Lovely apartment in a buzzing area, the walk up the hill can be a challenge, so take the Metro or the 6 Bus, makes live a lot easier. The area sits just up from the city centre and its a very enjoyable walk down to the city centre area. The immediate are has a really good selection of bars and a couple of good restaurants, but we travelled to the city centre area to eat most nights as a really good selection of restaurants of all cuisines and a very good selection of bars to boot.
Lyon is a lively/buzzing city with great public transport and with 2 rivers running through and an old town on one of the river sides, there is no shortage of things to do, great for a lively weekend break.