St-Prex

The road along Lake Geneva's north bank continues to Allaman (425 m/1,394ft): 16th C. castle with two towers) and St-Prex (373 m/1,224ft: pop. 2,000), an old market town with a church which first appears in the records in 885. Cobbled streets; old street signs; Tour de l'Horloge (Clock Tower), the only gate-tower with loopholes in the canton of Vaud. Glassworks; beautiful lakeside gardens and villas.