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Squares, promenades and esplanades

Verdant, panoramic, urban...

Squares, promenades and esplanades: verdant, monumental, urban, panoramic or intimate, they are dotted around the city for people to take the air and enjoy the peace and quiet. Lausanne has a large number of squares, promenades and esplanades. Enjoy a guided tour from our selection, which is inevitably not exhaustive.

© Marino Trotta
Montbenon Esplanade
This site is one of the most beautiful balconies from which to view th...
© LT/ Laurent KACZOR
Quais d'Ouchy
Built in 1901, the lakeside walk links the old port (1793) and the Hal...
© LT/Laurent Kaczor
Bois-de-Vaux cemetery
With its long central avenue lined with double rows of linden trees, i...
© LT/www.diapo.ch
Place de la Madeleine
A peaceful interlude just 30 seconds from the hustle and bustle of the...
© LT/Jacques Straesslé
Place du Général Guisan
An unusual union between a head of the armed forces and a delicate ros...
© LT/www.diapo.ch
Promenade Derrière-Bourg
It may not be big, but it certainly requires plenty of work! A true sh...
© LT/www.diapo.ch
Promenade Jean-Jacques Mercier
© LT/Laurent Kaczor
Promenade de la Ficelle
It was the construction of the m2 metro that gave rise to this excepti...
© LT/www.sebastien-staub.ch
Terrasse Jean-Monnet
© LT/www.diapo.ch
Place de la Navigation
This large concourse, separated from the road by a basin marking the f...