How to Spend a Perfect Day in Lille with Itinerary Map

Itinerary Map

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【Start】

①Lille Flandres Station

Gare Lille Flandres

This is the domestic station. Lille Europe station is the international station and there is a baggage room.

★Go straight on Faidherbe St in front of the station for 5 minutes. You arrive at Theater Square.

②Old Stock Exchange

La Vieille Bourse

Time required: 15 min

Admission fee: 0 euro

It is a building with many windows surrounded by yellow and red borders. Although you can’t go inside, a used book market is held in the courtyard.

★Go to Clef St beside the theatre for 10 minutes.

③Hospice Comtesse Museum

Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse

Time required: 60 min

Admission fee: 4 euros

Opening hour: 10 am – 6 pm
(2 pm – 6 pm on Monday)

Close: Tuesday, national holidays

Built in 1237, it is a former almshouse located in an open square. Currently, it is a museum where you can see furniture and paintings. The blue tiles in the kitchen and stairs are a highlight.

★Continue to walk on Monnaie St in front of the museum and turn left at the first crossroad. Then, go to the street and turn left at the first crossroad. It takes 10 minutes.

④Treille Cathedral

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille

Time required: 20 min

Admission fee: 0 euro

Opening hour: 10 am – 6 h 30 pm
(it’s open in the afternoon on Monday and in January and February
11 am – 7 pm in July and August)

Close: No

It is a modern-looking cathedral. When you enter, you will see a red object hanging from the ceiling. When you look back, the entrance wall glows brown in the sunlight, making it look magical. Unique works such as sculptures crawling on the ground and sculptures holding up children are also on display.

★Go to Cirque St in front of the cathedral and turn right at the dead end. Then, turn left immediately to go back to Theatre Square. Go to Bourse St from the square. It takes 10 minutes by walk.

⑤Général de Gaule Square

Place du Général de Gaulle

Time required: 10 min

Admission fee: 0 euro

It’s a large square in the center of town, lined with cute houses that give you a Belgian atmosphere.

★Go to Neuve St from the square and turn right at the first crossroad to go to Béthune St as far as Republic Square. It takes 10 minutes by walk.

⑥Art Museum

Palais des Beaux-Arts

Time required: 2 h

Admission fee: 7 euros

Opening hour: 10 am – 6 pm
(2 pm – 6 pm on Monday)

Close: Tuesday, 1/1, 5/1, 7/14, 11/1, 12/25

The museum is a former palace that has been renovated. It consists of three floors, from the ancient underground to the upper floors where you can see modern works. There are also many works by Impressionists such as Rubens and Monet. On the wall of the stairs leading down to the basement, there is a green work made entirely of beetles, which is similar to the Royal Palace of Brussels.

★Go to Liberté Boulevard beside the museum and turn left when you find a park on the right hand. It takes 15 minutes.

⑦Gate of Paris

Porte de Paris

Time required: 10 min

Admission fee: 0 euro

This is the Arc de Triomphe in the center of the rotary. You cannot climb the gate, but you can enter the garden on the grounds.

⑧City Hall Tower

Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville de Lille

Time required: 30 min

Admission fee: 7.50 euros

Opening hour: 10 am – 1 pm / 2 pm – 5 h 30 pm

Close: 1/1, 5/1, 12/25

It is a tower adjacent to the city hall, and the bell towers in this region, which also includes Belgium, are collectively registered as a World Heritage Site. You can get a panoramic view of the city from the top of the tower, but each time there is a capacity of 17 people, so if you miss your turn you will have to wait 30 minutes for your next turn.

★Go straight Pierre Mauroy in front of the Gate of Paris. It takes 15 minutes.

⑨Siant-Maurice Church

Église catholique Saint-Maurice à Lille

Time required: 15 min

Admission fee: 0 euro

Opening hour: 11 am – 6 pm
(3 pm – 8 pm on Sunday)

Close: No

It is a Gothic church with several symmetrical spires. If you look at it from behind, you get a different impression. The interior is a spacious space with many pillars and a red carpet.

★Go to Saint-Maurice St beside the church to go back to the station. But go through Lille Flandres station to go to a square in front of Lille Europe station. It takes 10 minutes.

⑩Monument “Shangri-Lâ”

Time required: 5 min

Admission fee: 0 euro

Works by contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama are on display in the plaza. This 7m tall piece was placed at an event in Lille in 2004.

★Return to the station. There is a shopping center between two stations.

【Goal】

Lille Flandres Station

【If you have a time…】

⑪Lille Citadel

Citadelle de Lille

Time required: 60 min

Admission fee: 0 euro

It is a huge fortress on the outskirts of the city, and the interior can only be visited by guided tours. There is a park around the fort, so it’s a good place to take a leisurely stroll. There is also a zoo. Guided tours cost 16euros (reservation required) and are held twice on Sundays from April to October, excluding September, from 3pm to 3h45pm and from 4h30pm to 5h15pm. Reservations can be made at the tourist information center.

Information Site
https://www.lilletourism.com/parc-de-la-citadelle.html

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