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Geneva & the West
Lake Geneva, Western Europe's biggest lake, stretches like a giant liquid mirror between
the French-speaking Swiss canton of Vaud (north) and France (south). Its west end is
Geneva, Europe's most urbane city. Museums, cafes and famous international agencies
cluster around the lakeside, with its exclamation point of a fountain. Further east Lake
Geneva is lined by the elegant student city of Lausanne and a phalanx of pretty smaller
towns, and the Swiss side of the lake presents the marvellous emerald spectacle of tightly
ranked vineyards spreading in terraces up the steep hillsides of the Lavaux area - the
source of some very fine tipples.
Down by the water, the lake is lined by fairy-tale châteaux, luxurious manor houses and
modest beaches, often backed by peaceful woodland. In the mild climate around Montreux,
palm trees grow.
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