{"id":20933,"date":"2013-07-18T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/going-retro-through-swiss-country-2\/"},"modified":"2013-07-18T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T10:22:00","slug":"going-retro-through-swiss-country-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/07\/going-retro-through-swiss-country-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Retro through Swiss Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The quirky concept of seeing the Swiss countryside in a retro-style country bus has proven a popular sell-out in the picturesque Lake Geneva regions of Moudon and Echallens.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Launched for the very first time in Switzerland in April this year, the service which has been running once a month since April has been very popular with travellers touring the region over the spring and summer months. The hop-on and hop-off service takes passengers to 15 stops in the&nbsp;<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bus D\u00e9couvertes\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-394249\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bus-D\u00e9couvertes.jpg\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bus-D%C3%A9couvertes.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: left;\" width=\"226\" \/><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">50km loop from Bercher to Moudon. Each stop offers visitors different attractions and activities including hiking and cycling, recreational theme parks, restaurants and more.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Agents can offer this service to travellers visiting Moudon and Echallens, which are slightly off the beaten track, featuring small and quaint villages, quiet walking trails and unique traditions.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">This service is not included in the Swiss Pass. Advanced bookings cost 20CHF for families, 7CHF for adults and 4 CHF for kids. However, bought on the bus, it\u2019s 25CHF for families, 8CHF for adults and 5CHF for kids.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">This retro bus service will run two more times before the season ends this year. The dates are&nbsp;10 August and 7 September. Advanced bookings are advised as the service is limited to 40 passengers at any one time.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The service will continue run again during the spring and summer months next year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Visit&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.moudon.ch\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moudon.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.moudon.ch<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.echallens-tourisme.ch\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.echallens-tourisme.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.echallens-tourisme.ch<\/a>&nbsp;for more information. Please note, however, that the pages are in French only at this time.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">For more information on the Lake Geneva region and other parts of Switzerland, visit&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.myswitzerland.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myswitzerland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.myswitzerland.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quirky concept of seeing the Swiss countryside in a retro-style country bus has proven a popular sell-out in the picturesque Lake Geneva regions of Moudon and Echallens. Launched for the very first time in Switzerland in April this year, the service which has been running once a month since April has been very popular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}