Lausanne Self Guided Walking Tour of Rebel and Rockstar
One of the most photographed musicians alive once married in near-total secrecy inside a modest town hall — two witnesses, one interpreter, a wedding the press didn't find out about for ten days. That's Lausanne. It is also the lakeside town of a few hundred thousand people that once decided the borders of modern Turkey. This self-guided walking tour and audio tour of Lausanne, narrated through the Tourific app, leads you past 20+ stops including a fountain where four rulers kneel before blindfolded Justice and a cathedral tower where a watchman still calls the hours into the dark, unbroken for six hundred years. Go at your own pace, no fixed start time, resume right where you stopped. Over 25,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours, backed by a full refund guarantee. For anyone who assumed Lausanne was just a pretty lake town, get ready to be proven wrong.
Your experience
Stop 1
Spot the four rulers bowing to Justice on a fountain that isn't quite what it seems.
Stop 2
Step into the modest hall where a global rock icon married in near-total secrecy.
Stop 3
Cross a bridge over a river you'll never see, built by a man who never crossed it.
Stop 4
Search the cobblestones for fifty-two golden stars written in a six-year-old's hand.
Stop 5
Trace the decade a legendary designer spent hiding in plain sight behind this facade.
Stop 6
Encounter the legendary marksman whose apple-shot tale may never have happened.
Stop 7
Notice the modest hall that once quietly ran the entire Olympic movement.
Stop 8
Look up at the lone tower nearly demolished, and its deliberately fake twin across town.
Stop 9
Piece together the gallery with no permanent collection and the raw art it inspired.
Stop 10
Decode the treaty signed here that redrew a nation's borders, and the murder that followed.
Stop 11
Follow the doomed rebel whose trusted allies betrayed him behind these walls.
Stop 12
Pass beneath the street where a paralysis-defying breakthrough and an everyday invention both began.
What’s included
- 1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
- Audio and written guide included
- 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund
- Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
- Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
Not included
- Any physical devices or headphones
- Human tour guide at location
Meeting and pickup
This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can't find it? Search for "Tourific" in your email inbox and spam folder OR contact us via support.
Before you go
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
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