After a long time without a vacation with my wife, we decided to go abroad for a whole week. After much thought, we decided to go to Switzerland and rent a car to drive around Lake Leman, also known as Lake Geneva.
You don’t need to leave your home to book a flight or rent a car.
We ordered the flight, printed the tickets, rented a car, and printed the voucher on our home printer.
Arriving in Geneva, Switzerland, on a Sunday afternoon, we flew there. Our car was waiting for us at the airport. We drove along the lake after receiving our rental. We found a nice, small hotel on the shore of the lake in Nyon, as it was getting late.
When you are near the lake or sea, there is always something calming, pleasant, and empowering. We chose to drive all around the lake for this reason.
The weather was perfect throughout our trip, with no wind or rain.
We didn’t book a room in advance. We drove to Switzerland and looked for hotels late in the afternoon. There are many hotels there. Hotels in Switzerland can be expensive but are usually clean, pleasant, and of high quality. They also include breakfast.
Vevey: A Visit
Two of the highlights from this trip are worth mentioning. Vevey is the first place I’d like to say. Arriving at noon, we stayed overnight and left the following day at noon. This was our second trip to this beautiful city.
Vevey is home to a beautiful promenade that runs along the shore of the lake. You can spend hours there, taking in the scenery, including the water, mountains, boats, swans, and people.
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Vevey offers a relaxing, inspiring environment that will fill you with positive energy.
We discovered as we walked along the promenade in the morning, that there was a display of classic, old cars. Many models of classic cars were on display, and they all looked in excellent condition. We took many photos of old cars that you only see in old movies or movies from the 20th century. There is a website dedicated to these cars, and after checking it out, I found that they will be holding another show in the future.
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Visit Zermatt & the Mattterhorn
Matterhorn is the highest mountain in Switzerland. The mountain was often covered in clouds, and I’d heard it couldn’t be seen. When we visited, however, it was clear, and we could admire the mountain’s summit.
We had to travel a long distance from the lake to reach the Matterhorn.
We drove to Tasch, which is a small village not far from Zermatt. We parked our car in a large parking lot close to the train station.
We then took the train to Zermatt. This town is located at 1600 meters at the foot of the Matterhorn.
We were told it was too late for us to climb and that we would have to come back the next morning. We drove down to Randa and stayed at the Matterhorn Golf Hotel, which was run by an Italian couple who were warm and friendly.
After a fascinating conversation with Maurizio, the owner of the Hotel, we drove back to the Tasch train station and took the train up to Zermatt.
We walked through the streets in Zermatt, which are full of restaurants, shops, and hotels. Then we took the cable cars to the highest point on the mountain. On the way, we had to switch three cable carts, enjoying a magnificent view of the town and mountains below.
We traveled in September, and there was no snow on our route. However, when we reached the top of the Matterhorn at a certain height, the terrain completely changed. We felt like we were in another world, the ice world.
It is a good idea if you are planning to visit the Matterhorn, to spend some time in each of the stations along the way to get your body used to the altitude.
You might have trouble breathing at 4000 meters because there is not enough oxygen.
We drove back to the lake from Zermatt. We went along the French southern bank until we reached Geneva.