Bernachon is a bakery in Lyon.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The President cake is the order; a slice with espresso at the salon is the form.
2h 30m
Welcome to the heart of Old Lyon, in a cozy cooking studio where you will learn how to make a praline flan or a mille-feuille, as well as homemade puff pastry.
Guided tour · 3 hours
New to Lyon? Start here. Mix Roman history, Renaissance streets and silk with useful French, local tips and a pastry. Leave feeling oriented and knowing where to explore next.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Explore Lyon's Old Town on a guided tour. Discover the city's history through its pastries, secret passageways, and silk stories.
Address: 42 Cours Franklin Roosevelt, 69006 Lyon
Jocteur runs a Halles Paul Bocuse counter from the family bakery on the Ile Barbe, with naturally leavened breads and long fermented sourdough loaves.
Worth the queuePain au levain naturel
TipClosed Monday; pain au levain is the loaf; arrive by 09:00 for the warm batch.
Pignol is the multi-generation Lyonnais bakery and patisserie with a Place Bellecour counter for the pink-praline tart, sandwiches and chocolate eclairs.
Worth the queueTarte aux pralines
TipThe tarte aux pralines (pink praline) is the order; sold by the slice from 11:00.
Bouillet on Place de la Croix-Rousse in Lyon's 4e is Sebastien Bouillet's patisserie and chocolate counter, with the city's most-faithful coussin de Lyon.
Worth the queueCoussin de Lyon
TipThe coussin de Lyon (marzipan-and-chocolate pillow) is the order; closed Sunday-Monday.
Pralus Presqu'ile on Rue de Brest in the 2e is the praluline-brioche counter for the Lyon peninsula, with whole loaves of pink-praline brioche from Roanne.
Worth the queuePraluline brioche, plain and chocolate
TipA whole praluline loaf travels for a day; ask for the freshly-bagged hot one.
Boulangerie du Palais in Vieux Lyon is the praline-rose specialist run by pastry chef Sebastien Bouillet on Rue du Palais de Justice, with a queue.
Worth the queueTarte aux pralines roses
TipArrive before 11:00 on weekends for the full counter; the box of six small praline tarts is the form.
Partisan Boulanger on Rue du Chariot d'Or in the Croix-Rousse 4e bakes ancient-grain levains: khorasan, einkorn, methil, petit epeautre, alongside walnut.
Worth the queueKhorasan and einkorn levain
TipThe khorasan loaf is the order; closed Monday.
