SUMMER 2018 Editorial

2018 is the year of nature in the Canton of . Pick one of the many marked walking or cycling trails and discover the region’s attractions and produce. The more adventurous will opt for a more original way of immersing them- selves in the landscape, such as stand up paddle boarding on Lake or a mountain lake, while walking and 2 wine enthusiasts can enjoy the vine- yard walks on offer, combining their two passions. Art and history lovers will head for Castle and WHEAT AND BREAD FESTIVAL photography enthusiasts will stop off THE CANTON OF VAUD, THE PLACE in Vevey for the Festival Images. In From 15 to 26 August, the village of Echallens located short, the region has something to TO VISIT FOR NATURE LOVERS north of , will be honouring activities related satisfy everyone, from culture vultures to lovers of the great outdoors. to cereal cultivation and bread-making. With its combination of lakes and mountains, the region is ideal for exploring on foot or by bike, enjoying the gentle hills or attacking Andreas Banholzer the mountain passes. CEO, Vaud Tourism Office ( Region) you from and its vineyard terraces, a UNESCO world herit- age site, to the medi- aeval town of Romont. There are also many options for walkers. Here, you can soak Representation up the verdant land- scape of the two in the markets regional nature parks It’s been a tradition for over forty years: every decade, Echal- with their contrast- lens organises its Wheat and Bread Festival to celebrate this little Vaud Tourism Office (Lake Geneva ing scenery. One the miracle that makes bread from grain. From 15 to 26 August, all Region) and its partners participate one hand, there’s the those involved in this chain will be in the spotlight in “Solstice”, in dozens of promotional activities natural wide-open a visual and audio show revisiting local mythology. We’ll see a throughout the year. Here is a list of spaces of the Vaud fierce warrior, a brilliant inventor and a mysterious alchemist these events : Jura Nature Park, with joining forces and calling on the powers of earth, water, air and its 523 km of marked fire to bake the first loaf. The performance will involve 12 amateur | STE Australia | trails through charm- actors, 235 singers, 50 musicians and more than 400 extras with an 18 to 26 June 2018 Auckland, Melbourne, Adelaide, ing villages, meadows audience of some 45,000. During these 12 days, the whole town Sydney, Brisbane If you love cycling, and whether E-bikes, and chalets offering traditional products. will be in celebration mode, with the chance to sample speciality mountain bikes or road bikes are your pref- While in the Gruyère-Pays-d’Enhaut Regional wines in one of the bars or 18 wine cellars run by local companies Lake Geneva Region Tourism Office erence, there’s a wide selection of listed, nature Park, the landscape is more alpine, or from the sellers. Late into the evening, they’ll be offering lots of marked trails to choose from and prepare with vast alpine meadows of cows grazing, local dishes, from fondue to perch fillets. This major event for the your favourite route. The fittest will take on buildings with typical shingle roofs and stun- region will culminate in a fantastic procession through the streets 25 July to 1st of August 2018 | the Vaud Alps tour, a 130 km loop starting ning views of Lake Geneva lapping at the of Echallens. echallens2018.ch MILT India | Mumbai, Dehli from , in the heart of the Rhône Valley foot of the mountains. As from the month of -Vevey Tourism vineyards. The route passes through the May, the card grants free access to the moun- region’s main resorts -, Les Mosses, tain railways of Villars and Leysin and to all Château-d’Œx, Les Diablerets, Villars and the facilities of the partner resorts for the PRANGINS CASTLE WILL BE - offering a whole variety of unforget- winter season. BLOWING OUT 50,000 CANDLES | table scenery, like the gypsum pyramids of Finally, there’s nothing like a day trip to the 29 to 30 August 2018 STE Japon | Tokyo the Col de la Croix, the view from the Kuklos Arboretum if you want your fix of green. FOR ITS 20TH BIRTHDAY Lake Geneva Region Tourism Office above Leysin or the eternal snows of the Overlooking the La Côte wine area, between A light show and a day in historical costume will Diablerets glacier. Morges and Nyon, these 200 hectares of In the same spirit, but with less of a change landscaped grounds have almost 3,000 trees mark the event on 29 and 30 September. in height, there is also the “Bike Tour Parc from temperate climates for you to discover Jura Vaudois” cycling route. A two or three- along four themed paths. This year, the park 23 to 25 September 2018 | day cycling route in the heart of the Vaud is celebrating its 50th anniversary, with themed GCC Workshop | Lausanne Jura Park, with luggage transfers included. exhibitions, guided tours and celebrations. Lake Geneva Region Tourism Office, Lausanne Tourism, Montreux-Vevey Tourism, Glacier3000, Dotted with cheese farms and alpine snack There are lots of other routes on the Lake Castle of Chillon, General Company of Navigation, bars, this 120 km route passes through the Geneva Region Tourism Office website Hotel Royal Savoy, Sandoz, Accor Hotels, Clinic Montchoisi mediaeval town of Romainmôtier, famed for bike.lake-geneva-region.ch. To find the best its abbey church, as well as forests and alpine route for you, use the tool to select destina- 16 October 2018 | pastures intersected by typical dry-stone tion, difficulty, distance or preferred mode of MICE PLACE | Paris walls. Another route that can be done without transport. Lake Geneva Region Tourism Office training is the 50 km “Route du Cœur” taking

