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Parc des Hauteurs

This is a route of parks and gardens on Fourvière hill, in the 5th arrondissement, linking the basilica with the Loyasse cemetery. It is a loop circuit that sets out from the Fourvière esplanade and passes through the passerelle des Quatre-Vents, the Loyasse cemetery, the parc de la Visitation, the archaeological park with the Roman odeon and theatre and the Rosaire gardens, before returning to the esplanade. The footbridge, a viewpoint about 80 metres high, follows the line of an old tram viaduct that carried visitors and coffins to Loyasse; the current one was designed by Manuelle Gautrand and the engineer Marc Malinowski, and gives views of the Croix-Rousse and the Monts d'Or. The Rosaire garden was laid out by Pierre Bossan in the late nineteenth century and remodelled in 1993; it has hydrangeas, an old rose bush and a vegetable garden. The Sainte-Philomène chapel and the garden have been protected since 2004. It is reached by the Fourvière funicular.

Things to do at Parc des Hauteurs: 3 missions

• Do the loop from the Fourvière esplanadeSet out from the esplanade, link up the footbridge, the parc de la Visitation and the archaeological park, and return to the starting point via the Rosaire.
• Walk the Rosaire garden below the basilicaWalk down through the garden laid out by Pierre Bossan and look for the hydrangeas, the old rose bush and the vegetable garden, with the Sainte-Philomène chapel.
• Cross the passerelle des Quatre-VentsWalk along the viewpoint that follows the old Loyasse tram viaduct and look towards the Croix-Rousse and the Monts d'Or.

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