Lake Geneva or Lake Léman is
the largest natural freshwater lake in western Europe (582 km²).
The above Image shows the luxurious Hotel Palace in Montreux on
the shores of Lake Geneva..
From Wikipedia: The beauty of
the shores of the lake and of the sites of many of the places
near its banks has long been celebrated. However it is only from
the eastern end of the lake, between Vevey and Villeneuve, that
the scenery assumes an Alpine character. On the south side the
mountains of Savoy and Valais are for the most part rugged and
sombre, while those of the northern shore fall in gentle
vine-covered slopes, thickly set with villages and castles.
The snowy peaks of the Mont Blanc are shut out from the western
end of the lake by the ridge of the Voirons, and from its
eastern end by the bolder summits of the Grammont, Cornettes de
Bise and Dent d'Oche, but are seen from Geneva, and between Nyon
and Morges. From Vevey to Bex, where the lake originally
extended, the shores are enclosed by comparatively high and bold
mountains, and the vista terminates in the grand portal of the
defile of St. Maurice, cleft to a depth of nearly 9,000 ft.
between the opposite peaks of the Dents du Midi and the Dent de
Morcles.
The shore between Nyon and Lausanne is called La Côte because it
is "flatter". Between Lausanne and Vevey it is called Lavaux and
is famous for its hilly vineyards.
See the official Swiss
Tourism website
here for more info on the Lake
Geneva region with hotel and restaurant information and great
places to visit.
Google map showing Lake
Genava's
location: