Travel Guide
Lausanne
Switzerland
Best time to go: May–September
Sights
- Cathedral – A Gothic cathedral where a watchman still calls out the hours at night.
- Ouchy – The lakeside promenade with boats to Évian and Montreux.
- Olympic Museum – The story of the Games in a lakeside park.
- Collection de l'Art Brut – Outsider art – unique in the world.
- Escaliers du Marché – A covered wooden stairway up to the cathedral.
- Flon – A former warehouse district with shops and bars.
Food & nightlife
- Papet vaudois – Leeks and potatoes with cabbage sausage.
- Malakoff – Fried cheese fritters, a Vaud speciality.
- Lavaux wines – Chasselas from the terraces above the lake.
- Old town market – Stalls around Place de la Palud.
Day trips
- Lavaux – Vineyard terraces above Lake Geneva – a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Gruyères – A castle, a cheese dairy and chocolate in Broc.
- Évian – Across the lake to France by boat.
Good to know
- When to go
- May–September
- Getting around
- A steep city: the m2 metro climbs from the lake up to the old town.
- Tipping
- Service is usually included – rounding up is a nice gesture.
- Power
- Plug type J/C, 230 V.
- Currency
- Swiss Franc (CHF)
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More in Switzerland
- Zurich
- Bern
- Lucerne
- Basel
- Geneva
- Montreux
- Lugano
- Locarno
- Appenzell
- Zermatt
- Saas-Fee
- Arosa
- Davos
- St. Moritz
- Laax
- Interlaken
- Grindelwald
- Engelberg
- Verbier
- St. Gallen
- Schaffhausen
- Neuchâtel
- Fribourg
- Bellinzona
- Leukerbad
- Solothurn
- Thun
- Chur
- Sion
- Aletsch Arena
- Gstaad
- Adelboden
- Morat
- Gruyères
- Andermatt
- Scuol
- Lenzerheide
- Winterthur
- Crans-Montana
General tips without guarantee – please check opening times and prices locally.