Pignol is a bakery in Lyon.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The tarte aux pralines (pink praline) is the order; sold by the slice from 11:00.
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: 8 Place Bellecour, 69002 Lyon
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.
Les Co'Pains d'Antan on Cours Franklin Roosevelt in the 6e is the small neighbourhood boulangerie whose pain au chocolat won regional best, with a second.
Worth the queuePain au chocolat (regional best)
TipArrive early for the pain au chocolat; the queue is shortest at 08:00.
Boulangerie Jocteur at Ile Barbe in the 9e is Philippe-Marc Jocteur's flagship, he was Best Apprentice of Rhone-Alpes 1981 and the official baker of Bocuse.
Worth the queueTarte sablee aux pralines
TipThe tarte sablee aux pralines is the order; Halles Paul Bocuse stocks the loaves daily.
