Vaud Travel Guide

This is the region of Lac Léman, or Lake Geneva, a grand, romantic, crescent-shape body of water with Geneva at the southwestern tip. Vaud occupies the corner of Switzerland that borders France, and it has top-drawer chefs, bubbling pots of fondue, and fine wine producers to show for it. Its romance—Savoy Alps looming across the horizon, steamers fanning across the surface of the lake, palm trees rustling along its shores—made it a focal point of the budding 19th-century tourist industry, an object of literary fancy, an inspiration to the arts.

When To Go
Getting Around
Making the Most of Your Time
Eating Well in the Vaud
Fond of Fondue
Wild About Wine

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