Articles
The Perch of Lake Geneva (Switzerland)
Fillet of perch is a Lake Geneva speciality, just as the vineyards of Lavaux belong to the canton of Vaud and Saillon asparagus to the canton of Valais. The Swiss French of Romandy certainly seem to have fine dining down to a science.
The cheese from Switzerland’s Pays d’Enhaut
L'Étivaz AOC is a hard raw-milk cheese made in the mountains between 1,000 and 2,000 metres altitude by 68 families with 2,800 Simmental dairy cows. During the cheese-making season, from 10 May to 10 October, intrepid ramblers can discover Étivaz up yonder - way up yonder...
A holiday in the Valais, just for the pleasure of it!
The Valais is one of Switzerland’s more secluded cantons, surrounded as it is by some fifty peaks topping 4,000 metres... A happy marriage of nature and culture, as well as sports and gastronomy, this lovely region of the Alps is an ideal family holiday destination.
Château de Chillon: the crown jewel of Lake Geneva (Switzerland)
Built on a rocky islet in Lake Geneva just 3 km south of Montreux, the Château de Chillon is Switzerland’s most popular historic monument. Its exceptional setting between lake and mountain gives the castle an irresistible charm which has beguiled many a romantic soul...
