(ANSA) – TURIN, NOV 12 – Lausanne winks at Italian tourists for the Christmas holidays and the winter season with a rich calendar of initiatives and special rates for transport. From 20 November to 20 December the capital of the Swiss canton Vaud will be accessible on Eurocity trains departing from Milan with a special price, 25 euros in second class, instead of the 74 of the normal fare; 45 in first class.
The promotion, created by Trenitalia and the Swiss Federal Railways, is available for tickets purchased until November 20.
On November 24, Lausanne turns on the lights for the 10th anniversary of the Lausanne Lumières Festival which every evening, until Christmas Eve, projects sets on the facades of eight symbolic buildings of the city. However, the wait for Christmas starts a few days earlier, on November 18, with the opening of the Grand Marché, the Marché des créateurs and the Marché del terroir. New of the year the Ferris wheel of the Central Place.
Among the museum proposals, the exhibition ‘150 years of Italian immigration in Lausanne’, open until 9 January at the Historical Museum, with a journey through time from the Second World War to the 1973 crisis, which is a tribute to the many Italians who, enduring living and working conditions, which are not always easy, have contributed to the growth and prosperity of the Swiss country.
In Lausanne you will be able to discover the lookouts, the ‘guets’ who watch over the cities, alternating from 10pm to 2am to avoid the danger of fires, a tradition that has been perpetuated without interruption since 1405 and which this year has recently been represented. time also by a woman, the first ‘guette’ in the history of Lausanne.
For tourists who are passionate about wine from 2 to 4 December ‘Pintes Ouvertes’ (Open Cellars), with about fifteen bars. (HANDLE).
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