Vineyards & Lakeshore
Lavaux cellars, lakeside tables and the Riviera vaudoise at its most private.
- Culinary · Calm
- Ideal length: 5 days
- Best time: December through March for pristine alpine snow, June through September for green valleys, warm lakes and clear summit days.
- Private guiding, access and transfers throughout
- From US$13,500 per traveler — a starting point, tailored to you
- Designed one-to-one by a Forest Travel advisor
- Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels
Lavaux cellars, lakeside tables and the Riviera vaudoise at its most private.
Few countries pair such effortless precision with wild beauty, and here it is all arranged so quietly that you notice only the ease.
When to go
December through March for pristine alpine snow, June through September for green valleys, warm lakes and clear summit days. Your advisor times it to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.
The experiences
A sense of what this journey can hold — each one arranged privately and shaped to you:
- Walk the terraced vineyards of Lavaux above the lake, a landscape so singular it is held under world heritage.
- Taste in a family cellar opened just for you, wines that rarely travel beyond the shores where they are grown.
- Lunch at a lakeside table on the Riviera vaudoise, the water still and the far mountains sharp in the clear air.
- Cross the lake by private boat at golden hour, a glass in hand as the terraces glow behind you.
A sense of the rhythm
Slow vineyard mornings, long lakeside lunches and unhurried golden evenings; the Riviera vaudoise at its most private and its most delicious.
Why Lake Geneva
The Lavaux terraces are a world-heritage landscape unlike any other, their wines and lakeside tables reached quietly, through the growers themselves.
How to do it well
The counsel our advisors give travelers planning this journey:
- The finest Lavaux wines are made in tiny quantities and tasted best at the cellar door.
- A private boat turns the lakeshore itself into the route between one table and the next.
- Autumn brings the harvest colour to the terraces, the loveliest time to walk them.
- Ask the growers which bottles never leave the region; those are the ones to seek.
What only your advisor can open
The difference between a good trip and an unrepeatable one is access — and access is a relationship, not a booking. Every guide, room and moment is chosen and sequenced for you.
Who it's for
Travelers who value privacy, time and doing it once — beautifully — and who would rather have one trusted advisor orchestrate every detail than assemble it themselves.
Estimated investment
From US$13,500 per traveler, based on double occupancy — scaled to your dates, party size and level of privacy. A starting point, not a final quote; confirmed once your advisor tailors the itinerary.
Designed entirely around you
Nothing here is a package. A Forest Travel advisor shapes the whole journey and stays one message away before and throughout your trip.
Your Virtuoso privileges
As a Virtuoso member, Forest Travel includes benefits reserved for Virtuoso guests at the finest luxury hotels, at no added cost: a room upgrade on arrival when available, daily breakfast for two, a property credit toward dining or spa, and early check-in with late check-out when the hotel allows.
Continue exploring Lake Geneva
Part of our Lake Geneva travel guide. Related private journeys:
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