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The Drive » From Geneva, facades, the Musée d’Art
head west via the A1 until the et d’Histoire (%026 305
A9 (follow signs to Vevey/ 51 40; www.mahf.ch; Rue de
Montreux). Take exit 11 and Morat 12; adult/child Sfr8/ HANS GEORG EIBEN / GETTY IMAGES ©
follow signs for Lutry. From free; h11am-6pm Tue, Wed &
Lutry, take Rte 9 (direction Fri-Sun, to 8pm Thu) and the
Vevey) until Cully, then head up
Rte de la Corniche to Chexbres. outsize Cathédrale de
Next follow Rte du Genevrex and St Nicolas de Myre (www.
get on the A9, followed by the cathedrale-fribourg.ch; Rue
A12 to Fribourg (143km total). des Chanoines 3; tower adult/
child Sfr3.50/1; h9.30am-
6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm Sat,
2 Fribourg 2-5pm Sun, tower 10am-noon &
Nowhere is Switzerland’s 2-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat,
language divide felt more 2-5pm Sun Apr-Oct) with its
keenly than in Fribourg 74m-tall tower. Be sure
(Freiburg or ‘Free Town’), to make time for a couple
a medieval city where of the city’s bohemian
the inhabitants on the cafe-bars, such as Le
west bank of the River Port (p549) or Café
Sarine speak French, and Culturel de l’Ancienne
those on the east bank Gare (%026 322 57 72;
SWITZERLAND 38 GENEvA TO ZüRICH
of the Sanne speak Ger- Esplanade de l’Ancienne-Gare
man. Sights that merit 3; h9am-11.30pm Mon-Thu,
a look-see include the 9am-3am Fri, 1pm-3am Sat,
bohemian Espace Jean 11am-midnight Sun).
Tinguely – Niki de Saint 54 p549
Phalle (%026 305 51 40;
www.mahf.ch; Rue de Morat 2; The Drive » We’ve chosen a countryside aplenty. Head first
adult/child Sfr6/free; h11am- longish (103km, one hour and to the village of Charmey via Rte
6pm Wed & Fri-Sun, to 8pm 50 minutes) scenic route along 189, then to Boltingen. Next take
Thu), the evocative Old winding roads through lovely Rte 11 to Speiz on Lake Thun,
small towns in Fribourg and
Town filled with Gothic Bern cantons, with unspoiled from where you’ll follow Rte 8 to
Interlaken.

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: 3 Interlaken
FRIBOURG’S FILTHY
FUNICULAR Once Interlaken made
the Victorians swoon
Nowhere else in Europe does a funicular lurch up with mountain vistas
the mountainside with the aid of stinky sewage from the chandelier-
water (on certain days it smells as you’d expect). lit confines of grand
Constructed in 1899 and managed by the Cardinal hotels; today it makes
Brewery until 1965 (when the municipality took over), daredevils scream with
the Funiculaire de Fribourg links the lower town adrenaline-loaded
with the upper. It runs every six minutes, and the adventures. Straddling
ride in one of two counterbalancing water-powered the glittering Lakes Thun
carriages from the lower Pertuis station (121m; Place and Brienz and dazzled
du Pertuis) to the upper station (618m; Rte des by the pearly whites
Alpes) takes two minutes. of Eiger, Mönch and
Jungfrau, the scenery is

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