2 Best Shopping in Lyon and the Alps, France

Lyon's stately 17th-century hospital is now a dazzling center for dining, shopping, and leisure. The six spacious courtyards are lined with an assortment of stylish high-end fashion, decor, and cosmetics chains and one-off boutiques, interspersed with upscale specialty food shops, wine and cocktail bars, and chic indoor-outdoor dining, along with two museums, the Cité Internationale de Gastronomie and the elegant Intercontinental Lyon Hôtel-Dieu, the city's massive luxury hotel.

One of the biggest shopping centers in Europe is Part-Dieu, where you'll find more than 250 shops and boutiques. Galeries Lafayette, a major department store, brings Parisian flair to Lyon.