Quai Tilsitt, Riverside promenade in 2nd arrondissement, Lyon, France

Quai Tilsitt is a riverfront street along the left bank of the Saône in Lyon's 2nd arrondissement, running from Pont Bonaparte to the square Janmot, site of the former Pont d'Ainay. A low, flat-topped wall of pale grey stone with a dark upper edge runs along the lower edge of the quay, below street-level fencing and the multi-storey buildings that line the street with parked cars. The quay is bordered by a tree-planted lower port at water level.

The quay was named after the Peace of Tilsitt, signed by Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon Bonaparte on July 7, 1807. This treaty reshaped the balance of power in Europe and left its mark on this Lyon waterfront.

The quay's name recalls the Peace of Tilsitt signed by Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon on 7 July 1807, two days before the treaty with Prussia; the spelling keeps a double final t. At no. 13 stands Lyon's Grand Synagogue, inaugurated in 1864. The bas-port below the roadway is planted with trees at the Saône's edge, where flat-bottomed bêches once let Lyonnais bathe.

The quay runs along the left bank of the Saône from Pont Bonaparte to the square Janmot, where the former Pont d'Ainay stood. A tree-planted lower port borders the water at river level. In 2025 the roadway was reworked: the shared bus-bike lane was split and a separate cycle path added.

The quay's name is spelled with two final t's, a detail fixed by the Peace of Tilsitt signed on 7 July 1807 between Alexander I and Napoleon, two days before the treaty with Prussia. The bridge named Tilsitt was anchored just north of the quay on that same date.