City tours in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Dominique summarises La Chaux-de-Fonds as follows: “multicultural, rich, inquisitive, poor, colourful and exotic” – words which apply both to its residents and to its culinary offering.

UNESCO World Heritage Site: With an architecture dominated by light and a traffic-friendly development concept, La Chaux-de-Fonds is the symbol of the strategic alliance between urban development and the watch industry.

This city is best explored on foot.

The Style Sapin or fir tree style of the Art Nouveau movement was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

On this guided tour, culture lovers will gain an insight into a time when the booming watch industry of the Neuchâtel Jura was responsible for more than half of the world’s watch production.

Explore the architectural history of La Chaux-de-Fonds, and you’ll find that the starring role belongs not to the city but to its most famous son, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret – better known as Le Corbusier.