The best cycling routes around Suchy

The church Notre Dame is like a pearl that wants to be opened. Its rather simple exterior hides its dazzlingly pure interior. Its late Gothic architecture with the 5 naves, the artfully carved columns and capitals, but above all the imaginative keystones, stained glass windows and the elaborately carved choir stalls with the many different faces, make every visitor pause in rapture. Notre Dame is like a shell in which a real pearl is hidden.

The Place du Marché is the true heart of Orbe. Some pretty cafés and restaurants invite you to linger, while life pulsates along the Grand Rue that leads to the square. The Place du Marché is also the start and end point of the two official city tours.

On the Schlossplatz, only 2 of the original 5 towers remain today. The square one served as a watchtower, the round one functioned as a keep.

Orbe offers its visitors 2 sightseeing tours of different lengths. Along these routes, you get a comprehensive insight into the historic town. Yellow circular route (approx. 45 minutes): The ideal walk for the heart of the city center. It starts at the historic market square (Place du Marché) and leads to the castle esplanade with a panoramic view, the old rampart walk, and the historic abbey. Red circular route (approx. 1.5 hours): This longer city route through Orbe combines urban charm with nature on the riverbank, where with a bit of luck, kingfishers can be observed.

Orbe bietet seinen Besuchern 2 unterschiedlich lange Besichtigungrunden an. Gelber Rundweg (ca. 45 Minuten): Der ideale Spaziergang für das Herz des Stadtzentrums. Er startet am historischen Marktplatz (Place du Marché) und führt zur Esplanade des Schlosses mit Panoramablick, dem alten Wehrgang und der historischen Abtei. Roter Rundweg (ca. 1,5 Stunden): Diese längere Stadtroute durch Orbe verbindet den städtischen Charme mit der Natur am Flussufer, wo mit etwas Glück Eisvögel zu beobachten sind.

looks great from the outside, but was closed

The temple of Yvonand is situated on a small rise and was originally surrounded by the cemetery, just like the medieval church it replaced. This cemetery, like many others in the Pays de Vaud, was decommissioned in the early 19th century and moved outside the village. Around the temple, a few stones still bear witness to this former use. The plan of the building is very simple and consists of a single nave ending in a three-sided apse. This is the type of plan most often used for Vaudois temples in the first half of the 18th century. The one in Yvonand is distinguished by its width, which allowed for the creation of two entrances on the west facade. This characteristic comes from Neuchâtel, where several temples with two entrances can be found. In 1906, the old wooden bell tower with its tiled spire was replaced by the current, taller and more slender bell tower. The porch was also rebuilt, but its former shape was respected.

beautiful passage through the historic city center