Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Lyon is worth a stop: 11km from Musee de l'Automobile Henri Malartre.
Lyon is in Rhône-Alpes, France, with about 520,000 people. You drive on the right here.
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Within an hour or so of Lyon: Musee de l'Automobile Henri Malartre (11 km), Pérouges (31 km).
The nearest famous roads are Col du Grand Colombier, Combe Laval Balcony Road and Route Nationale 7.
Lyon to Marseille is about 3 hr 26 min (314 km). Nice to Lyon is about 5 hr 4 min (471 km). Paris to Lyon is about 4 hr 58 min (466 km).
Lyon is in Rhône-Alpes, France.
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Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.
Full driving guide for France2 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Pioneering car museum in a hilltop chateau above the Saone near Lyon, displaying pre-1914 automobiles, historic motorcycles, trams and celebrity cars, including one of Hitler's armoured Mercedes.
11 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Walled medieval weavers' town on a hilltop 35 km from Lyon, its cobbled lanes and stone houses so intact that film crews use it as a ready-made Middle Ages set; try the warm galette pérougienne on the main square.
31 km · about 35 min drive
13 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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