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Blécherette, Lausanne — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Blécherette covers a small slice of Lausanne in Switzerland, its landmark list running to the Vieux-Moulin omnisports hall and the Castle of Prilly.
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Where to stay in Blécherette
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Blécherette is not where Lausanne keeps its hotels. The quarter reads as residential and institutional ground, so a visitor drawn here by the Vieux-Moulin omnisports hall generally books nearer the middle of Lausanne and travels out for the event itself. Bellevaux appears on the same list.
The Castle of Prilly gives the area a second fixed point worth the walk, though neither it nor the sports hall brings a room supply with it.
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Around the Vieux-Moulin omnisports hall
The Vieux-Moulin omnisports hall is the busiest single address in Blécherette, and a bed within reach of it spares the journey back across Lausanne after an evening fixture. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Around the Vieux-Moulin omnisports halla quiet base on the Bellevaux side of BlécheretteBellevaux
Bellevaux shares Blécherette's records and the same residential streets, which suits a stay that needs somewhere to sleep rather than a hotel district. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Bellevauxvisitors who need the Lausanne rooms Blécherette does not holdCentral Lausanne
Central Lausanne carries the beds, and Blécherette with the Castle of Prilly on its doorstep stays a short local journey away from it.Find hotels in Central LausanneHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Blécherette
What are the main landmarks in Blécherette?
Count the landmarks in Blécherette and you stop at three. The Vieux-Moulin omnisports hall covers the sporting side, the Castle of Prilly supplies the historic one, and Bellevaux rounds out a list that stays short by the standards of a Lausanne quarter. Blécherette keeps no larger register.
What the set does show is a district built for use, where an indoor sports hall carries as much weight in the record as a castle does.
What is the history of Blécherette?
No charter year sits in the file. Blécherette comes down as a quarter of Lausanne rather than as a settlement with a founding date of its own, and the Castle of Prilly is the one entry on its list that points to an older order. Bellevaux belongs to the same record.
Whatever else happened here reaches the record through Lausanne, since the file carries no separate charter for the quarter.
Where is Blécherette?
Blécherette takes in roughly two square kilometres of Lausanne, and its record ties the quarter to Bellevaux and to the Castle of Prilly.
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What is the best area to stay in Blécherette?
Around the Vieux-Moulin omnisports hall: trips built around a fixture at the Vieux-Moulin omnisports hall. Bellevaux: a quiet base on the Bellevaux side of Blécherette. Central Lausanne: visitors who need the Lausanne rooms Blécherette does not hold.
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Updated October 2026