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The
tourist office
(tel 021/613 73 73,
www.lausanne-tourisme.ch
) has branches in the train station (daily 9am-7pm), and beside Ouchy metro station (daily: April-Sept 9am-8pm; Oct-March 9am-6pm). City
transport
costs Sfr2.20 (1hr) or Sfr6.50 (24hr). A two-day Lausanne Card (Sfr15) gives free transport, reduced museum entry, and discounts on meals at
Manora
. The well-run
HI hostel
,
Jeunotel
, is at 36 Chemin du Bois-de-Vaux (tel 021/626 02 22,
www.jeunotel.ch
; ?10-15/$16-24; bus #2 direction Bourdonnette to Bois de Vaux).
La Croisee
, 15 Avenue Marc-Dufour (tel 021/321 09 09; ?10-15/$16-24), has rooms and dorms. The
Lausanne Guesthouse
opened in 2001 at 4 Chemin des Epinettes (tel 021/601 80 00; ?10-15/$16-24). Of the
hotels
,
Pension Old Inn
, 11 Avenue de la Gare (tel 021/323 62 21; ?15-20/$24-32), is friendly and pleasant, while
Hotel du Raisin
, 19 Place de la Palud (tel 021/312 27 56; ?20-25/$32-40), is better placed. The lakeside
campsite
Vidy
(tel 021/624 20 31,
www.campinglausannevidy.ch
; closed Oct-April) is close to
Jeunotel
.
The self-service
Manora
restaurant
, 17 Place St Francois, has a wide range of excellent cheap food; just down from it,
Ma Jong
does freshly wok-fried meals for Sfr14; the atmospheric
Cafe de l'Eveche
, below the cathedral at 4 Rue Curtat, is also affordable, fondue sharing the menu with horse steaks.
Cafe Romand
, Place St Francois (under
Pizza Hut
) is a heartwarming place for beer, coffee or Swiss belt-busters;
Laxmi
, 5 Escaliers du Marche, has excellent Indian/veggie food; and
Au Couscous
, 2 Rue Enning, does Arabic/veggie.
Le Bleu Lezard
, 10 Rue Enning, is a chic and lively cafe/bar, while
La Bossette
, way up above Place du Nord, is calmer and cosier.
Bars
and
nightlife
abound. The first place to look is Le Flon, a low-lying warehouse district bounded by Bel-Air, Grand Pont and the metro. Hereabouts you'll find genteel
Lecafetheatre
, featuring live
chansons
; the infamous
MAD (Moulin a Danse)
, a cutting-edge dance club with adjoining theatre, art galleries and alternative-style cafe; and
D!
and
Le Loft
, both equally happening clubs. Otherwise, around Place du Tunnel are funky
Au Chateau
, serving flavourful home-brewed beers;
VO Le Jazz Cafe
; and
Kerrigan's
, a hilltop Irish pub on Rue de la Barre. The
Captain Cook
, 2 Rue Enning, shows English football on TV. Ouchy's waterfront hosts regular free music events all summer, and people come down here to do a spot of cafe sunbathing, or blade-cruising (rent blades or skates from beside Ouchy metro). Lausanne's big party is the
Festival de la Cite
held in early July (
www.lausanne.ch
), featuring music, dance, drama and mime on several open-air stages in the Old Town. Also check out May's
Atlantis Festival
, devoted to electronic music and dance, the
International Circus Festival
every January, and the prestigious, big-name
Paleo Rock Festival
in late July (
www.paleo.ch
). Other useful information
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