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Lyon 08, Lyon — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Early cinema was born in Lyon 08, the Monplaisir quarter of Lyon known for the Institut Lumière and the Musée urbain Tony Garnier.
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Where to stay in Lyon 08
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Where you stay in Lyon 08 turns on the choice between Monplaisir and the wider États-Unis streets. Around the Institut Lumière the old Monplaisir core keeps a settled feel, its blocks gathered near Église Saint-Maurice de Monplaisir and the Musée d'histoire de la médecine et de la pharmacie de Lyon, a base that suits travellers who want cinema history and a quiet residential quarter. Further out the district broadens.
Its long boulevards run past the painted walls of the Musée urbain Tony Garnier toward Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, an open, well-served part of Lyon with room to spread.
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Monplaisir
The settled old core around the Institut Lumière, Église Saint-Maurice de Monplaisir, and the Musée d'histoire de la médecine et de la pharmacie de Lyon.Find hotels in MonplaisirOpen streets by the Musée urbain Tony GarnierÉtats-Unis boulevards
Long boulevards past the painted walls of the Musée urbain Tony Garnier toward Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, a well-served side of Lyon.Find hotels in États-Unis boulevardsHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Lyon
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Museums & Galleries
2- Institut Lumière
- Droguier of the Institute of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences
Churches & Religious Sites
2- Église Saint-Maurice de Monplaisir
- Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Lyon
Stadiums & Sports
3- espace Michel-Saez
- Jean Mermoz Pool
- Gymnase Régine Cavagnoud
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About Lyon 08
What are the main landmarks in Lyon 08?
The main landmarks in Lyon 08 range from cinema to model housing. Film began at Monplaisir. The Institut Lumière stands in the old home of the moving picture, near Église Saint-Maurice de Monplaisir and the Musée d'histoire de la médecine et de la pharmacie de Lyon in the settled core.
Out along the boulevards the Musée urbain Tony Garnier preserves the painted walls of a model housing district, while Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul marks the reach of the quarter across the flatter ground of Lyon.
What is the history of Lyon 08?
Lyon 08 grew as the Monplaisir quarter of Lyon, the ground where early cinema took shape. Film began here. The Institut Lumière holds the memory of the first moving pictures made in the district, and Église Saint-Maurice de Monplaisir marks the older core that grew around it.
As the city spread south the États-Unis boulevards rose as planned housing, and the Musée urbain Tony Garnier preserves the painted district built to that design, giving Lyon 08 its double history of invention and modern town planning.
Where is Lyon 08?
Lyon 08 covers the flat southeastern ground of Lyon, centred on Monplaisir near the Institut Lumière and reaching along the boulevards to the Musée urbain Tony Garnier.
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What is the best area to stay in Lyon 08?
Monplaisir: Cinema history near the Institut Lumière. États-Unis boulevards: Open streets by the Musée urbain Tony Garnier.
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Updated October 2026