# Things to see in Lausanne (Switzerland): 164 places and when to go

> Lausanne is a city in Switzerland with around 266,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 164 places in and around it, mainly Food and drink (41), History (31), Museums and art (28). The best known are Olympic Museum, Lausanne Cathedral and Cornettes de Bise. The best time to come is December to March and May to October; also possible: April and November. In June there are 15 h 36 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 24. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/lausana/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Switzerland · 46.5304, 6.65
- **Population:** About 266,000
- **Places:** 164 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Food and drink](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/gastronomia/) (41) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/historia/) (31) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/museos/) (28) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/senderismo/) (17) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/naturaleza/) (16) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/montana/) (13)
- **Best time:** December to March and May to October.
- **Also possible:** April and November.
- **Nearest airport:** GVA Geneva, 53 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Cornettes de Bise, at 2,432 m.

## What to see in Lausanne

The places in and around Lausanne, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Olympic Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/the-olympic-museum/): Museum collection in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 2.7 km
- [Lausanne Cathedral](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cathedrale-notre-dame-de-lausanne/): Cathedral of the Swiss Reformed Church · 1.4 km
- [Cornettes de Bise](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/les-cornettes-de-bise/): Nature · Mountains · 24 km
- [Cape au Moine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cape-au-moine/): Mountain of the Fribourg Prealps · 26 km
- [Château d'Ouchy](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-d-ouchy/): Castle hotel building in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 3.2 km
- [Vufflens Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-vufflens/): Castle with outbuildings in Vufflens-le-Château in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 13 km
- [Mont Pèlerin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/mont-pelerin/): Mountain of the Swiss Plateau · 13 km
- [Palais de Rumine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/palais-de-rumine/): Palace in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 1.5 km
- [Saint-Maire Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-saint-maire/): Castle in the centre of Lausanne, Switzerland · 1.3 km
- [Collection de l'art brut](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/collection-de-l-art-brut/): Museum collection in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 2.0 km
- [Dent du Vélan](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/dent-du-velan/): Mountain in Switzerland · 23 km
- [Morges Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-morges/): Castle in Morges in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 12 km
- [Les Pléiades](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/les-pleiades/): Mountain of the Swiss Prealps · 21 km
- [Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/mudac/): Museum in Switzerland · 2.4 km
- [Photo Élysée](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-de-l-elysee/): Museum in Lausanne (Switzerland) · 2.4 km
- [Synagogue of Lausanne](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/synagogue/): Synagogue in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 1.8 km
- [Mont de Gourze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/tour-de-gourze/): Mountain of the Swiss Plateau · 7.3 km
- [Vanil des Artses](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/vanil-des-artses/): Mountain in Switzerland · 26 km
- [Musée Jenisch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-jenisch/): Art museum in Vevey in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 17 km
- [Manoir de Ban](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chaplin-s-world-manoir-de-ban/): Manor house in Corsier-sur-Vevey in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 17 km
- [Aubonne Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-d-aubonne/): Castle in Switzerland · 20 km
- [Mont Gardy](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/mont-gardy/): Nature · Mountains · 23 km
- [Cantonal Museum of Archeology and History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-cantonal-d-archeologie-et-d-histoire/): Archaeological museum in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 1.5 km
- [Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-cantonal-des-beaux-arts/): Art museum in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · 2.4 km

And the other 140, by what you come to do:

