Discover the
Neuchâtel Jura !
Please visit : http://www.travers-info.ch/tourisme/voy_vdtGB01.shtml
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take a ride on a steam train
enjoy a typical meal of the
area
follow a guide into the
depths of the Earth
visit a winery and taste the
delicious sparkling wine
Price
: from
65.-
Swiss Francs
For groups
or individuals
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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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11.08 |
Regional train
Travers - La Presta |
| 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
Speciality : mixed
salad, ham baked in asphalt, gratin of potatoes, vegetables
Steam train La
Presta - St-Sulpice
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| 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 |
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Tickets sale : Railway
station Travers and at the Asphalt Mine La Presta
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Arrival |
Departure |
Alternative program
from Neuchâtel
Price : 85.- Swiss francs per person
Dates
: Sunday
14 May,
11 June, 9 July, 13 August, 10 September,
8 October 2006
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| Neuchâtel |
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10.16 |
Steam
train Neuchâtel - La Presta
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| 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 |
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Tickets sale : Railway
station Travers and in the steam
train
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Both offers : accompanied children travel free in the
trains and have a special price at the Alphalt Mine (entrance
+ lunch)
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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
-
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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the hydraulic ecomuseum, located near the source of the Areuse
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The Chapeau de Napoléon (Napoleon's hat), restaurant, located above Fleurier with a super view over the whole valley of Val-de-Travers |
| Buttes
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Télérösti in Buttes - La Robella - Chasseron :
special offer with train, chair lift and typical meal in a mountain inn. |
| Couvet
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a gardened forest; two didactic footpaths located near the village
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| La Brevine
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the lake of Taillères, renowned in winter for its record cold
temperatures (Switzerland's Siberia !) |
| Les Ponts-de-Martel
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- visit a cheese maker
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| 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 |
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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 www.neuchateltourisme.ch
