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Your stay in Val-de-Travers :
We suggest you stay in the Val-de-Travers so that you can visit some of the many tourist or natural sites of our region :
Noiraigue | -
the River Areuse,
Canyon (about 10 kilometers)
between the Val-de- Travers and the Lake of Neuchâtel; - the Creux-du-Van / Soliat (altitude 1465 m.) ; an impressive rock half-circle or CWM about 300 meters in height. Nature reserve with chamois, bouquetins (large mountain-goats), marmots, lynxs, etc. |
Môtiers | -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and regional museums; waterfall, cave and castle (hotel + restaurant) - the Poëta Raisse, a canyon cut into the rocks with lots of waterfalls |
St-Sulpice | -
the hydraulic ecomuseum, located near the source of the Areuse - The Chapeau de Napoléon (Napoleon's hat), restaurant, located above Fleurier with a super view over the whole valley of Val-de-Travers |
Buttes | - Télérösti in Buttes - La Robella - Chasseron : special offer with train, chair lift and typical meal in a mountain inn. |
Couvet | - a gardened forest; two didactic footpaths located near the village |
La Brevine | - the lake of Taillères, renowned in winter for its record cold temperatures (Switzerland's Siberia !) |
Les Ponts-de-Martel | - visit a cheese maker |
Bicycle rides | the Val-de-Travers has a network of well-kept cycle tracks, usually separated from the road ; the main route links Les Verrières, at the French border (altitude 930 meters) with the lake and town of Neuchâtel (altitude 435 meters) down the Val-de-Travers in its entire length and through the Areuse canyon |
![]() Poëtta - Raisse |
![]() Schloss Môtiers |
Informations for tourism near Neuchâtel |
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For suggestions and offers for excursions and accommodation ask for reservations at the Travers railway station or see the Internet-Site http://www.neuchateltourisme.ch