Information about Nyon

Information about Nyon
Population 18'000 inhabitants
Altitude From 372 to 478 m
Superficie : 6.82 km2
Canton: Vaud
Official language: french
Tipping Prices in hotels, restaurants, taxi fares, etc., are calculated to include taxes and
service. A tip, therefore, is not indispensable, but justified for good service.
Money Swiss Francs (CHF). 1 CHF is divided in 100 centimes.
Exchange: 1 euro = CHF 1,15 / 1 dollar = 0,90.-CHF
Tourism Office : (8 avenue viollier) www.nyon-tourisme.ch , Tel : 022.365 66 00
Transport :
Nyon is served by Federal Switzerland’s railway : www.cff.ch
The public transport serve a great part of municipalities in the district with some regulars bus:
ww.bustpn.ch
Museums :
Museum of the Léman : www.museeduleman.ch The only one museum which present all the
cultural and natural heritage of the Lake Geneva. You can find mockups of boats, fisherman's
hut and works of painters or scholars lémaniques.
Roman Museum: www.mrn.ch This museum is fitted out in the foundations of the basilica in
the 1st Century AD, and it redraws the romanisation of the region.
Château de Nyon : www.chateaudenyon.ch Built in the XIIth century, It shelters the historic
museum, a porcelain collection as well as the vault of Nyon.
STT Trains Tours Vd Sarl offer you mini-train tour in the City of Nyon : www.sttr.ch
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Boats:
The Compagnie Générale de Navigation du Léman offer you transports through the
Leman Lake with big steamers ‘Belle Epoque’ www.cgn.ch .
Crossings connects Nyon – Geneva – Yvoire or also Lausanne.
Going out at Nyon :
Looking for a good restaurant ?
Middle Prices :
Le Quai 23, (23 Rue de Rive), Italian cuisine
Chic :
Auberge du Château, (8 Place du Château), modern and elegant brasseie, seasonal menu
Restaurant Maitre-Jacques, (rue de rive), rustic bistrot, specialities from the lake
Looking for a good bar ?
Fishermen's Pub, (37 Rue de Rive), Irish pub, theme evening
Les Brasseurs, (18 Rue de la Gare), home-made beer,
L’Epicure, (66 rue de Rive), wine bar, lounge
Events :
Nyon paleo festival, www.paleo.ch (end of july)
With six days and nights of festivities, 230,000 spectators, over 176 concerts and shows taking
place on six stages, and a total of 180 food, drink and craft stalls on site, Paléo Festival Nyon is
easily the biggest open-air festival in Switzerland and one of Europe’s major musical events.
Caribana festival, www.caribana.ch (middle of june)
First Open Air festival on summer. Coiled by the Lake of Geneva, next to Crans’s port, the
Caribana festival introduce all sorts of rythmes and a very good atmosphere to you.
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