In the Creux du Van across Lake Neuchâtel, nature presents itself as a giant natural amphitheatre. Admittedly, though, the prime seats in the 160 metre high wall seem to have been reserved for the ibex!
One has to climb exactly 725 metres to find yourself standing in the middle of an arena of superlatives. This natural amphitheatre has a diameter of one kilometre and is the result of constant erosion by water and ice. It is a paradise for mountain goats, marmots, deer, birds of prey and nature lovers.
The trail runs along the edge of the “arena”, constantly making you feel as if you are in the front row. And right at the bottom of the basin a spring merrily gushes. This is the “fontaine froide”, where the water is four degrees above freezing the whole year round.
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