Croix-Rousse Sunday market (along Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse) is the largest in Lyon. Cheese, flowers, produce.
After the market, walk down through the silk-weaver streets — Rue d'Austerlitz, Rue des Pierres-Plantées.
The 'Mur des Canuts' is a giant trompe-l'œil mural — Europe's largest. Free to see; corner of Boulevard des Canuts and Rue Denfert-Rochereau.