Tourism in Lausanne, Switzerland

Lausanne, is the second-largest city on Lake Geneva, which combines a dynamic commercial town with the resort, which attracts visitors to enjoy spending the holiday fun. Lausanne is the capital of Canton, a city full of universities, which is based out of sports and cultural conferences in the Olympic capital. The cathedral dominates the Old City as the most admired region of Switzerland in terms of Gothic architecture. Lausanne is the city was the parish for more than a thousand years.

Lausanne is located in the northern point of the Geneva "Lake Leman" lake, which stretches east of Lausanne, along Lake Geneva shores with a grape-growing region of Lavaux, which are included in the UNESCO World Heritage site, which is part of the Swiss Riviera, which extends to Montreux and the eastern end of the lake. This area, known as La Côte, which stretches west from Lausanne to Geneva, with its capital in Nyon. The northern region of Lausanne is a rural area that stretches to Yverdon and Lake Neuchatel. You can discover a number of good restaurants in Lausanne, in addition to the twenty Museum, including the Olympic Museum, dedicated to aficionados of architecture, which is concentrated in the upper part of the old town in Switzerland and the museum.

Geographically

As of 2009, the Lausanne area from 41.38 until 41.33 square kilometers, of which 16.0% for agricultural purposes, and 39.1% of forests, and the remaining 44.6% of the land for the construction of buildings and roads and 0.1% of rivers or lakes. Specializing ratio of 1.6% of the built up area of ​​industrial buildings from residential buildings, while 21.6% of the transportation infrastructure made up. Specializing 12.5% ​​of power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas by 1.4% of the area, while parks, green belts and sports stadiums represent about 7.5%. Forest land covers heavy forest area, and agricultural land use (11.1%) for the cultivation of crops and pastures.

Historically

Lausanne is the second largest city on the shore of Lake Geneva, combines the dynamics of his business with its ideal location as a haven for holiday, sports and culture is a golden rule in the Olympic Capital. The nature of the historic city, and contemporary architecture, and the surrounding areas and the Olympic capital is a form of living art and cultural events.

Dense public transport network gives you the freedom to move from one lake to the trendiest neighborhoods in a matter of minutes, and is considered one of the green cities in Europe. Lausanne is home to a lot of cooks stars, so it's best to get off at the Visitor typical hotels, to enjoy the diversity of culinary, cultural diversity: where there are more than twenty museum and many theaters, ballet and concerts.

Archaeology

Cathedral (was re-restored by Viollet-le-Duc)

St. Mir Castle (Chateau Saint Mir)

The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland

City Hall

Museums

Polo Museum, the Olympic Museum, the Elysee Museum, Hermitage "The Hermitage Foundation," Foundation

Contemporary design and Applied Arts Museum, Lausanne Museum of History, Espace ARLAUD "French"

Canton Museum and Botanical Gardens.

Religiously

In the 16th century until the late 20th century, the Protestant are the overwhelming majority. In the 2000 census, there were about 37.8%, or 47,225 people out of the Catholic Romanin, (belongs about 33,993 people, or 27.2% to the Swiss Protestant Church, and the rest of the population understanding about 2,698 members of the Orthodox Church, and there were 65 individuals belonging to the Church Catholic Christianity, there are 4,437 individuals who belong to the other), the Christian church, and there were 849 individuals belonging to Jews and 7,501 Muslims, 452 Buddhists, Hindus and 772.

Visa to enter Switzerland

Citizens of Saudi Arabia and residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to apply for a visa to enter Switzerland in the nearest consulate of Switzerland in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. If you are going to another country after Switzerland, you may need to show a valid visa for that country. It is best to confirm this from the Swiss embassy.