Culture

Carouge is situated a few minutes' drive from the heart of Geneva and is an attractive town which should not be bypassed.

The oldest town in Switzerland, settled 5,000 years ago. The old town has a number of historic buildings and monuments worth seeing: the 800 year old cathedral (diocesan town), Roman ruins, the Graubünden Natural History Museum, the Rhaetian Museum, the Graubünden Art Museum.

The small town of St. Ursanne is situated off the beaten track on the right bank of the river Doubs. It has retained its medieval character, with the collegiate church in the centre of the town, and provides an attractive pit-stop on a tour of the Jura region. It also provides an excellent starting point for a hike through the Jura mountains.

The extraordinary concrete building, which was built after a model of Dr. Rudolf Steiner, can be seen from afar.

Einsiedeln has been one of the most important places of pilgrimage ever since the Middle Ages. In the newly restored Benedictine Abbey you will find the Lady Chapel with the Black Madonna.

Flüeli-Ranft was the home of the world-famous Swiss national saint Niklaus von Flüe (1417-1487). It is the scene of his birthplace and of the house where he lived when he became the hermit Brother Klaus during the last two decades of his life.

Located on the language border, Fribourg is a city of art and culture and is recognised as one of the most beautiful examples of medieval architecture in Europe.

When you pass through the gate of the Palais des Nations, you are entering international land. A land without frontiers that welcomes 20,000 delegates from these nations every year, a place where 3,000 civil servants work towards the same goal: achieving peace, security and dignity for all mankind.

Built in 1996 on the site of a lakeside village dating back to 3000 B.C., the Neolithic farm at Gletterens brings the prehistoric past back to life.

This medieval castle (11th to 14th century) occupying a commanding position over Lake Neuchâtel is home to an extraordinary collection of weapons and armour, as well as models of the castle and of the celebrated Battle of Grandson (1476), in which Swiss soldiers defeated the army of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.