- **Museums and art**: [Vevey Photography Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-suisse-de-l-appareil-photographique/), [Swiss Museum of Games](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/swiss-museum-of-games/), [Cantonal Museum of Zoology](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-cantonal-de-zoologie/), [Chaplin's World - The Studio](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chaplin-s-world-the-studio/), [Cantonal Museum of Geology in Lausanne](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-cantonal-de-geologie/), [museum of traditions and boats of Lake Geneva](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-des-traditions-et-des-barques-du-leman/), [Lausanne Museum of History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-historique-de-lausanne/), [Cantonal monetary museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-monetaire-cantonal/), [Alimentarium](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/alimentarium/), [Hermitage Foundation](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/fondation-de-l-hermitage/), [Musée Bolo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-bolo/), [Musée du château de Morges](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-militaire/), [Lausanne-Vidy Roman Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-romain-de-lausanne-vidy/), [Claude Verdan Foundation - Museum of the Hand](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/fondation-claude-verdan-musee-de-la-main/), [HumuS](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/galerie-d-art-humus/), [Typewriter Museum Lausanne](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-de-la-machine-a-ecrire/), [Museum of the House of Wheat and Bread](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-du-ble-et-du-pain/), [Musée Forel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musee-forel/), [Musée de la Chaussure](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/shoe-museum/)
- **Temples**: [Saint Barbara Church, Vevey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/sainte-barbara/), [Notre-Dame du Valentin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/basilique-notre-dame/), [Église Saint-François (Lausanne)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/eglise-saint-francois/), [Saint-Laurent Reformed Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/eglise-saint-laurent/), [Saint-Martin Reformed Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/saint-martin/), [Rabten Choeling](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/temple-rabten-choeling/), [Christ Church Lausanne](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/christ-church-lausanne/), [Catholic Church Notre-Dame](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/eglise-de-notre-dame/), [Reformed Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/temple-de-morges/), [Reformed church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/temple-protestant-d-oron-la-ville/)
- **Nature**: [Tour de Sauvabelin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/sauvabelin-tower/), [Mont Valeur](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/mont-valeur/), [Jura Vaudois Nature Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/jura-vaudois-nature-park/), [Rochers de Chaudin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/rochers-de-chaudin/), [Biotope](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/biotope/), [Grand Cuney](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/grand-cunay/), [Jorat Nature Discovery Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/jorat-nature-discovery-park/), [Réserve Forestière des Vieux-Chênes](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/reserve-forestiere-des-vieux-chenes/)
- **History**: [Oron Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-d-oron/), [Beaulieu Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-beaulieu/), [Bossonnens Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-bossonnens/), [Glérolles Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-glerolles/), [Lousonna](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/roman-ruins-of-lousonna/), [D'En-Bas Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-d-en-bas/), [Blonay Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-blonay/), [Mestral Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-mestral/), [Rue Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-rue/), [neolithic menhir stone row](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/alignement-megalithique-de-lutry/), [Château d'Attalens, then baillivale residence](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-d-attalens/), [Hauteville Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-d-hauteville/), [Ussieres Château](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-d-ussieres/), [Aile Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-l-aile/), [Lutry Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-lutry/), [Rochefort château](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-rochefort/), [castle House Rivaz-de-Nucé (community house)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-saint-gingolph/), [Vullierens Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-de-vullierens/), [Tour de Marsens](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/tour-de-marsens/), [Tour Haldimand](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/tour-haldimand/), [Villa romaine du Prieuré](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/villa-romaine-de-pully/), [Échallens Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-d-echallens/), [Town Hall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/hotel-de-ville/), [Les Roseaux](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/morges-les-roseaux/), [Morges–Stations de Morges](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/morges-stations-de-morges/), [Assens Tumulus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/tumulus-d-assens/)
- **Architecture**: [Pont Chauderon](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/pont-chauderon/), [Grand Pont](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/grand-pont/), [Bessières bridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/pont-charles-bessieres/)
- **With kids**: [Zoo de Servion](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/zoo-de-servion/), [Aquatis Hotel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/aquatis-hotel/), [Endemic and tropical birds](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/endemic-and-tropical-birds/), [Parc de Sauvabelin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/parc-de-sauvabelin/), [Piscine de Bellevaux](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piscine-de-bellevaux/), [Piscine du Vieux-Moulin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piscine-du-vieux-moulin/), [Tropiquarium de Servion](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/tropiquarium-de-servion/)
- **Hiking**: [43-Alpine Passes Trail](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/43-alpine-passes-trail/), [Arboretum de Riex](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/arboretum-de-riex/), [Cabane de la Rotta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cabane-de-la-rotta/), [Chemin des Blés](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chemin-des-bles/), [Chemin panorama alpin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chemin-panorama-alpin/), [La Cabane à Joseph](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/la-cabane-a-joseph/), [Le Ranch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/le-ranch/), [Les Tâtris](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/les-tatris/), [Littoral du Léman](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/littoral-du-leman/), [Pavillon de Valmont](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/pavillon-de-valmont/), [Refuge de Grandvaux](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/refuge-de-grandvaux/), [Refuge de Reule](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/refuge-de-reule/), [Refuge des Quatre Croisées](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/refuge-des-quatre-croisees/), [Refuge du Grand-Jora](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/refuge-du-grand-jora/), [Sur les pas des Huguenots et des Vaudois du Piémont](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/sur-les-pas-des-huguenots-et-des-vaudois-du-piemont/)
- **Hot springs**: [AquaVie](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/aquavie/), [Port du Basset](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/port-du-basset/)
- **Food and drink**: [Birrificio Due Fusti](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/birrificio-due-fusti/), [Blaise Duboux](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/blaise-duboux/), [Brasserie de Montbenon](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/brasserie-de-montbenon/), [Brasserie du Haut-Lac](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/brasserie-du-haut-lac/), [Cave Bernard Chevalley](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cave-bernard-chevalley/), [Cave de la Pinaudaz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cave-de-la-pinaudaz/), [Cave des Remans](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cave-des-remans/), [Cave du Bon](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cave-du-bon/), [Cave du Brantard](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cave-du-brantard/), [Cave du Signal](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cave-du-signal/), [Cave du Village](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cave-du-village/), [Caveau de la Pierraz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/caveau-de-la-pierraz/), [Caveau Mélanie Weber](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/caveau-melanie-weber/), [Domaine Badoux-Parisod](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/domaine-badoux-parisod/), [Domaine Croix Duplex](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/domaine-croix-duplex/), [Domaine de Joli Clos](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/domaine-de-joli-clos/), [Domaine de la Crausaz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/domaine-de-la-crausaz/), [Domaine des Abbesses](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/domaine-des-abbesses/), [Domaine des Allours](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/domaine-des-allours/), [Domaine des Rueyres](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/domaine-des-rueyres/), [Domaine Montimbert](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/domaine-montimbert/), [Domaine Neyroud-Fonjallaz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/domaine-neyroud-fonjallaz/), [DRUNKBEARD](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/drunkbeard/), [Dubois Vignerons](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/dubois-vignerons/), [Espace corsalin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/espace-corsalin/), [Gaillard et Fils SA](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/gaillard-et-fils-sa/), [Gianni Bernasconi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/gianni-bernasconi/), [Girardet](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/girardet/), [La Bacchanale](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/la-bacchanale/), [La Challensoise](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/la-challensoise/), [La Châtaigneraie](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/la-chataigneraie/), [La Nébuleuse](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/la-nebuleuse/), [La Pérégrine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/la-peregrine/), [Le 135](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/le-135/), [Le fils du soleil](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/le-fils-du-soleil/), [Le Parrain](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/le-parrain/), [Les Boucaniers](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/les-boucaniers/), [Maurice Neyroud](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/maurice-neyroud/), [O'Bled](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/o-bled/), [Toveyre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/toveyre/), [Urban Kombucha](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/urban-kombucha/)
- **Mountains**: [Chalet La Planiaz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chalet-la-planiaz/), [Chalet Scout](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chalet-scout/)
- **Snow**: [Froideville](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/froideville/), [L’Essert – Abondance](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/l-essert-abondance/), [Les Prévondes](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/les-prevondes/)
- **Diving**: [Lac Léman - Hirondelle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/lac-leman-hirondelle/), [Lac Léman-Point du Suchet](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/lac-leman-point-du-suchet/)
- **Stargazing**: [Observatoire de Lausanne](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/observatoire-de-lausanne/), [Observatoire de Vevey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/observatoire-de-vevey/)

