Car Hire in Switzerland – Geneva to Lausanne
Switzerland Car Rental – Geneva
The city of Geneva, in Switzerland, is a great place for a holiday, but if you want to see more of what Switzerland has to offer, you can hire a car and drive to the nearby city of Lausanne.
Car Hire Switzerland – Hiring a Car in Geneva It’s simple to hire a car in order to drive from Geneva to Lausanne – just visit online, low cost, car rental companies that offer some great cheap car hire deals and have car rental offices in more than 60 countries, including Switzerland. You can book a wide range ofwide range of rental cars, including compact cars and luxury cars online and pick it up when you arrive at offices for car hire at Geneva airport.
Car Hire Switzerland – Driving from Geneva to Lausanne
It will only take you about 40 minutes to drive from Geneva to Lausanne in your hire car and it’s easy to get there. Just head out of Geneva on the A1a and follow the signs for Lausanne.
Lausanne is situated on the banks of Lake Geneva and is the fifth largest city in Switzerland. It’s known as a city of culture and also the country’s Olympic Capital, as the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee has been located in the city since 1915.
Once you’ve parked your rental car, you can wander around Lausanne’s Old Town area, where you will find the beautiful Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame, with its carved choir stalls and 13th century rose window. Next door to the cathedral, you’ll find the Musée Historique, which is housed in the old Bishop’s Palace. This museum features displays of items relating to the history of Lausanne and includes a gallery of silverware from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Lausanne is also home to the fascinating Collection de l’Art Brut, a gallery featuring art works by people from around the world, none of whom have had any formal art training.
You can also explore Ouchy, the lakeside area of Lausanne, where you’ll find The Olympic Museum. The museum features exhibits relating to the history of the Olympic Games, including Olympic medals, Olympic torches and sports equipment used by Olympic medal winners such as Carl Lewis and Chris Boardman. You can stroll through the Olympic Garden and buy souvenirs in the museum shop.
Other museums in Lausanne include: the Musée de l’Elysée, where you can see more than 120,000 photos dating from the 19th century to the present day; the Musée Cantonal de Zoologie (Cantonal Zoological Museum), which features exhibits of vertebrates, insects and fossils; and the Lausanne-Vidy Roman Museum, which has a range of exhibits demonstrating what life was like in the area at the time of the Roman Empire.
You can also visit the Lausanne Vivarium, where you can see more than 200 animals, spiders and reptiles, including snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, lizards and crocodiles.
You can relax in one of Lausanne’s many parks, which include the Parc de l’Eysée and the Parc du Désert, go shopping or take a boat trip on Lake Geneva.
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