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Leysin
! B5 £ @ n Place Large;
EXPERIENCE Western Switzerland resort, occupies a mountain
www.leysin.ch
The village of Leysin, now a
popular winter and summer
terrace with views across to
the Dents du Midi and down
onto the Rhône Valley. Lying
at an altitude of 1,260 m
(4,135 ft), Leysin enjoys an
unusually dry and sunny
climate. Once a centre for the
treatment of tuberculosis, the
Geneva between Lausanne
village later evolved into a ski
restaurant at the top of
resort. Cable cars carry visi­ of land on the shore of Lake The revolving panoramic
and Villeneuve. The region’s
Berneuse, above Leysin
tors up to the Tour de Mayen climate and culture attracted
(2,326 m/7,631 ft) and to English Romantics Lord Byron
Berneuse (2,037 m/6,683 ft). and Mary Shelley in the 19th paintings and sculpture by
century, and later Charlie Switzerland’s prominent
Chaplin, who spent the last 25 19th­ and 20th­century artists,
6 years of his life in Vevey. as well as the vast Fondation
Known in Roman times as
Oskar Kokoschka, which con­
Vevey Viviscus, Vevey was once Lake tains 800 paintings by the
Geneva’s main port. By the Austrian artist. The museum
! B5 £ @ n 5 Rue du 19th century it was the first also has the largest collection
Théâtre, Montreux; www.
montreuxriviera.com industrial town in the canton of lithographs by Rembrandt
of Vaud. It was here, in 1867, in Europe.
With Montreux, Vevey is one that Henri Nestlé estab lished
of the two best­known holi­ the powdered milk factory Chaplin’s World
day resorts of the Swiss that revolutionized baby "\ ⌂ 2 Route de Fenil, Le
Riviera – the stretch foods. Nestlé still has its Manoir-de-Ban # Jan–Mar &
international headquarters Oct–Dec: 10am–5pm daily;
in Vevey. Apr–Sep: 9am–6pm daily
The most attractive part of ∑ chaplinsworld.com
A statue
of Charlie Vevey is its Grande Place Musée Jenisch
Chaplin in (also known as Place du " ⌂ 2 Avenue de la Gare
Marché). On Tuesday and
Vevey
Saturday mornings this # 10am–6pm Tue–Sun
huge square is filled with (to 9pm Thu) ∑ musee
a market, and in summer jenisch.ch
regional growers offer
wine tastings. A folk arts
market is also held here INSIDER TIP
on Saturday mornings in Night Sledging
July and August. For a thrilling and
Chaplin’s World, a museum magical experience,
dedicated to the comedian’s try sledging in the dark.
life and work, is located in Le Take the cable car up
Manoir­de­Ban, Chaplin’s Les Diablerets three
former home. It features evenings a week to
personal items, and an sledge down its 7-km
interactive studio, as well (4.5-mile) sledge run,
as re­created film sets. one of the longest in
East of the train station is the country.
the Musée Jenisch, housing
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