Saint-François square - Bourg street

Where?
Place St-François
It’s an area of chic, avant-garde boutiques: high-flying fashion, trendy fashion, but also daring contemporary jewellery, tableware, objets d’art from all over the world – and, of course, high-class watches, chocolates and tobacco, not to mention several prestigious art galleries!

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Address

Place St-François
1003 Lausanne

How to get there

Palud square

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In the centre of the square is the town’s oldest fountain, adorned with a statue representing justice. Close by, a clock presents the history of Vaud in animated scenes every hour from 9:00 to 19:00. On Wednesday and Saturday mornings this is the site of the country market, which also sets up shop in the neighbouring pedestrian streets. Every first Friday of the month, it plays host to a craft market. Typical cafes, boutiques and large, elegant shops complement what this high-class district, which is completely pedestrianised, has to offer.
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La Cité

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This is a quarter full of typical small bistros and craft shops. To the north of the Cité hill, at Place du Tunnel, avenue César-Roux avenue and Place de l’Ours, shops and quirky bistros cry out to be discovered. It is around the Cité hill, sculpted by the Flon and Louve rivers, that the mediaeval town grew. Its cobble-stoned pedestrian streets as well as its monuments, the Cathedral of Lausanne, the St-Maire Castle and the Old academy, bear witness to that.
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Lausanne Cathedral

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At the heart of the old town, the majestic Lausanne Cathedral overlooks the city. Seen as one of the most beautiful gothic art monuments in Europe, it attracts more than 400,000 visitors every year.
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Alexandre, the souvenir maker
The Lausanner recommends
Alexandre the souvenir maker
A place that reminds me of Parisian shopping arcades. With those small boutiques and restaurants, the place is bathed in natural light and the floor tiles add that extra touch that is so photogenic.

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This hotspot for shopping in Lausanne offers a number of delightful meeting places, with some 20 bars, clubs and discos, several of which are boldly decorated, two well-known jazz cellars, and popular nightclubs.

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