Lyon pentes Croix-Rousse, Traboule 55 rue des Tables Claudiennes

Take the alley (a traboule) at 55 Rue des Tables Claudiennes which opens at 20 Rue Imbert Colomès. 'Traboule' comes from the Latin trabulare (cross) and designates a passage through courtyards to get from one street to another. There are 215 courtyards and alleyways in Old Lyon, 163 on the slopes of the Croix-Rousse and 130 in the Peninsula.