School Trip Coach Hire in Lyon

The Lugdunum museum sits beside the Gallo-Roman Theatre on the Fourviere hill and covers the history of Roman Lyon from its foundation in 43 BC. School group entry is available; the theatre itself is free to view from outside and can be visited directly when not in use for events. Vieux-Lyon (the UNESCO-listed Renaissance old town below Fourviere) provides architecture and history content across three centuries of Lyonnais merchant culture and is accessible by minibus to the Quai Fulchiron drop-off point. The Scottish Parliament-equivalent Hatel de Ville and the Presqu'ile's Place des Terreaux round out a history of civic architecture from the medieval to the 19th century.

The Musee des Confluences at the southern tip of the Presqu'ile is one of France's most architecturally distinctive museums (built in a deconstructivist stainless steel and glass form) and covers science, society, and humanities in an accessible way for secondary school groups. The Institut Lumiere in the Monplaisir district is the birthplace of the Lumiere brothers, who invented the cinema; it houses the original camera equipment and a cinema history collection relevant to Media, History, and Science of Technology curricula. The Planetarium of Vaulx-en-Velin is 20km east and provides science show programmes for school groups.

Perouge is 30km north-east of Lyon (approximately 30 minutes by coach) and is one of France's best-preserved medieval villages, providing strong French History and Architecture curriculum content with minimal travel time. Cluny Abbey is 85km north (approximately 80 minutes) and suits History of Religion and medieval studies groups. Annecy is 140km south-east (approximately 1 hour 20 minutes) and provides Geography content on Alpine lakes, glacial geomorphology, and natural environment. Pont du Gard, the Roman aqueduct in the Languedoc, is 200km south (approximately 2 hours) and is a long but powerful History curriculum day trip.