Couvet: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Accommodation in Couvet
Château de Gorgier is located in the area around Couvet; Montagne de Boudry and Tablettes are also nearby. You can rent a holiday apartment in Couvet.
Culture and History
The wider region around Couvet is home to Menhirs de Clendy, Château de Joux and Mont de Baulmes.
Nature
Mont de Couvet is located in the immediate vicinity of Couvet.
Hiking
A hiking route that begins in Couvet passes through forests and meadows before ascending to Haut des Joux. For hiking enthusiasts, this is a clearly described route starting in Couvet.
Neuchâtel Tourism also lists a hiking route called Couvet–Vaumarcus.
Geographical Setting
Couvet lies in the central Val de Travers on both sides of the Areuse and on the alluvial fan of the Sucre stream in the southwestern Neuchâtel Jura.
The area of Couvet includes a broad, flat valley floor of the Areuse within the folded Jura landscape.
Local Character
The absinthe heritage in the wider Val de Travers includes content from a permanent exhibition about the product, its history, smuggling and scientific aspects.
Couvet is associated with the historical production and distribution of absinthe. A documented shipment in 1871 departed from Couvet and Pontarlier.
Other places: Saint-Sulpice Ne, Buttes, Fleurier, Môtiers, Travers Ne, Les Verrières, Boveresse.
For further travel planning, you can now view the accommodation in Couvet.
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