The best way to travel from Paris to Lausanne and other Lake Geneva destinations such as Montreux and Vevey is on fast TGV Lyria high-speed trains with the cheapest tickets around €29 one-way. Fast TGV Lyria trains travel six times daily between Paris Gare de Lyon in France and Lausanne train station in Switzerland in … Read more
The best way to travel from Paris to Geneva is on fast TGV Lyria high-speed trains with the cheapest tickets around €29 one-way. Fast TGV Lyria trains travel eight times daily between Paris Gare de Lyon and Geneva main train station in Switzerland in just over three hours. These high-speed trains operated by the Swiss … Read more
Romantic, medieval, flower-rich Yvoire is a small French town on Lac Léman popular with day-trippers from Genève, Lausanne, Nyon (by passenger ferry), Évian, and ski resorts in the Lake Geneva region. The flowery medieval village of Yvoire is a small but very romantic town (population ca. 800) in France on the southern shores of Lake … Read more
The annual Fête de la Tulipe in Morges (Tulip Festival) is one of the most beautiful free spring events on Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Around 150,000 tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths bloom in the Parc de l’Indépendence à Morges behind the chateau on the Lac Léman lakefront. Morges, a pretty town on Lake Geneva near Lausanne, … Read more
The free annual chocolate festival (Festichoc) in Versoix, in the northeastern extremities of Geneva, is a very popular family-friendly event for chocolate lovers — it claims to be the biggest chocolate festival in Switzerland. Chocolatiers from Genève, Valais, and nearby communities in the Lac Léman region exhibit and sell top chocolate at the Versoix festival. … Read more