Neuchâtel Sights

  1. Château

    Behind the Église Collégiale is the 15th-century Château with a pretty shady courtyard you can wander in. Summertime guided tours (45 minutes) allow you to poke your nose around the castle's innards.

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  2. Commune Libre du Neubourg et Alentours

    Neuchâtel's so-called Commune Libre du Neubourg et Alentours - a good mate of Paris' Montmartre (a self-declared free commune since 1920) - boils down to a good excuse to party. Founded in 1979, it embraces a trio of Old Town streets - Rue de Neubourg, Rue des Fausses-Brayes and colourfully frescoed Rue des Chavannes, otherwise dubbed Rue des Peintres (Painters' St).

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  3. Église Collégiale

    Inside the largely Gothic Église Collégiale a mix of Romanesque elements (notably the triple apse) looms large. Facing the main entrance is a statue of Guillaume Farel, who brought the Reformation to town, following which the cathedral was obliged to swap sides.

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  4. Fontaine de la Justice

    A fanciful gold-leafed fountain topped with a maiden representing Justice.

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  5. Fontaine du Banneret

    A fanciful gold-leafed fountain topped with a banner-wielding knight.

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  7. Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

    The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire is notable for three clockwork androids made between 1764 and 1774 by watchmaker Jaquet Droz. The Writer can be programmed to dip his pen in an inkpot and write up to 40 characters, while the Musician plays up to five tunes on a real organ. The Draughtsman is the simplest, with a repertoire of six drawings. The androids are activated on the first Sunday of the month at , and .

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  8. Tour des Prisons

    Walk through the medieval city gate to view the Tour des Prisons. Scale it for lake and Alpine views.

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