Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva 
Lake Geneva (Lehman) is the largest in Europe. The water in it is clean, but very cool: you can swim only in July-August. Beaches are herbal and platform. Mostly tourists are attracted not so much by the beach, as by clean air, warm climate.
Lake Lucerne
Lake Luzern 
Lucerne lake is colder than Geneva, the nature here is more severe, and the climate is temperate. Rest on its banks is calm, well suited for families with children and older people. Young people here may seem boring.
Lake Zurich
Zurich Lake 
Like the reflection of an elegant crescent on the ground lies between the Swiss Alps surprisingly beautiful Lake Zurich. Indeed, this reservoir has a sickle-shaped shape, and for the right to get at least a piece of its idyllic coastline, three cantons - Schwyz, Sant-Gallen and Zurich, are fighting today.
Lake Switzerland, like the lakes of Austria, for the most part, glacial origin .Created during the thawing of giant glaciers descending from the mountains to the Swiss plateau, several thousand years ago, they have an oval shape and great depth, which is, on the one hand, a plus, since rest on the shore can be combined with activities of active water sports or mini-cruises around the neighborhood, and on the other - minus .The water in the lakes warms up long enough, so the best time to visit these beautiful places is the summer months .Equipped with grass, sand or in the form of wooden pontoons, the beaches frame these pristine freshwater reservoirs, the beaches of which will delight fans of the fauna with a real riot of Mediterranean vegetation .The presence of palms in the northern country is understandable .Reliable protection of the Alps allows not only to live on the lake as in the subtropics, but even to grow grapes .
The terraced vineyards of Lavaux, located on the coast of the largest and most famous lake of Switzerland - Geneva, are protected by UNESCO. It is believed that the first vine appeared here during the Roman Empire. Nevertheless, today's vineyards are descendants of those that Benedictine monks grew in the 11th century. It is necessary to try wine made from berries with such a rich history.
Coastal resorts of lakes have long earned a high reputation among tourists. Moreover, places for recreation in the area of the northern part of the navigable Lake Geneva or in another way Leman even called the Swiss Riviera. Being partially located on the territory of France, this coast, including such cities as Montreux, Vevey, Nyon, Villeneuve, Vernier, etc., since the 19th century, was chosen by aristocrats, monarchs, and simply great people.
The greatest Russian writers F.M. Dostoevsky and V.V. Nabokov chose the Swiss Riviera as one of the places of residence. Also liked to come here PI. Chaikovsky.
No less well known beaches of Lake Constance, Switzerland's second largest reservoir, owned by three countries - Switzerland, Austria and Germany .The large, northern part is in the hands of the Germans .So on Lake Constance, the Swiss mostly come to know one of its natural attractions - the Rhine Falls, Europe's largest .The only, very large and completely located lake in Switzerland is the Neuchatel Lake .In total there are about 16 lakes in the state, the area of which exceeds 10 km² .