Lyon - Surroundings

25km/15mi west of Lyons is L'Arbresle (pop. 4,900), with the Dominican convent of Ste-Marie- de-la-Tourette, built by Le Corbusier in 1957-1959.

Southwest of Lyons is Chazelles-sur-Lyon (pop. 5,000), once famous as a hat- manufacturing town. The Musée du Chapeau (Hat Museum) is a mine of information on the hat-maker's craft, its importance to the region and fashions in hats.

11km/7mi north of Lyons is the Château de Rochetaillée, which now houses the interesting Musée Automobile Henri- Malartre, with more than 130 old cars, motorcycles and bicycles.