Route for the Lake of Geneva in Switzerland

The Lake of Geneva, in Switzerland, is the Western Europe biggest, and from the XIXth century it has already attracting the interest of the aristocracy of the epoch, in addition to big quantity of artists and intelligentsia. From Geneva even Montrex one can continue the route of this lake, a really nice trip, with a few beautiful sceneries.

From the trips blog, we tell you some of the most interesting points in which it is worth it that you do a stop:

• Of course, Geneva, the big city that encunetra in the south shore of the lake is a key point: it is a head office of many international organizations, and a city in which his watchmaker's and ancient bookstores have cost him an important reputation in the whole Europe. The Cathedral of Saint Pierre and the Art museum and Hisoria are some of the places that do not exist of jar of visiting.
• Further on we will find The Côté, the extensest area in which there is big vineyards quantity and, how not, of wine vaults. After this one, he emphasizes Lausanne, which has a long history behind him, since his foundation dates of the Roman epoch, of the IVth century (do see the Roman Art museum). Vielle Ville and the old town keep jewels of the architecture, like the Gothic cathedral.
• Later, he visits Montreux, a place that is traditionally tourist from the XIXth century, and in him you will be able to enjoy big building quantity style belle epoque. Close to here there is the Castle of Loudmouth, of the XIIth century and that keeps another interesting attraction: in one of his dungeons Lord Byron wrote one of his most well-known poems. And for the lovers of the castles, Aigle, one of those who are better preserved in the whole region.
• Finally, we will come to the mines of Bex, a mining deposit composed by approximately 50 kilometers of galleries that begun being exploited in 1684 and that nowadays it is possible to visit of holding a permit form.

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