The region Lavaux is located on the north bank of Lake Geneva in the canton Vaud.
Regions
places
The Lavaux is made up of fourteen municipalities:
- Chardonne
- Chexbres
- Corseaux
- Corsier-sur-Vevey
- Cully VD
- Epesses
- Grandvaux VD
- Jongy
- Lutry
- Puidoux
- Riez
- Rivaz VD
- Saint-Saphorin
- Villette
The Lavaux thus begins in Lutry and ends in Corsier-sur-Vevey. According to this definition, neither Vevey still Montreux in Lavaux, with Vevey on its border. The northernmost point is at Puidoux and Grandvaux VD.
Other goals
background
The name is a little confusing because it is used for different purposes and is not always congruent.
The region name covers the lake shore east of Lausanne up to the Tore Veveys and is congruent with the wine-growing region Lavaux, and thus also includes parts of the Vaudois Rivierabut not Vevey, Montreux or La Tour-de-Peilz.
In the Lavaux wine-growing region, the following communes have appellation status: Lutry, Villette, Epesses, Dézaley (Grand Cru), Calamin (Grand Cru), Saint-Saphorin, Chardonne, Vevey, Montreux.
The Lavaux district was abolished on December 31, 2007 and was not congruent with the Lavaux wine-growing region. Today it belongs to the Lavaux-Oron district. The eastern part of the Lauvaux in particular belongs to the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district.
The first vineyards that made Lavaux so famous and are also listed in the Unesco World Heritage Site were built in the 12th century. The area under cultivation for wine is around 800 hectares.
language
The majority of French, German and English are widely used as second languages.
getting there
By train
Lavaux is served by two REV (Réseau Express Vaudois) S-Bahn lines.
S1Yverdon-les-Bains - Lausanne - Pully - Lutry - Vilette VD - Cully - Epesses - Rivaz - St-Saphorin - Vevey - La Tour-de-Peilz - Montreux - Villeneuve
S3Allaman - Morges - Lausanne - Pully - Lutry - without stopping to Cully - without stopping to Vevey - La Tour-de-Peilz - Montreux - without stopping to Villeneuve
Both S-Bahn trains run every hour and complement each other every half hour for larger towns. The S3 is an accelerated S-Bahn and does not stop at every station. This is each fat highlighted.
In Vevey and Montreux the Interregios (IR), which from Geneva-Airport via Lausanne, Aigle VD, Martigny and Sion to Visp and further after Brig-Glis circulate. These trains run every half hour.
The S 31, called Train des Vignes ("Weinbergzug"), runs between Vevey and Puidoux-Chexbres and goes up the slope through the vineyards. It runs every hour.
The runs from Montreux Golden Pass Panoramic Train via Montbovon - Château-d'Oex - Rougemont - Saanen - Gstaad to Zweisimmen. This also runs every hour, sometimes with panorama cars. In Zweisimmen, there is a connection Spiez (Change to Interlaken), Tuna and Bern. This line is mainly tourist. For the last four destinations, the route via Lausanne is much faster.
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