Lyon Like a Local: Customized Private Guided Tour by Passionate Lokafyers

Experience Lyon like a local with a customized private guided tour by passionate Lokafyers. Discover the city through a local’s eyes and make travel about the people you meet, not just the places you see.

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Highlights

With our customized walking tours, you’ll skip the mundane historical tours and discover the city through a local’s eyes. Experience a tour that will transform the way you travel to make it as much about the people you meet, as it is the places you see. Our local guides (Lokafyers) are passionate about their city and eager to share their knowledge and perspective. Since Lokafyers are not professional guides and tour occasionally, they provide an experience that’s authentic and personal, like a friend showing you around their city.

Meet where you’re staying to get familiar with the neighbourhood, find out about the best places to eat, the easiest ways to get around, and the hidden gems you might have missed. By the end of the tour, you’ll feel comfortable navigating the city and confident that you have all the information you need to make the most of your stay. Through conversations with your Lokafyer, you’ll learn about cultural differences, local events, and what it’s like to be a true local.

The more notice, the better, as these tours are organized on demand and are completely personalized. With this experience, you won’t be just passing through the city, you’ll be part of it.

What's Included
  • Customized private walking tour
  • Local guide (‘Lokafyer’
What's Not Included
  • Personal expenses
  • Tips and gratuities (optional)
  • Optional activity costs
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation to/from attractions (It’s a walking tour, car transportation isn’t included)
Additional Information

Explore the city from the perspective of a local who loves their home. These tours don’t have a predetermined path - you can choose your own adventure or let the local guide lead the way for an intriguing immersion into the city’s life. Our objective is to shift your travel focus from just being about sightseeing to connecting with the locals as well. Offering a unique substitute to ordinary historical tours, our guided walks let you see the city from an inhabitant’s perspective. Our tours aim to alter your perspective of traveling, making it as central about the people you encounter as it is the sites you visit. Our passionate local guides (known as Lokafyers) are excited about their city and excited to share their insights and viewpoints. Since Lokafyers are not everyday guides and only occasionally conduct tours, what they offer is a genuine and personal experience, akin to an acquaintance walking you through their city. By the tour’s conclusion, we aim for you to be able to navigate the city easily and feel confident that you have all the necessary information to get the most out of your visit.

  • Lokafy tours provide a general overview of the city with practical information from a local’s perspective, not detailed historical facts
  • In case travellers would like to include a visit to an attraction, they would need to cover the cost of entrance for themselves and also the Lokafyer (local guide)
  • Tours are entirely personalized, please provide the start time, meeting place and information about you so that we can organize the tour
  • This is a walking tour. We recommend wearing comfortable shoes
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Children below 3 years old are free of charge
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de la Métropole de Lyon
Place Bellecour
Travelers can request the tour to start from any centrally located hotel. In case your hotel is outside the city center we will select a convenient meeting point in the city center.Tour may end at a different location from the departure point unless requested in advance of the tour.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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J_f
Aug 20, 2024
Lyon Private tour - Our guide was Joseph, he is Lyon local. He was able to walk us around the city to explore sites from 300 ad clear up to 1800’s. He explained the change in architecture and building materials. He was fantastic. We even sampled the local bread.
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William_b
Jul 13, 2024
Very relaxing, fun and we have a very good sense of Lyon - We had a wonderful guide in Jessica who was very flexible and covered all the bases that we wanted to see. She was also very informative on the historic structures we visited.
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Lucie_k
Jun 5, 2024
Fun in Lyon - Great tour guide! She was so friendly and knowledgeable & made the day so informative and FUN! We really enjoyed the beauty of Lyon
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Eleanor_a
Jun 4, 2024
Great tour - Great informal tour around the main city areas , very friendly guide Zahra made it interesting for teenagers too !
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John_o
May 24, 2024
Jessica was Tres Fantastique!! - Jessica was wonderful. She was super friendly and knowledgeable. We never felt rushed and she took the time to get to know us. It was a unique experience to have a local’s perspective but still an American take us through Lyon. Would definitely recommend her to anyone traveling to Lyon and looking for a tour guide.
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Marcos_p
Mar 30, 2024
Fantastic walking tour in Lyon - The guide Joseph was great, with lots of information and very passionate about the city. We spent three hours walking and did not notice until the end.
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Liz_d
Dec 14, 2023
Lokafy is a great option - We arrived at our hotel just before the tour was to start. Christine was so gracious and offered to meet us in the lobby. Because of steadily increasing rain, I asked if there was some indoor venue we could tour. Christine was amazing and suggested the Halles Paul Bocuse, the famous food market. This would have never been an option on a large group tour. We had so much fun and learned a lot. We enjoyed wine and cheese along with a lesson from the vendor thanks to Christine’s translation. I would book with Lokafy again.
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Christi_g
Dec 9, 2023
Historical &informative - We truly loved all the History that our guide Bruno talked about. We walked a circle around the city seeing different historical landmarks. He also recommended 2 restaurants that were absolutely fabulous. This was one of the best tours we have taken.
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Emactravels
Aug 6, 2024
Not very informative - While our guide was very nice but she didn’t talk much which is not that great for a tour. She took us to some museums and we also paid for her entry to the museums. While she was very nice it was not much more than we would have done on our own if plus paying for another adult entry to 2 museums.
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Katy_b
Jun 3, 2024
Disappointing Lyon Like a Local Customized Tour - We were extremely disappointed in our tour yesterday with Victor from Lokafy. This was suppose to be a customized private guided tour. I shared with Lokafy twice what our priorities were for the tour, with the last being shared 3 days before our tour. 2 days before our tour I was sent information regarding our tour, ie, where to meet and Victor’s information. I was told in this same message that this was not a historic tour and if that is what we wanted we should look for something else. We were also told to contact him, if he didn’t contact him. Why is it our responsibility to contact him when we are paying for this service? The day of the tour Victor showed up a couple minutes late due to a previous tour. He started talking about the history of Lyon. I stopped him and asked him if he read my email and he said he never received it. I showed him what I sent but he was not interested in taking us to our first priority stop which was the Halles of Paul Bocuse. He strolled us all over town and then left us on the subway to find our way back because he had another tour to get to. He did send us a map via What’s App to get us to the Gardens. The unfortunate part of all of this was that he gave us the wrong stop on the subway to get off. Luckily there were some kind people on the train who helped us. After completing the tour, I reached out to Lokafy to tell them what happened. Malena informed me he had been given our information although this was inconsistent with what he told us. They apologized and said they would look into it so it would never happen again. As I explained to her, I appreciated the apology but that didn’t help me with our time in Lyon. She said she would forward this information on to management. We will see if I ever hear back from them. If I was doing this again, I would stay away from Lokafy. They are from Toronto and have no way of knowing what the local tour guides are really doing in the cities.
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