What’s Open and What’s Closed in Lyon on May 8, 2023 – Public Holiday Guide

New long weekend in May with a public holidaythe Monday, May 8, 2023. We take stock of what is open or not in Lyon and its surroundings.

Shopping centers and stores, public transport, public services, museums, cultural venues, family leisure, swimming pools and aquatic centers.

Department stores and malls

• Westfield La Part-Dieu: open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Confluence: open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Spring: open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Grand Hôtel Dieu: open, except some shops
• Center Carré de Soie: open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• IKEA Lyon Grand Parilly: open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Center Ecully Grand Ouest: open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Center Auchan Saint-Priest – Porte des Alpes: open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Auchan from 8 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.
• Center Les 7 Chemins Carrefour de Vaulx-en-Velin: open
• Center Auchan Caluire: open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Auchan from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
• The Village Outlet of Villefontaine: open
• Leroy Merlin Lyon Grand Parilly: open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Castorama Bron: open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Castorama Rillieux-la-Pape: open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

TCL Network

Metro line B will not run on May 8 all day.

The other lines will run with the public holiday timetables from TCL network.

Museums and cinemas

• Confluence Museums: closed
• Museum of Fine Arts: closed
• Museum of Contemporary Art: closed
• Villeurbanne Institute of Contemporary Art: closed
• Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon: closed
• Lyon History Museum: closed
• Resistance and Deportation History Center: open
• MAM – Museum of Puppetry Arts: closed
• Lumière Museum: closed for works
• Cinema and miniature museum: open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Museum of Illusion: open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• International City of Gastronomy (Hotel Dieu): closed
• Pathé cinemas (Bellecour, Vaise, Carré de Soie) and UGC (Part-Dieu, Confluence, international city, Astoria): open

Libraries, municipal services, recycling centers

• Lyon’s 16 libraries and media libraries are closed
• Municipal services and the Rhône prefecture are closed
• The recycling centers of the Métropole du Grand Lyon are also closed

Leisure, amusement parks

• Mini World: open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Bowlingstar Lyon: open from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• Exalto Dardilly: 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
• Exalto Décines: 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• Exalto Villeurbanne: 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• Lyon Aquarium: open from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
• Tête d’Or Park Zoo: open
• Courzieu animal park: open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Walibi Rhône-Alpes: open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. (defined on the same day)
• Safari de Peaugres: from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., last access to the car circuit: 6 p.m., closing of the car parks and the park: 7 p.m.
• Accrobranche park in Rillieux-la-Pape at Fort de Vancia: open from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Casino de Lyon: open from 10 a.m. to 4 a.m.
• Casino JOA de Montrond: open from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m.
• Casino Le Lyon Vert: open

Swimming pools, ice rinks and water recreation

• Tony Bertrand Nautical Center (Rhône swimming pool – Lyon): open 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Lyon Vaise swimming pool: closed
• Lyon Garibaldi swimming pool: exceptional closure
• Aquatic Center & Caliceo Spa in Sainte Foy-lès-Lyon: open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Aqua-Centre du Pays de L’Arbresle (20 minutes from Lyon): open
• Bron swimming pool: closed
• Oullins swimming pool: open from 12 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
• Décines swimming pool: closed
• Lyon Charlemagne ice rink: closed
• Lyon Baraban ice rink: closed

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