Press Release

April 29^th, 2009

Lausanne Tourisme presents its summer walks

Lausanne Tourisme’s publications (“Lausanne Dicoveries”, “Excursions”, etc.) contain a variety of information about the thousand and one ways of exploring the town and its surroundings on foot or by bike. What’s on offer in 2009, however, is dominated by two new features that are certain to interest the people of Lausanne as much as its guests: a guided audio walking tour and walks in Lavaux.

With the help of the ethnologist guide Pierre Corajoud, whose walking commentaries have enjoyed great success for several years, and of imavox SA, Lausanne Tourisme is now offering a new personalised system: a guided audio walking tour, to be done entirely independently and at your own pace with the help of an MP3 player, accompanied by a location map and extra text information, which allows the visitor to listen to information on about 30 points of interest in the Olympic Capital simply by switching it on at the

chosen location. You can choose from three routes, each taking one hour and 15 minutes: “Nature in Town” (from Lake Sauvabelin to the city gates), “Historical and Modern Centres” (from the city to the station via Flon) and “By the Shores of Lake Geneva” (from the station to Ouchy via the Olympic Museum).

 Download audio walking tour

Rent mp3 players in  our information desks.

In addition, two new walks are offered in the Lavaux vineyard, a listed UNESCO World Heritage site. Lasting around two hours, they wind their way down from Grandvaux station before reaching the shores of the lake (at Cully or Lutry). The gentle paths, dotted with numerous explanations about the places, are an excellent way of discovering this ancestral vineyard in its many different aspects: history, architecture, geology, viticulture, vine varieties, appellations, places of refreshment and opportunities to sample some of the wines...

 Walks through the Lavaux vineyard

This summer promises to be very exciting for all those who love discovering Lausanne “pedibus cum jambis”, and greener than ever! The multitude of events, thanks in no small part to the new m2 metro line and the “Lausanne Gardens 2009” programme, has given rise to several guided walks by Pierre Corajoud (“Along the m2” and “Two kitchen garden walks”) as well as other walking itineraries offered by various organisations.

 Additional information

  For all supplementary information, please contact:

• Claude Petitpierre, Director of Lausanne Tourisme, tél. +41 21 613 73 51.
• Nicole Seira, cheffe du Service éditions & relations publiques (LT), tél. +41 21 613 73 82.