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Vevey/Lake Geneva and mobility

Posted by (North Carolina) on

I sprained my ankle in Stresa two days ago and I’m trying to give my it the rest and ice it needs to recover (my trip still has three weeks to go) with seeing at least some things.

I arrived in Vevey today and am adjusting my plans for my stay here. It’s killing me because I love to wander around anyplace I visit; however, I go on to the Lauterbrunnen Valley in three days and I’m hoping to be much improved by then.

I’m looking at how to revise my plans while I’m here and am wondering about Chateau Chillon. Not so much getting there - worst case I’ll take a taxi part of the way. But are there lots of steps and are they at all hazardous to climb? If I wanted to minimize steps, would there still be enough to see?

I also thought I’d be okay visiting Ouchy in Lausanne, but maybe skipping the old town. And I planned to do a “Chocolate train in reverse” using trains and buses, but now Im thinking of booking the actual Chocolate Train if there’s still space to simplify the travel.

I’d appreciate advice!

Posted by
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There are a fair number of steps, I guess what you'd expect for a castle. If by hazardous, you mean stone and no hand rails? I think so, at least I remember it as looking "authentic". So if you might fall, then yes, stone steps could be hazardous.

It seems like your deeper question might be what to "save your ankle for", and in that case, I'd say save your ankle for Lauterbrunnen. If it still hurts then, you could buy a Berner Oberland Pass (Google it) and you could spend almost every day on the cable cars and trains and see a Tremendous amount of scenery with minimal strain on your ankle, just walking from train station to cable car station. See this map of the transportation:

http://ontheworldmap.com/switzerland/ski/jungfrau/jungfrau-summer-map.jpg

Posted by
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Thank you for the advice. I decided to treat Lane Geneva as “I’ll come back some day” territory, and found small excursions I could take each day while resting and icing my ankle most of the time (watched some Wimbledon and World Cup matches too). I’m in the Lauterbrunnen Valley now, and as you suggested have made extensive use of trains and lifts ... and I’m recovered enough to do a reasonable amount of walking on level surfaces.

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