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Estavayer-le-Lac

Estavayer-le-Lac

Mountain biking – Leaving the lake behind you, dashing through forests, cornfields and tobacco fields: biking from Estavayer-le-Lac offers a variety of wonderful experiences to enjoy.more

The Frog Museum

The Frog Museum

Family museums – In the Frog Museum, you will find something that is truly one of a kind: a collection of 108...more

Estavayer-le-Lac - Beach and Watersports

Estavayer-le-Lac...

Water activities – Estavayer-le-Lac is a medieval...more

Castle of Chenaux

Castle of Chenaux

Castles & palaces – The mighty 14th-century castle bears...more

Estavayer-le-Lac

Estavayer-le-Lac – Leaving the lake behind you, dashing through forests, cornfields and tobacco fields: biking from Estavayer-le-Lac offers a variety of wonderful experiences to enjoy.

The gently rolling hills in the countryside of Estavayer-le-Lac form an extremely pleasant backdrop to a biking excursion. Challenging single trails alternate with easier stretches to give you a rich variety of biking adventures and to make this ride through pristine natural surroundings particularly entertaining. The tour also has a lot to offer as far as culture is concerned. Sightseeing in the picturesque Old Town of Estavayer-le-Lac is a marvellous highlight of the tour. And you can snap great photos of the imposing castle that majestically presides over the city.

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The Frog Museum

Family museums – In the Frog Museum, you will find something that is truly one of a kind: a collection of 108 stuffed frogs arranged in scenes portraying everyday life in the 19th-century.

Schon in der Frühzeit war die Felseninsel zwischen dem Genfersee und den steil aufragenden Bergen bewohnt. Von hier wurde jahrhundertelang der Schiffsverkehr auf dem Genfersee und der bedeutende Landweg zum St.Bernhard-Pass beherrscht. Vom 12. bis ins 16. Jahrhundert gehörte Chillon den Grafen von Savoyen, dann eroberten die Berner die Wasserburg, danach die Waadtländer. Über 300’000 Besucher besichtigen pro Jahr Chillon mit den Wandmalereien aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, den unterirdischen Gewölben, Paradesälen und dem original erhaltenen Schlafzimmer aus der Zeit der Berner Herrschaft. Schon in der Frühzeit war die Felseninsel

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Estavayer-le-Lac - Beach and Watersports

Water activities – Estavayer-le-Lac is a medieval town situated beside Lake Neuchâtel and is home to the best-equipped watersports centre in Switzerland.

Estavayer-le-Lac is a medieval town situated beside Lake Neuchâtel and is home to the best-equipped watersports centre in Switzerland.

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Castle of Chenaux

Castles & palaces – The mighty 14th-century castle bears witness to the long history of this town, whose rulers chose a rose as its emblem.

In the heart of the small medieval town of Estavayer stands the Château de Chenaux, looking out over Lake Neuchâtel and the reed beds of the Grande Cariçaie nature reserve.

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