Discover the tale of Lille, a town steeped in art and history in the company of a qualified guide-lecturer approved by the Ministry of Culture.
Your guide welcomes you. He/she is familiar with all of the city of Lille’s finest features and provides you with useful tips in order to to fully appreciate the importance, for example, of a square or the development of the city throughout its different districts. Your guide is there to help you. So please feel free to ask questions.

The Ville d’art et d’histoire (Art and Historic City) department.

The department coordinates and implements initiatives within the framework of the « Lille Ville d’art et d’histoire » programme. All year long, it organises entertainment for local residents, visitors and school groups alike, and is willing to assist - whatever your project may be.

Lille is a member of the French Villes et Pays d’art et d’histoire (Towns and Regions of art and history) network

The Ministry of Culture’s architecture and heritage directorate grants the label, Villes et Pays d’art et d’histoire to local authorities committed to revitalising their heritage.
It guarantees the proficiency of architecture and heritage guide-lecturers and coordinators, together with the quality of the activities they propose. From antique vestiges to 20th Century architecture, “Towns and Regions of art and history” endeavour to make the best of the great diversity of their heritage . Today, the network, including 126 towns and regions, provides visitors with a maximum of information and savoir-faire throughout France.

In the surrounding area,
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Cambrai, Roubaix and Saint-Omer have also been awarded the title, Ville d’art et d’histoire.

 

Lille Tourist Office

As a non-profit-making association, the Lille Tourist Office is a precious tool for the tourist development policy of the city. Lille City Council entrusts the Tourist Office with the mission of welcoming and informing visitors, as well as promoting the town as a tourist destination. Furthermore, as an active partner in the town’s policy to develop and promote its heritage, the board commercialises tours organised by guide-lecturers for whom it is responsible, in close partnership with the City Council.

If you are travelling as a group

Lille offers visits all year round subject to reservation. Further information
is available at the Tourist Board.


More information:
Service Ville d’art et d’histoire
Hôtel de ville B.P. 667
F - 59033 Lille cedex (France)
+33 (0)3 28 55 30 13
e-mail: vah@mairie-lille.fr