Nyon - Lake Geneva. Respite Spot Yes and Not

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The town of Nyon is on Lake Geneva, between other major destination points: Geneva itself, and Lausanne. If you landed at Geneva, and are in your rental car after a long night flight, Nyon is probably too close for a stop. You may want to just drive a while. So use Nyon for your overnight on the way back to Geneva from Yverdon-les-Bains or Murten, on the way out. Who wants to go into a big city in the late afternoon.

Sail late into Nyon, Switzerland

See crew shells on the Lake, with the castle and a ferry in the background.

Rowing on Lake Geneva, Nyon, Switzerland

People fish from the rocks by the shore, on the promenade past at the Rive area of town.

Shore fishing, Nyon, CH

You may end up in a room like Guantanamo, however.

Narrow in Nyon

And still pay dearly for it - because you left the looking for a room so late ... yes, it is that narrow. Aargh. For that price??

Very narrow in Nyon

Narrow room in Nyon. But the bawth was clean, as was the room, so chalk it up.

Who needs plush

Nyon. Prepare also to be taken.

Scamtime. Switzerland is no different from anywhere else, including the US when it comes to taking advantage of passers-through, but prepare for this one:  an entrepreneur swipes your card, says --uh-oh -- not going through, tsk tsk.  We'll just have to try it again, and swipe.  Still no good, says he.  So you go to an ATM for the cash needed for what you want, no problem, and in the morning they say -- lucky us, the card went through! So you sign for what you had not paid for before, but when you get home, you see the items you paid cash for, added to your not-so-fritzed card.  Luckily, ours were minor.

Leaving Nyon