23 to 24 October | News in brief On 29 September 2018, the Château de Prangins Swiss National Networking SCIB | Brussels Museum, near Nyon, will be lighting 50,000 candles during a show Vaud Alps (CITAV) entitled “Flowers of fire”. Created by the visual artist Muma, this In Morges, the Fondation Yverdon-Les-Bains, The Lausanne Historical participative work will involve 500 volunteers. It echoes the “clarity” Bolle pays homage to temporary capital Museum is a century old, brought by the Age of Enlightenment, of which Prangins Castle is an Audrey Hepburn and of yodelling and not a wrinkle to be emblematic monument. In creating this show, the artist takes inspi- Hubert de Givenchy From 29 June to 1 July, seen ration from the curling branches and flowers found on chintz, those More news on our Media Corner : From 16 June to 9 Yverdon-les-Bains hosts For its centenary, the famous printed cotton fabrics that were so popular throughout media.lake-geneva-region.ch September, an exhibition the 29th Yodellers Festival museum has had a facelift, Europe in the 16th and 18th centuries. These fabrics are also featured will include press articles of Western , with an original new design. in an exhibition that can be seen at the museum until 14 October about the actress and with yodelling, Alphorn The permanent new tour, 2018. The following day, on Sunday 30 September, the 10th histori- authentic posters of her and flag-throwing called “Lausanne, the exhi- cal costume parade “the Déjeuner sur l’herbe“ will take place. A real films. Plus, designs by competitions as well as bition” now includes the journey through time, from 1700 to 1920, this competition is open the couturier Hubert de entertainment, including 20th and 21st centuries, to everyone, provided you dress in the fashion of one of the key Givenchy, for whom she a midnight concert on through the lens of urban periods shown in the museum. Lots of activities, including a picnic, was the muse. Saturday. transformation. are also planned during this festive weekend. → morges-tourisme.ch → yverdonlesbainsregion.ch → lausanne.ch/mhl nationalmuseum.ch LAUSANNE JOINS THE GREAT WINE STAND-UP PADDLE BOARDING CAPITALS OF THE WORLD IS THE NEXT BEST THING Vaud Tourism Office The city is joining the “Great Wine Capitals Global Network”, Paddling standing up or sitting on a board is the new, including about ten cities of New and Old World of wines, original way of exploring the region’s many lakes. Avenue d’Ouchy 60 Case postale 1125 recognised for the quality of their wine-producing regions. 1001 Lausanne - Suisse The prestigious “Great Wine Capitals members. The various projects it has Global Network”, or GWC, already launched to achieve excellence in the Tel. +41(0)21 613 26 26 includes Bordeaux, Rioja, Verona and tourism, trade and training sectors San Francisco for the Napa Valley. include the “Best Of Wine Tourism” [email protected] Lausanne has now joined these awards, recognising estates that stand www.lake-geneva-region.ch wine-producing cities and regions, out for the quality of their wine tourism of which their main common denom- offering. By participating, Lausanne twitter.com/Lakegenevaswiss inator, being a globally-renowned will offer Swiss wine-making – particu- wine-producing area, is also their key larly in the French-speaking area – a facebook.com/lakegenevaregion economic asset. Created in 1999, the unique showcase to promote its prod- instagram.com/myvaud GWC encourages commercial, tourist ucts all over the world. and educational links between its greatwinecapitals.com This document was printed on 100% recycled and FSC certified paper by an Imprim’Vert The fashionable water sport from of places to enjoy this activity. The printshop. Hawaii is done on a large very stable equipment required for these unique board, like a surf board, using a cruises is easy to hire, and some paddle. This new way of getting service providers even offer the in tune with nature makes you feel chance to combine this activity with like you’re walking on water and has yoga, another discipline that’s also become incredibly popular in recent very much in vogue at the moment. www.lausanne2020.com years, most probably also because it From next year, you should also be doesn’t require a lot of technical skill able to have a go at it at the brand to have a go. You just need a sense new Frience aquatic park, in Gryon, Events of balance. With Lake Geneva, Lake in the Vaud Alps. From the end of Neuchâtel and Lake Joux as well as this summer, there should already be calendar mountain lakes like Lake Retaud, lots of options for enjoying the water 15 June to 15 July 2018 opposite Glacier3000, and in Les at this 3,000 m2 water park. Europe Tragédie 2018 Diablerets, the region isn’t short lake-geneva-region.ch Salavaux tragedie2018.com

