Buvette du Mont Tendre

Lake Geneva & Vaud


Claude Crottaz and his team prepare traditional Swiss cuisine in this breathtakingly located mountain hut atop Mont Tendre (1679m), the highest peak in the Jura, some 44km northwest of Morges. You'll need wheels to get here.


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