Discover the Neuchâtel Jura !
Please visit : http://www.travers-info.ch/tourisme/voy_vdtGB01.shtml
13+14 May - 10+11 June - 8+9 July - 12+13 August - 9+10 September - 7+8 October 2006
Tickets
sale : Railway
station - 2105 Travers -
+41
32 863
24 07 -
+41 32 863 21 55
- gare.travers@sbb.ch
Bureau de change - tourist office - mini-shop - open every day until 11.40 p.m.
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(Neuchâtel) - La Presta - St-Sulpice - Môtiers |
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Travers - La Presta / Môtiers - Travers - (Neuchâtel) |
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Restaurant in the Asphalt Mine at La Presta |
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Le Prieuré Saint-Pierre, the cellar for Mauler sparkling wine tasting, Môtiers |
Arrival | Departure | Program Price : 65.- Swiss francs per person Dates : Saturday and Sunday 13/14 May, 10/11 June, 8/9 July, 12/13 August, 9/10 September, 7/8 October 2006 Groups can reserve the special offer for SFr. 65.- every day from May to October but with a slightly altered programme |
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Travers | 11.08 |
Regional train Travers - La Presta |
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La Presta | 11.10 | 15.21 |
Arrival at the Asphalt Mine ; guided visit of the
galleries into the depths of the
Earth - then lunch in the restaurant of the Asphalt Mine |
Saint-Sulpice | 15.41 | 16.13 | visit of the steam-engine depot with
many steam locomotives Steam train St-Sulpice - Môtiers |
Môtiers | 16.26 | 17.40 | Tasting of the
delicious Mauler sparkling wines and film presentation. Regional train Môtiers -Travers (- Neuchâtel) |
Travers | 17.48 | Tickets sale : Railway station Travers and at the Asphalt Mine La Presta |
Arrival | Departure |
Alternative program
from Neuchâtel Dates : Sunday 14 May, 11 June, 9 July, 13 August, 10 September, 8 October 2006 |
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Neuchâtel | 10.16 | Steam train Neuchâtel - La Presta | |
La Presta | 11.21 | 15.21 | Arrival at the Asphalt Mine ; guided visit of the
galleries into the depths of the
Earth - then lunch in the restaurant of the Asphalt Mine Speciality : mixed salad, ham baked in asphalt, gratin of potatoes, vegetables Steam train La Presta - St-Sulpice |
Saint-Sulpice | 15.41 | 16.13 | visit of the steam-engine depot with
many steam locomotives Steam train St-Sulpice - Môtiers |
Môtiers | 16.26 | 17.40 | Tasting of the
delicious Mauler sparkling wines and film presentation. Regional train Môtiers -Neuchâtel |
Neuchâtel | 18.15 |
Tickets sale : Railway station Travers and in the steam train |
Both offers : accompanied children travel free in the trains and have a special price at the Alphalt Mine (entrance + lunch) |
Observations for groups :
- groups of 10 persons or more have to reserve at the following address :
Railway station - Travers (+41 32) 863.24.07 - Fax. 863.21.55 - E-mail: gare.travers@sbb.ch
Number of places limited. On request, we organize your travel by train to Neuchâtel (or Travers) and any other trip in the region
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Groups can reserve the special offer for SFr. 65.- every day from May to
Ocober but with a slightly altered programme
- groups can
also visit the cellars of the wonderful Mauler sparkling wines
at Motiers : supplement : Fr. 4.- per Person
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Other possibilities (a day or a week-end in Fairyland) : Discover
the Absinthe Drying Shed in Boveresse, the Absinthe-Museum, the
castle or the J-J. Rousseau Museum in Môtiers, the
Hydraulic Ecomuseum of the Areuse-Sources or the Chapeau de Napoléon (Napoleon's
hat) in St-Sulpice, the Industrial Museum (E.Dubied and L.Bourquin) in Travers,
etc.
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 |
For suggestions and offers for excursions and accommodation ask for reservations at the Travers railway station or see the Internet-Site www.neuchateltourisme.ch