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Lake Geneva & Vaud File10-lake-geneva-vaud-loc-swi7.dwg Book Initial Mapping Date Road Switzerland 7 Peter 21/11/11 Scale All key roads labelled?Hierarchy Hydro ChapterLake Geneva & Vaud Editor Cxns Date Title Spot colours removed?Hierarchy Symbols Author MC Cxns Date Nthpt Masking in Illustrator done? Nicola Williams Book Off map Inset/enlargement correct?dest'ns BorderCountry LocatorKey A1None Author Cxns Date Notes Basefile08-geneva-loc-swi6.dwgFinal Ed Cxns Date KEY FORMAT SETTINGS New References09-geneva-loc-swi7.dwg Number of Rows (Lines) Editor Check Date MC Check Date Column Widths and Margins MC/CC Signoff Date ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd LakePOP 734,350 / AREA 3212 Geneva SQ KM / LANGUAGE FRENCH & Vaud Includes ¨ Why Go? Lausanne ..................... 58 East of Geneva, Western Europe’s biggest lake stretches La Côte .........................66 like a giant liquid mirror between the French-speaking Lavaux Wine Region.....68 canton of Vaud (to the north) and France (to the south). Swiss Riviera ................ 70 Known to most as Lake Geneva, it’s called Lac Léman by French speakers. Lined by the elegant student city of Laus- Vevey ............................ 70 anne and a phalanx of pretty smaller towns, the Swiss side Montreux ...................... 72 of the lake presents the marvellous emerald spectacle of Northwestern Vaud .......74 tightly ranked vineyards spreading in terraces up the steep Yverdon-Les-Bains ........74 hillsides of the Lavaux area. Down by the water’s edge, the The Vaud Alps ...............74 lakeside is graced with fairy-tale châteaux, luxurious man- or houses and modest beaches. Leysin ........................... 75 Then there are the mountains: the magnificent Alpes Les Diablerets .............. 75 Vaudoises (Vaud Alps), in the southeast corner of the Villars & Gryon ............. 76 canton, where hikers play in spring and summer, and Pays d’Enhaut .............. 76 skiers and boarders hit the slopes in winter. Best Places to Eat When to Go ¨ Spring and early autumn, with their warm days and riot ¨ Auberge de Dully (p66) of beautiful, perfectly manicured flower beds, are perfect ¨ Hôtel-Restaurant de la seasons to visit. Plage (p67) ¨ The lakeside flower trail from Montreux to Château de ¨ Le Chalet (p76) Chillon and Morges’ tulip festival make the month of May a ¨ Denis Martin (p71) must. ¨ Holy Cow (p63) ¨ July ushers in a twin set of world-renowned fests – the international jazz get-together in Montreux and Nyon’s multifaceted Paléo music fest – while more boats than ever Best Places to zig-zag around the lake. Stay ¨ Swimming in the lake is most pleasant in July and August, ¨ Hôtel Beau-Rivage Palace while January and February are for as skiing in the Vaud Alps. (p62) ¨ Hotel Lavaux (p69) ¨ Auberge de Dully (p66) ¨ La Maison d’Igor (p66) ¨ Tralala Hôtel (p73) 57 History Christianised Burgundians arrived in the As early as 58 BC Caesar’s troops had southwest in the 5th century and picked up penetrated what is now southwestern the Vulgar Latin tongue that was the pre- Switzerland. In the following centuries a cursor to French. Absorbed by the Franks, mix of Celtic tribes and Romans lived a life Vaud became part of the Holy Roman Empire of peace and prosperity. in 1032. By the 4th century AD the Romans In the 12th and 13th centuries the dukes had largely pulled out of Switzerland and of Savoy slowly assumed control of Vaud and German ic tribes stepped into the vacuum. embarked on the construction of impressive Neuchâtel (24km) Lac & GENEVA LAKE GENEVA & e tel Pontarlier â de Morat ac d Murten L ch Buttes Avenches Neu Le Chasseron (1607m) Estavayer- F R A N C E le-Lac Sainte- Payerne Champagne A12 Croix Grandson 010 km Fribourg 05 miles V Yverdon- V les-Bains AUD Vallorbe Orbe A9 HIGHLIGHTS FRIBOURG Romainmôtier Le Pont La Sarraz Lac de A1 Joux Cossonay VAUD Gruyères A12 Tour de Gourze Lausanne St Sulpice Grandvaux Lavaux Morges Vidy Epesses Lutry Mont Pélerin Château St Prex Ouchy Rivaz Cully Chardonne d'Oex La Cure Lake Geneva N5 St Cergue Rolle St-Saphorin Vevey (Lac Léman) Montreux Rochers A1 Corseaux Territet Château de Chillon de Naye Nyon Evian- Villeneuve les-Bains A9 Thonon- VALAIS Leysin Coppet les-Bains Les Aigle Diablerets Villars Monthey F R A N C E Gryon Bex GENEVA Geneva VALAIS Lake Geneva & Vaud Highlights 1 Meander the Flower Path 4 Tackle the region’s 6 Be hauled up the from Montreux to Château twin high peaks (p69) mountain in a cogwheel train de Chillon (p73). for a 360-degree vista of to Rochers de Naye (p72). 2 Linger in Lausanne’s vineyards, villages and 7 Ascend to the panorama unique bridge bars (p64) Europe’s largest lake. of the Peak Walk and ski and visit the Musée 5 Dance to rock, pop the Vaud Alps from Les Olympique (p61). and jazz on the lakeshore Diablerets (p75). 3 Walk, drink wine and at world-class music fests 8 Discover 2000 years swoon over vines in Unesco– Montreux Jazz (p73) and of wine-making in Aigle listed Lavaux (p68). Paléo (p67) in Nyon. (p70). .
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