafood stalls such as Rousseau and Chez Léon. Visitors can sit at the bar beside a stall, order a dozen oysters with a glass of white wine, or buy Lyonnais sausage, pink praline tart (tarte aux pralines), and quenelles as gifts. Locals come for seafood on weekend mornings, especially Sunday lunchtime, when the atmosphere is best and the crowds are thickest. Prices are not cheap. A dozen oysters costs about 25 to 40 euros. The market is closed on Mondays, and some bars close early on Sunday afternoons. Cheese and meat products are subject to quarantine restrictions when brought into China, so don't bring them home. Getting there: Metro Line B to Place Guichard or Part-Dieu stations, then about 8 minutes on foot. It is very close to Part-Dieu train station, so it's convenient to stop by on your way out of town.
Opening hours
Tue–Sat approx. 07:00–22:30; Sun 07:00–16:30; closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Grand Hôtel-Dieu & Cité de la Gastronomie
- Berges du Rhône
- Church of Saint-Nizier
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
- Parc de la Tête d'Or
- Place des Terreaux & Hôtel de Ville
- Rue Mercière
- La Croix-Rousse & Traboules