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Vaud Riviera on Lake Geneva

Tuesday, 30 April 2024 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Free Trade Association
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🔊 Listen to this Post The Vaud Riviera (French: Riviera vaudoise) forms the eastern part of the northern shore of Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It includes in particular the towns of Vevey, La Tour-de-Peilz, Montreux and Villeneuve. To the west of it lies Lavaux. The settlements belong to the Geneva-Lausanne metropolitan region, the second largest metropolitan area in Switzerland.

The Vaud Riviera was derived from the Riviera on the Mediterranean because sophisticated tourism also settled here around 1900. It is actually part of Lavaux, but is considered a separate region.

In the new Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut district, Riviera is used as an official name for the first time. Since 2001, the name has been used in the name of the public transport company Transport Montreux–Vevey–Riviera (MVR).

The most important attraction is Chillon Castle, which is located on a small island in the lake between Montreux and Villeneuve. The Vaud Riviera is overlooked by the mountains of Mont Pèlerin, Les Pléiades, Cape au Moine, Dent de Jaman and Rochers de Naye.

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