From Wikitravel

Lavaux [1] is a terraced wine-growing region on the shores of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) in western Switzerland. It covers the territory roughly from Lausanne to Montreux, and including 6 villages and the city of Vevey.

Contents 1 Get in 1.1 Train 1.2 Boat 1.3 On foot 2 Get around 3 Do 4 Eat 4.1 Mid Range 5 Sleep 5.1 Budget 5.2 Mid-range 5.3 Splurge

Get in

Train

The main villages of the Lavaux are accessible by regional trains from Lausanne, Vevey, and Montreux. The trains run between around 5am and midnight everyday of the week, though the number of trains is somewhat more limited on Sundays and holidays. For details check the website of the Swiss Federal Railway.

Boat

One of the nicest ways to spend an afternoon anywhere is to take a boat from the port of Ouchy on the Lakefront of Lausanne or from Vevey or Montreux. Enjoy a local Domain de Crusaz as the terraces which produced it roll by at a leisurely steam-powered pace. It's possible (although a much longer ride) to take the same steamboat all the way from Geneva or Evian. The steamboat ports in the Lavaux include Lutry, Cully, Rivaz, and Vevey.

On foot

A fit traveler should be able to reach the village of Cully, in the center of the Lavaux from the port of Ouchy in Lausanne in about an two hours. If you're feeling more ambitious consider the popular walking tour of Lavaux vinyards. The whole walk from Chateau d'Ouchy (Lausanne) to Chateau de Chillion (Montreux) takes about 9 hours, not counting stops for wine-tasting and picnics. This should make for a relaxing 3-day itinerary if you book hotels at villages along the way. The Montreux-Vevey tourism board offers an excellent brochure with details called "A la découverte des terraces de Lavaux".

Get around

One of the great joys of spending your leisure time in a place like the Lavaux can be exploring on foot. There are thousands of footpaths and stairways linking the vineyards with the major villages and the cities of Lausanne and Vevey.

• Le Petit Train de Lavaux +41 21 799 54 54. [2] If you get tired of walking there is a "Petit train" which leaves regularly from the villages of Lutry and Cully and which stops at many of the major vineyards and wine cellars. The price is 10 Chf per adult, or 5 Chf for children. Groups can charter the Petit Train outside of the normal schedule for 265 Chf, which is a good deal if you have a group of 35 (the maximum capacity of the train).

Do

• The Cully Jazz Festival Usually held during the last week of March or the First week of April, the Cully Jazz festival features mainstream and offbeat jazz artists from around the world. During the festival many of the village's wine-growers open their caveaux to festival goers as bars featuring their own produce and a selection of wines and beers from elsewhere.

Eat

Mid Range

• Restaurant du Léman Grand rue 19, Lutry. +41 21 791 33 87. This little Peruvian restraurant is right in the heart of Lutry village. They also have an extensive menu of Swiss and Provencial favorites so you are still well taken care of during one of the "chef de cuisine"'s trips back home to Peru.

Sleep

Budget

• Camping de Moratel, Cully
• Camping du Portillon, Lutry

Mid-range

• Au Major Davel, Cully
• Comfort Hotel Intereurope, Cully
• Auberge de la Crochettaz, Dézaley-Puidoux
• Relais de la Poste, Grandvaux

Splurge

• Le Rivage, Lutry
• Auberge du Raisin, Cully

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