Lausanne Map, Switzerland
If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Lausanne Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Lausanne with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Lausanne useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Lausanne!
Lausanne Sightseeing
Lausanne is a sight in itself due to the spectacular scenery that surrounds and to the unique aspect of the city. The difference in altitude of over 500 meters between the upper and lower part of the city make its exploration an adventurous and often risky project, as streets sometimes have a ten meter difference between them. The former river that used to cross the city and has been dried out (similar to that in... read moreLausanne History
The Napoleonic Wars and the year 1903 is the year in Lausanne history when the city finally gained its independence and it was granted by Napoleon the function of capital of the newly formed Swiss canton, Vaud. It then became an official part of the Swiss Federation and this is when the large Flon River that was running through the city was dried out and bridges were built for the first time to join the two parts of... read moreLausanne Travel Guide
The most important urban trait of Lausanne is its difference in elevation which makes it quite hard to get around when you are in the city for the first time (you might find yourself ten meters below the street where you wanted to go). The city also displays the site of a river which has been dried out since the 19th century. It is crossed by many bridges and if forms a nice green area that passes through the entire... read moreThings about Lausanne you may be interested in
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