5 Best Shopping Malls in Lyon

Confluence is a stunning modernist shopping centre in Lyon that combines by a variety of shops, a terrace with a view and several impressive restaurants. The shops are about what you'd expect, such as fashion and home decor options, though you'll also find an arcade onsite and a massive toy shop.

Among the restaurants, visitors may enjoy a variety that ranges from Vietnamese street food to an Italian restaurant. Of course, more traditional French fare is available too, and it's all on offer with indoor or outdoor seating on the terrace overlooking the water. The shopping centre itself is located in the 2nd arrondissement by the Saone, and there's a dock that lets you arrive via ferry.

Westfield La Part-Dieu is a sizable shopping centre offering a bit of everything in its total retail floor area of over 9 hectares. You'll find over 250 shops here, including fashion, electronics, home decor and more, so there's more than enough to fill an entire day's worth of adventure.

If you're looking for a bite to eat, this shopping centre boasts more than 2 dozen restaurants, with quick fast-food and proper sit-down restaurants both available. You can experience it all for yourself by the Lyon-Part-Dieu station in the 3rd arrondissement east of the city centre.

Grand Hôtel-Dieu offers a modern shopping experience that's set in an updated 12th-century hospital building. The building itself stretches 375 metres and boasts about 40 shops for fashion, home decor and food.

While the building dates back to the 12th century at its oldest parts, much of the shopping centre portion of the historic hospital is more recent, being a 19th-century addition. Check it out in person along the Rhone, in the city centre between Pont Wilson and Pont de la Guillotière.

Galeries Lafayette Part Dieu is a 4-level shopping centre offering premium services and brands you won't want to miss out on if you have an eye for quality. From shopping bags to sailor tops and coloured chinos, the fashion shops here have some of the best brands on the market.

Even though it's a premium-oriented shopping centre, it's still easy to enjoy some savings here whether you're looking for alterations, gift cards or exchanges. Foreigners even have the opportunity for a duty-free service. It's located near Place du General Brosset, just east of the city centre.

Printemps Lyon strives to elevate beauty by championing sustainability and novelty among its items and operations. When you visit, you'll find a variety of shops offering clothes and jewellery that are sustainably sourced and of high quality.

This shopping centre has reinvented itself several times over the years in an effort to respond to social change in a positive way, so don't be surprised to find new, exclusive items on offer if you visit again later on. It's located in between the Rhone and the Saone, right in the city centre's Cordeliers - Jacobins.