Choices in Neuchatel

If you’ve arrived at one of the Neuchatel hotels in Switzerland, and you’ve done your research, you may have to make a choice about what to do first.  Take a look at The Chateau?  Perhaps visit the Collegiale Church?  Stroll up to the Place Pury monument?  Take in the Musee d’Art et d’Histoire.  Perhaps wonder about on a walking tour.  Even better yet, wander through the Creux-du-Van, part of a forested nature park.  Any one of these choices might make for a good afternoon.

The Chateau is a castle dating back to the 12th Century, found on Rue de Chateau, which is a stepped lane leading to the building.  It once belonged to the Princes and Counts of Neuchatel, but today it is the offices of the cantonal government.  While most of the building is from the 15th to the 17th Century, the west wing goes all the way back to the 12th Century.

The Collegiale Church stands next to the Chauteau and was also built around th 12th to 13th Centuries, although its west towers were built much later, in the 19th century, around 1867 to 1875.  The Place Plury monument is of more modern origin and stands amid buses and shoppers, along the Rue du Seyon.  The Musee d’Art et d’Histoire is part of a system of museum, made up of seven different sites, and has a number of fields: fine arts, applied arts, archaeology — all together describe the history of several civilizations from prehistoric life to contemporary life.  The museum has seven thousand objects out of a million possible works on display at any given time.  Finally, there’s the Creux-du-Van near Neuchatel.  In this park, you’ll find that the Creux-du-Van is a semi-circular cliff, approximately 525 feet, about half the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

If none of these options appeal to you, then perhaps it’s time to find a good restaurant in town and simply enjoy the relaxing ambiance of Neuchatel.

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Posted on December 28th, 2009 by admin
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