## When to go to Lausanne

The best time to visit Lausanne is **December to March and May to October**; also possible: April and November. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Best time | 8 h 46 |
| February | Best time | 10 h 05 |
| March | Best time | 11 h 36 |
| April | Possible | 13 h 21 |
| May | Best time | 14 h 48 |
| June | Best time | 15 h 36 |
| July | Best time | 15 h 17 |
| August | Best time | 14 h |
| September | Best time | 12 h 19 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 38 |
| November | Possible | 9 h 08 |
| December | Best time | 8 h 24 |

In June there are 15 h 36 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 24. In July, 159 of the 164 places are at their best.

When to go to Switzerland in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Lausanne

The nearest main airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA, Geneva), 53 km as the crow flies. How to get around Switzerland (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.5304%2C6.65)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.5304%2C6.65)

## Other towns nearby

- [Vallorbe](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/vallorbe/): 50 places · 29 km
- [Cheyres](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cheyres/): 38 places · 33 km
- [Broc](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/broc/): 67 places · 35 km
- [Aigle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/aigle/): 100 places · 36 km
- [Nyon](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/nyon/): 43 places · 36 km
- [Buttes](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/buttes/): 28 places · 40 km

And all of Switzerland, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Lausanne?

The best known: [Olympic Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/the-olympic-museum/), [Lausanne Cathedral](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cathedrale-notre-dame-de-lausanne/), [Cornettes de Bise](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/les-cornettes-de-bise/), [Cape au Moine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/cape-au-moine/), [Château d'Ouchy](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chateau-d-ouchy/). In all, 164 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Lausanne?

December to March and May to October; also possible: April and November. In June there are 15 h 36 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 24.

### How do you get to Lausanne?

The nearest main airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 53 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.5304%2C6.65) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Lausanne as the destination and these 164 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).