Lake Geneva pleasure boats frequently call at beautiful, medieval Yvoire in France — one of the top day-trip cruise destinations from Geneva and Lausanne. Passenger ferries operate year-round to Nyon with many more sailings available in summer. Yvoire, a small medieval-looking town famous for its flowers, is one of the most popular cruise destinations on … 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
Ticket prices for traveling on the luxury MOB Golden Pass panoramic, historic Belle-Epoque, and express trains from Montreux to Zweisimmen and Interlaken are amongst the cheapest of all the panorama railways in Switzerland. Seat reservations are recommended but not obligatory. All trains on the panorama railway line between Montreux and Zweisimmen (or on to Interlaken) … Read more
The Swiss Travel Pass, Youth, and Swiss Travel Pass Flex offer savings and discounts to travelers using trains, buses, boats, trams, and cable cars as well as museums in Switzerland. Several Swiss railways and transportation cards are available to international travelers to make traveling cheaper on Switzerland’s efficient but expensive public transportation network. The Swiss … Read more