Lausanne, situated on three hills, is the only city in Switzerland with a metro, and is one of the greenest cities in Europe. The 17th century town hall has a Renaissance façade, decorated with two copper gargoyles in the form of dragons. Lausanne was once a Roman military camp called Lousanna, built on the Lake Geneva shoreline, where ancient ruins still exist. Each bears the first name of a child born in Lausanne in 1998 on a night of the full moon. Also read: Switzerland opens the world's longest rail tunnel through the heart of AlpsEnjoy its topographyLausanne is the ‘San Francisco of Switzerland’.

Source: India Today July 31, 2016 06:45 UTC