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Must See
and the Lac de Sauvabelin,
where there is a reserve for INSIDER TIP
ibexes, marmots and other Lakeside once defended the harbour. It
alpine animals. Pop-ups forms part of the Neo-Gothic
All throughout the Château d’Ouchy, which was
summer, lively pop-up built in the 1890s. The château
w bars and restaurants is now a hotel and restaurant.
take over the lakeshore.
A short walk along the lake-
Parc Mon-Repos Join the locals by taking shore will take you to the
a dip in the lake followed Hôtel d’Angleterre. This is
⌂ Avenue Mon-Repos
by an apéro and some the house where Lord Byron
This landscaped park is the tasty nibbles at Jetée stayed dur ing his visit to
most elegant of all the city’s de la Compagnie (www. Lausanne and where he
gar dens. At its centre is a Neo- jeteedelacompagnie.ch). wrote The Prisoner of Chillon,
Classical villa, once inhab ited a poem which details the
by the 18th-century French imprisonment of a Genevois
writer Voltaire. The villa was monk, François Bonivard.
later home to the Olympics e \-=
revivalist Baron Pierre de Ouchy
Coubertin (1863–1937), who ⌂ On Lake Geneva, 2 km
believed that sport plays an (1 mile) S of central r "'
essential role in the develop- Lausanne q M2 Musée Romain
ment of citizens and nations. ⌂ 24 Chemin du-Bois-
In 1894, he established the Once a fishing village, Ouchy is de-Vaux # Jul & Aug:
International Olympic now a popular lakeside suburb 11am–6pm daily; Sep–
Committee (IOC), and two of Lausanne. It has a beautiful Jun: 11am–6pm Tue–Sun
years later the first modern setting on Lake Geneva, with ∑ lausanne.ch/mrv
Olympic Games were held in views of the surrounding
Athens. Until the 1970s this was mountains, and a tree-lined About ten minutes’ walk west
also the IOC’s headquar ters. lakeshore promenade. Cruises of Ouchy are the remains of
At the north end of the park on the lake depart from here. Lousonna and Vidy, two Roman
stands Switzerland’s supreme A tower is all that remains towns that flourished from
court buildings. of the 12th-century castle that 15 BC to the 4th century AD.
Finds uncovered during an
Beyond the hill are woodland and the Lac exca va tion here, including
de Sauvabelin, where there is a reserve for glass ware and fine mosaics,
are on show in the Musée
ibexes, marmots and other alpine animals. Romain nearby.

Boats and pedalos in
the harbour of Ouchy,
a former fishing village
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