Val-de-Travers: Gorges, Absinthe and Winter Experiences
Accommodation in Val-de-Travers
The La Robella leisure park offers around ten activities for families and for a full day, in summer and winter alike. These include a pump track with rollers and banked curves for practising with a BMX.
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Other places in Val-de-Travers: Les Verrières, Travers Ne, Fleurier, Couvet, Buttes, Saint-Sulpice Ne and La Côte-Aux-Fées.
Nature
The route through the Gorges de l'Areuse follows the course of the Areuse. It leads over stone bridges, footbridges and stairways, as well as through rocky gorges with impressive walls.
Near Môtiers, the route through the Gorges de la Poëta-Raisse begins at the Rousseau waterfall and the cave of the same name; it leads through narrow gorges and along cascades.
Culture and History
The Mines d'asphalte in Travers can be visited in all weather throughout the year. The tour provides access to underground galleries where asphalt was mined for almost three centuries. The Mines d'asphalte have their own railway station in La Presta, where trains stop on request.
The Maison de l'Absinthe presents a permanent exhibition about absinthe, its history, its legend and the plant. It also covers the ban on absinthe in Switzerland in 1910 and its re-legalisation in 2005. A cooking workshop teaches the use of absinthe in gastronomy; savoury or sweet menus are prepared.
The Musée Rousseau in Môtiers explores Jean-Jacques Rousseau's stay in two rooms of the house where he spent three years in exile. Around 200 original documents are displayed across eight stations.
The Maison de la nature “La Morille” in Champ-du-Moulin offers an educational exhibition about trout, bats and the region's caves. The Séchoir à absinthe de Boveresse is a historic building once used for drying plants, built in 1893 by the Barrelet brothers from Boveresse and designated a historic monument in 1998.
The Volkswrecks Bar & Museum presents a private collection of vehicles from 1950 to 1979.
The Maison de la nature “La Morille” in Champ-du-Moulin combines the topics of trout, bats and the region's caves in an educational exhibition. As a historic building once used for drying plants, the Séchoir à absinthe de Boveresse recalls an earlier use. It was built in 1893 by the Barrelet brothers from Boveresse and designated a historic monument in 1998.
The Volkswrecks Bar & Museum complements the cultural attractions with a private vehicle collection. The vehicles on display date from 1950 to 1979.
Food and Drink
At Mauler in Môtiers, a tour followed by a tasting of sparkling wines produced by the Mauler family since 1829 is available. At the Prieuré de St-Pierre in Môtiers, the Mauler family has been producing sparkling wines since 1829; a tour followed by a tasting is also offered there.
The Café des Mines serves ham cooked in asphalt. In Môtiers in the canton of Neuchâtel, Jacot Haute Chocolaterie offers a bean-to-bar experience that explains the process from cocoa bean to bar, as well as ethical and ecological sourcing.
For the overarching travel overview: Canton of Neuchâtel.
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