Day-trips from Geneva is easy to arrange or book tours for stressfree excursions especially to sights not easily reached on public transportation. Traveling in the Lake Geneva region is easy but many day-trip tours and excursions are also available and a good idea for sights requiring complicated transfers and connections. Bus tours allow seeing multiple destinations on … [Read more...]
Visit Chateau de Chillon Castle near Montreux
Chateau de Chillon is a romantic castle in Lake Geneva near Montreux. Chillon Castle is the most-visited historic monument in Switzerland and a great family-friendly destination. It is a fine day-trip excursion from Geneva, Lausanne, and ski resorts in the nearby Alps. Chateau de Chillon has a beautiful location on a small island in the far western end of Lake Geneva … [Read more...]
Easy Transportation to Chateau de Chillon near Montreux
Getting to Chateau de Chillon near Montreux on Lake Geneva is easy by car, bus, boat, train, bicycle, or on foot. Chillon Castle is the most popular historical monument in Switzerland and a great day trip from Geneva, Lausanne or the Alpine ski resorts. Chateau de Chillon Castle is beautifully located on a small rocky islet in Lake Geneva. The fortress is 4 km south of … [Read more...]
Top Châteaux (Castles & Fortresses) on Lake Geneva
Chillon, Morges, Nyon, Rolle, La Tour-de-Peilz, and Yvoire are the best fortress-like castles (chateaux) to visit on Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) in Switzerland and France. Several castles can be visited on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland and France. The best castles to see are arguably the ones with a medieval history and a fortress-like appearance such as Chateau … [Read more...]
Transportation to Neuchâtel in Switzerland
Getting to Neuchâtel in Switzerland is easy by public transportation (trains and boats) and car. The city is within easy reach of Geneva, Zurich, Basel, and Bern Airports with good rail and road connections. Neuchâtel (Neuenburg), capital of the similarly named canton, in Switzerland has excellent transportation links to the rest of Switzerland. The road and rail networks are … [Read more...]
Visit the Bains de la Gruyère Hot Water Baths Day Spa
The baths of Gruyère in Charmey is a wonderfully relaxing hot mineral water pool complex with saunas, steam rooms, and day spa treatments. Les Bains de la Gruyère in Charmey is a day spa complex with pools fed by natural hot spring water, steam rooms, saunas, a children’s playing area, relaxations rooms, massages, and beauty treatments. The beautifully located spa complex – … [Read more...]
Visit the Servion Zoo and Tropiquarium near Lausanne, Switzerland
The family-friendly Servion zoo, beautifully located near Lausanne, is a great day-trip destination from Geneva and a fun day out for children of all ages. The Servion Zoo and Tropiquarium are the best zoos and animal parks in the Lake Geneva region. It is beautifully located in a forested area in the hills above Lausanne. The zoo is a great family-friendly day-trip … [Read more...]
Enjoy Hot Spring Baths in Val d’Illiez in the Alps near Lac Léman in Switzerland
The thermal baths of Les Bains du Val d'Illiez offer a relaxing day spa excursion from Alpine ski resorts in the Valais mountains or an easy day-trip destination from Lake Geneva towns. The Thermes Parc Les Bains du Val-d'Illiez is a relaxing mineral hot water spa resort with warm baths, saunas, Jacuzzis, jet streams, steam baths, and day-spa treatments and massages. The … [Read more...]
Top Sights to See in Nyon on Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Nyon is a small historic town with chateau, Roman monuments, a few museums, excellent transportation links, and a family-friendly day-trip destination from Geneva and Lausanne. Nyon is a small town on the shores of Lac Léman in Switzerland. Nyon is mostly visited for its lovely white castle, old town, Roman monuments, museums, a pleasant marina and lake-side promenades. … [Read more...]
Visit the Gutenberg Museum in Fribourg, Switzerland
The Gutenberg Museum in Fribourg (Freiburg) in Switzerland focuses on the development of printing from the medieval monks of the pre-moveable type era to the present digital processes. The Musée Gutenberg in Fribourg city (Freiburg) in Switzerland is dedicated to printing and particularly to the Gutenberg inspired technology that were only supplanted by digital processes … [Read more...]
Photo Gallery of Chateau de Chillon Castle in Switzerland
Images of Château de Chillon Castle on the shores of Lake Geneva near Montreux in Switzerland. Chillon Castle is photogenic and claims to be the most-visited historic monument in Switzerland. It is probably one of the most-photographed Swiss buildings too. Chateau de Chillon is a lovely castle on a small islet in Lake Geneva in the Switzerland. The romantic castle is a … [Read more...]
