Cully Vd: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Montagne des Mémises and Mont César are located in the vicinity of Cully; the Cinémathèque suisse is also situated in this area. Those interested in Cully’s surrounding landscape will find a specific point of reference in Montagne des Mémises. You can rent a holiday apartment in Cully Vd.

Nature

Le Grammont and Rochers de Chaudin are located in the wider regional surroundings of Cully; Le Pâqueret is also situated in this wider regional area. Le Grammont is therefore a specific regional reference point for travellers who wish to include the wider landscape of the region.

Geographical Location

Cully is a village on the northern shore of Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud.

History

Human activity in Cully has been documented since the Neolithic period; preserved walls and coins are attributed to the Roman period.

The settlement was first mentioned in writing in 967 under the name Cusliacum.

Landscape

The area of Cully includes a section of Lavaux on Lake Geneva, extending from the lakeshore across the steep slopes of Lavaux to a plateau. The former municipal area extended as far as Mont de Gourze at an elevation of 925 metres.

In the area of Cully, approximately two kilometres north of the shore of Lake Geneva, there is a watershed between the drainage basins of the Rhine and Rhône.

Cully is part of the Lavaux-Oron area in the canton of Vaud and lies within the landscape context of Lavaux.

Other local pages: Bourg-En-Lavaux, Saint-Saphorin, Grandvaux Vd, Pully, Chexbres, Rivaz Vd, Puidoux, Bussigny-sur-Oron.

To the higher-level travel overview: Lavaux.