Welcome to Lausanne, Olympic Capital, city of culture and tourism!
Lausanne, in a splendid setting between the lake and the mountains, is renowned for its qualities as a big village and a small metropolis, where you will find a truly welcoming environment and a humanist mentality.
Visit the Old Town with the "Place de la Palud", its cobble stones, its town hall and its famous clock which attracts quite a crowd. On the hour, come to watch and listen to the story of the liberation of the Canton from the Bernese yoke. Discover the superb 13th century cathedral which dominates the city and do not forget to go window-shopping at the boutiques of the Rue de Bourg.
Enjoy a stroll on the piers of Ouchy alongside Lake Geneva shore and check out the Olympic Museum situated in a superb, very natural kept park. Yet other museums are also worth visiting: the Uneducated Arts Collection, unique in the world; the Museum of Design and Contemporary Applied Arts (mu.dac) and its exceptional glassworks collection; the Hermitage Foundation in a 19th century manor house, dedicated to fine arts exhibitions; the Elysée Museum for photography lovers and the Historical Museum for different temporary thematic exhibitions.
From a cultural point of view, the Béjart Ballet is of course one of the most outstanding happenings in Lausanne. Admire one of the creations of Maurice Béjart in the amazing Métropole music hall. In a quite different field, enjoy a film at the film-library Cinémathèque suisse, which offers one of the greatest film collections of the Old Continent.
If you like smaller performances and concerts, the capital of the Vaud canton offers you plenty of opportunities for all tastes: theatre performances at the Arsenic, the Kléber-Méleau, the Boulimie, the Théâtre de Vidy and at the Grange de Dorigny; classic music at the Paderewski, dance at the Sévelin 36, jazz at the Chorus and the Pianissimo as well as alternative rock music at the Bleu Lézard cellar, the preferred students' meeting point.
In Lausanne, you will also find a vibrant nightlife with well-known clubs dedicated to electronic music, like the Loft, the MAD and the D! Club; but you can also get into the latin groove at the very hot Atelier Volant.
Well, it is impossible to talk about Lausanne without evoking the LHC, the local ice hockey club. An absolute society phenomenon, the cherished club of an entire city, adored by the youngsters from 7 to 77, the Lausanne Hockey Club represents what the OM is for Marseille! You will not want to miss the emotions and the atmosphere of a match at the Malley ice rink.
Centrally located between the lake and the old town, in the first street below the railway station - calm pedestrian zone (access by car authorised).
Motorway Exit: Lausanne-sud "Maladière", then direction city centre and gare CFF (railway station).
Olympic Museum: only 12 minutes by foot from the hotel.
Congress and Exposition Centre "Beaulieu": approximately 1.5 km - 10 minutes by bus (no. 3) from the station.
Nearest Airport: Geneva / 60 km - 40 minutes by train from the airport.