Escalade 2020!
Celebrate Escalade this weekend by smashing a chocolate marmite and learning more about this very Geneva festival!
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Chocolate Cauldrons and Costumes
On the darkest December night in 1602, the Duke of Savoyard attacked Geneva when we were least expecting it.
Don’t Miss: l’Escalade in the Vieille Ville This Weekend
Muskets and canons firing, soldiers on horseback, boar roasting on an open spit, touring through passages hidden between Geneva’s city walls … No, you haven’t been transported back to 1602, but in and around Geneva’s Vieille Ville (Old Town) during l’Escalade, you may feel like it!
Chocolate Cauldrons and Costumes
Wondering why the shops are displaying elaborate chocolate cauldrons and marzipan vegetables? Have you also noticed the grocery stores selling costumes, chocolate …
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