Excursions (Lake Geneva Region)

800 hectares of vineyards make Lavaux Switzerland's largest wine-producing area.
And a wonderful area for cycling.

When plumes of smoke billow out, the distinctive whistling attracts attention and the old train begins to move, the past comes back to life.

"La Rambertia" alpine garden boasts over 1,000 different flower varieties from all over the world in addition to native alpine plants.

Many well-known personalities have stayed in the beautiful area of Montreux-Vevey. A tour on foot (with commentary) lasting two hours is offered by several enthusiasts.

The most-visited historic building in Switzerland is the thrilling culmination of centuries of human labour.

Human beings must eat to live - a fact so evident it tends to hide the really complex matter of feeding a specific village, city, region or country in a given era. The Food Museum presents the different stages of the path travelled by food as it moves from the producer to the consumer.

Montreux boasts Switzerland's most beautiful lakeshore promenade and two very different castles.

Vevey’s Russian church was built in 1878 according to plans drawn in Saint Peterburg and thanks to a donation from Earl Schouvalov. Having lost his daughter, he wanted to immortalise her souvenir in founding a church dedicated to Saint Barbara, her protector.

The history of photography, from the camera obscura and magic lantern to the latest numerical images, is shown trhough an amazing collection of cameras dating from the invention of photography to the present day.