22 to 24 and 26 to 28 June 2018 Béjart Ballet Lausanne (BBL) Event Special “Winegrowers’ Festival” www.bejart.ch

VEVEY TURNS INTO AN OPEN-AIR EXTRAS AND COSTUMES IN THE SPOTLIGHT 28, 30 June and 5, 7 July 2018 PHOTO MUSEUM Avenches Opéra There will be 6,000 of them giving life and colour to the avenchesopera.ch

From 8 to 30 September 2018, the Festival Images Vevey next Winegrowers Festival, from 18 July to 11 August 2019, 29 June to 14 July 2018 exhibits photographs in the open air and in some in Vevey, in the heart of the Lavaux vineyards. 52nd Montreux Jazz Festival montreuxjazz.com unusual places. Daniele Finzi Pasca, the director Roman costume designer Giovanna The festival is the biggest visual arts of the 2016 festival alone attracted behind this unique celebration taking Buzzi, who has notably worked for La 5 July 2018 biennale in Switzerland and features 100,000 visitors and the images, place once a generation, wanted to let Scala in Milan. fetedesvignerons.ch Athletissima 2018 Swiss and international artists, some often large format, are happy to get as many people as possi- Lausanne known and some less famous, as well some air, turning Vevey into an open- ble take part. So, far from athletissima.ch as local photographers. This year, air museum. Visitors will be surprised having a secondary role, 25 to 29 July 2018 “Extravagance” is the starting point as they stroll through the town, (re) the extras are going to set Festival au Pays des Enfants of the original works presented at discovering it from a unique angle. the tone of the festival, Château-d’Œx images.ch with their movements but this very popular free festival. Just aupaysdesenfants.ch so you know, the indoor exhibitions above all their costumes, where tradition will blend July to September 2018 with poetry, the trade AILYOS Art Nature mark of the festival organ- Leysin iser. So, we’ll see singing aigle-leysin-lesmosses.ch ants and beetle or butter- fly children. The peasants’ 17 to 25 August 2018 clothing, ordinary-look- FAR° Festival des Arts Vivants ing at first, will reveal a Nyon colourful ruffled lining festival-far.ch worthy of a French cancan show. Each outfit will be 31 August to 2 September 2018 unique, distinctive by its Le Livre sur les quais details. These real works Morges of art are designed by the lelivresurlesquais.ch

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From June to October, this pass gives you free access to Visitors are going to be able to explore the spa city using a form about 35 different activities and transport in the Villars- of transport that’s both unique and environment-friendly. Gryon-Les Diablerets resorts. This summer, three electric trikes that look like big eggs on wheels will Take a cable car, alpine train or mountain bus to the alpine be transporting curious visitors - two adults and one child maximum pastures or travel between resorts, swim, learn how to play golf – on tours around the spa city. A cyclist and tour guide will use pedal below Mont-Blanc or go caving, swoop down a slope on a dirt power to get around, with a little help from two electric motors. There scooter, have a go at archery, paddle boarding or high ropes at are two thirty-minutes tours on offer: one to the Parc des Rives, the the foot of a glacier... These are just some of the activities you other to the historic centre. Through these tours, Yverdon-les-Bains, can access for free with the Free Access Card. It’s free to anyone named a “City of energy” – a label encouraging the use of renewable VOTRE PARC D’ATTRACTION Accès illimité à plus de 35 activités | JUIN À OCTOBRE spending a night in one of the partner accommodations in the energies –, is aiming to promote a method of transport in line with Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets resorts. Day visitors can purchase the programme and its goal to protect the environment. INFOS & VENTE FREEACCESS.CH one for CHF 12.–. Remember also that this card is free for yverdonlesbainsregion.ch children up to age 9. free-access.ch

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