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Only Lyon


The City of light will light up your world

Many people who know Lyon will talk to you about either one of two things, the great food or its role as the Hub of France. A two-hour train Journey from both the French Riviera and Paris, Lyon is an hour’s drive from the best ski resorts, but perhaps the biggest compliment that we can make is those that come to visit usually stay and they keep their treasured home city a secret. Living in Lyon for your studies or after your graduation gives you a life that most can only dream of and a great place for your happy ever after.

Top student destination

Voted the best place to study in France

Lyon has just been confirmed for the second year running as the best city to do your studies in France by L'Etudiant. Recognised for its vibrant student life and employment opportunities, your time in Lyon will be the best years of your life and will probably become your new home.

However it doesn't stop there, with a cutting edge and dynamic investment in research centres, Lyon actively encourages innovation. Furthermore it entertains a dynamic and vibrant business economy, as the crossroads or hub of Europe. Only an hour’s drive from some of the best Ski slopes in the French Alps, Lyon is also just a two-hour train ride from both Paris and some gorgeous beaches on the French Riviera. The ability to have a rich living standard has made Lyon France’s Second business economy. Only Lyon, knows just how to balance this neat tissage – it’s an art that the Lyonnais are only too happy to share with even the most casual visitor.

French 'Art de Vivre'

Lyon, more than any other city in France, embodies that illusive French “art de vivre”. – A joyful synthesis of all that makes life worthwhile: food, drink, culture, friends and family. Having just celebrated 20 years as a Unesco World heritage Site Lyon is above all a fantastic place to live, study and bring up a family. The quality of the climate and life is a treasure to be shared. It is for that reason that it has been awarded first place as most liveable French city. It placed 32nd as the most liveable city in the world by the Economist magazine©