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Around the Vaudoise AlpsAn invigorating landscape above Lake Geneva
The Vaudoise Alps rise abruptly from the Rhône Valley south of Lake Geneva to reach impressive heights. With snow-capped peaks and wooded lower slopes, the Vaudoise are dotted with small traditional villages nestling amongst this spectacular scenery. Linked by cable cars, cog railways and pleasant waymarked walking routes, this is the perfect place to explore and walk the high Alps. Nights: 7
Accommodation: Le Grand Chalet (as above)
Accommodation: The family-run Hotel-Restaurant du Chaussy, a small, welcoming restaurant with simple, yet comfortable en-suite rooms. Accommodation: Hostellerie Les Sources, a cosy hotel which provides easy access to some wonderful walking into the mountains.
Accommodation: Hostellerie Les Sources (as above) Accommodation: Your base for the last two nights is the chic village of Villars and the beautiful Hotel La Renardière. Accommodation: Hotel La Renardière (as above)
Combine routes: For a thrilling two week alpine experience combine our Chablais Alps walk in France with this walk. Please call for details and prices. Other information: if you would like to see the brochure page, you can download this (and the pages for any other holidays you are interested in) by using our brochure creation system. Similar holidays: Lake Lucerne (grade 2), The Leutasch Valley (grade 2), Towards the Matterhorn (grades 2 & 3), Villages of the Engadine (grades 2 & 3), The High Dolomites (grades 2 & 3), The Bernese Oberland (grades 2 & 3) Prices & travel 2008:
Recommended destination airport: Geneva 2008 extra night prices:
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Situated to the east of Lake Geneva and the River Rhône, the Vaudoise Alps are a classic alpine landscape with towering jagged peaks and wide green valleys. Sunny slopes, wooded ridges and pretty villages make this an idyllic place to explore on foot. Enjoy exhilarating walking amid some of Switzerland’s most spectacular scenery, while staying at typically traditional and hospitable chalet hotels.
Starting point: The walk begins with two nights at Le Grand Chalet in Leysin, set high above the vines of the Valley des Ormonts. From the panoramic terrace you can enjoy “the best views in Switzerland”, according to your hosts, the Bonelli family, and this same view is enjoyed from many of the bedrooms. 
Day 2: The following day, you walk along pine-clad hillsides past a number of clear blue mountain lakes to the small hamlet of Les Mosses, where you spend one night. (14km) 
Day 4: In Les Diablerets, you have a choice; we provide notes for a circuit from the village, or, alternatively, you could visit the famous Glacier 3000 for a truly impressive view over the alpine range. Our walk climbs steadily towards Isenau above the main village from where you can either continue to climb over the summit of La Palette, or walk round to the Col de Vore. Both routes bring you out at the picturesque Lac Retaud from where you descend into the valley and down to Les Diablerets past the dramatic Cascade du Dar waterfall. (16km) 
Day 5: You walk through wooded hills and past small lakes to the Roc d’Orsay, a magnificent viewpoint which takes in the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and the Jungfrau-Eiger massif. Villars is the perfect base for hours of long summer walks, made all the more easy with the included local ‘Freedom Pass’ that allows free use of some local cable cars, bus and train services. (17km) 