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Place in Vaud, Switzerland
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Avenches is a town of about 3,000 people in the Three Lakes area of Switzerland. Avenches is noted for the Roman ruins that remain from the time when the area was a major Roman outpost.
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The remains of the Roman city of Aventicum which once housed 20,000 people are scattered over quite a big area and include an amphitheatre and a bath house.
Musée romain
The speciality of this restaurant are the meat and grill dishes.
Auberge de Jeunesse
Avenches is served by trains from Murten, Payerne and Bern operated by BLS. It is also connected by a bus operated by TPF to Fribourg.
Read in the guideAvenches is small enough to walk around and see the sights easily. There is a local bus around Avenches and the surrounding towns operated by PostBus.
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