Infrastructure of Vallée de Joux 

General information: 
Name: Vallée de Joux 
Altitude: 1 000 metres 
Number of inhabitants: 6'600 
Area: 16 324 hectares 
Highest point: 1 679 metres 
Distance from Geneva Airport: 60 km (about 1 hour) 
Distance from Zürich Airport: 229 km (about 3 hours) 

Vallée de Joux Tourism:
Tourist Information Office: +41 021 845 17 77 
Sports Centre: +41 021 845 17 76 
Booking Service: +41 021 841 17 77 
Snow Information: +41 021 845 42 42 
Fax: +41 021 845 50 08 
info@valleedejoux.ch 
www.myvalleedejoux.ch 

Hotels and restaurants:
Number of Hotels: 11 (397 beds) 
Number of Holiday flats: 40 (204 beds) 
Number of Bed & Breakfasts: 9 (58 beds) 
Number of collective accommodations: 12 (589 beds, 77 dormitory beds) 

Total number of beds: 1'325 

Category - Number of hotels - Number of beds
 ****                           1                           54 
***                              4                        152 
**                               2                           47 
*                                 0                            0 
without *                    4                        144 

Total number of beds: 397 

Number of summer refreshment rooms: 10 
Number of winter refreshment rooms: 10 
Number of tea rooms: 3 
Number of restaurants: 20 

Winter sports:
 
Downhill skiing
Number of resorts: 4 
Km of slopes: 42 
Number of ski lifts: 11 
Number of lit-up ski slopes: 1 

Fun Park 
Rail Park: 1 
Number of modules: 10 

Cross-country skiing
Km for classic style: 142 
Km for skating style: 129 
Km of lit-up tracks: about 1 

Winter hiking 
Total length: 20 km
 
Snowshoeing 
Total length: 34 km 

Sledge 
Number of runs: 5 
Total length: 3 km 
Difference in altitude: 250 m 

Ski schools
L'Abbaye: +41 079 353 78 28 
Le Brassus: +41 021 845 72 72
 
Ice rinks 
Sports Centre, Le Sentier: +41 021 845 17 76
 “Natural ice rink” (the lake): +41 021 845 42 42 

Other sports 
Indoor sports, public indoor baths, rock climbing, archery, snowkite, tennis, fitness training/ bodybuilding 

Summer sports:
 
Hiking 
Total length of marked tracks: 250 km 

Mountain biking
Total length of marked tracks: 100 km
 
Other sports 
Indoor sports, bathing, hot air ballooning, riding, football, golf, paragliding, delta flying, sailing, windsurfing, rock climbing, fishing, speleology, tennis, archery, scuba diving, water-skiing
 
Infrastructure of the region: 

Pharmacies: 2 
Medical health centres: 4 
Dentist’s surgeries: 3 
Veterinary: 1 
Hospital: 1 
Cash dispensers: 5 
Banks: 3 
Libraries: 2 
Toy library: 1 
Camping sites: 2 
Hairdressers: 13 
Cinema: 1 
Fitness Centre: 1 
Jogging track with exercises: 1 
Tourist Information Office: 1 (+ Point I in Le Pont) 
Youth centre: 1 
Churches: 9 
Conference rooms: 17
Clothes shops: 4 
Sports shops: 3 
Museums: 2 
Travel agencies: 2 
Wellness centres: 4 
Dry-cleaners: 3 
Bakeries: 7 
Dairies: 4 
Grocer’s stores and shops: 11
 Radio and TV shops: 2 B
eauty parlours: 4 
Flower shops: 2
 IT shops: 1 
Shoemaker’s shop: 1 
Footwear shops : 2