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Boveresse Absinthe Festival: Road Trip 2008

In the following paragraphs, you can read some info about one of our legendary Absinthe Road Trips to the Boveresse Absinthe festival taking place in Switzerland. It was the year 2008. We enjoyed the festival, please enjoy your reading!

Old Absinthe Distilleries: Road Trip 2008

It is already a while ago, but never forgetting the good old days is sort of our lifestyle. In the following paragraphs, you can read some info about our legendary Absinthe road trips to old Absinthe distilleries in Fougerolles, France. Enjoy reading!

Boveresse Absinthe Fair: Road Trip 2007

It is already a while ago, to be precise it was the year 2007. We made a road trip to the Absinthe fair taking place in Boveresse, Switzerland. In the following paragraphs you can read some info about and see photos of our legendary Absinthe road trip to the Boveresse Absinthe fair. Enjoy reading!

Absinthiades Absinthe Fair: Road Trip 2006

Pontarlier hosts every year the Absinthiades Absinthe fair. The ALANDIA Team made a road trip to the Absinthiades in 2006. We also participated in the jury to test and award the best French Absinthe. In the following post you can read some info about this legendary Absinthe road trip to the Absinthiades Absinthe fair in Pontarlier. Enjoy reading!

Absinthe Road Trip to Boveresse 2006

It was time again for an Absinthe road trip! In 2006 we started to the Absinthe festival taking place in Boveresse, Switzerland. It is already a while ago, but never forgetting the good old days is always good. In the following paragraphs you can read some info about our Absinthe road trip, enjoy reading!

Absinthe Trip to Absinthiades 2005

This is the story of our Absinthe trip to the Absinthiades, the Absinthe fair taking place in Pontarlier, France. We did this trip in 2005. In the following, you can read some info about this trip to the former capital of the Absinthe. Enjoy reading!

Absinthiades Absinthe Fair 2004

The Absinthiades take place every year in Pontarlier, France. It is an Absinthe fair where the best French Absinthes are awarded. We made a road trip to the Absinthiades in 2004. Read the report about our road trip, enjoy!

Road Trip: Old Distilleries and Absinthe Museum

On day three of our road trip we returned to France and visited Pontarlier once again. Our aim was to find some evidences for the legendary history of the town. We knew that the old Pernod Absinthe distillery is now used by Nestlé, and therefore we checked out if we still could find some old parts of the former building. We could not enter the factory site, but based on old postcards we looked for the famous oval windows which should be visible from the bordering streets. Our second station was the Deniset Absinthe distillery.

Road Trip: La Fete de l’Absinthe in Boveresse

After a very nice evening with the Green Fairy (little fairies dancing in my head..) the agenda for our second day was visiting the Absinthe Festival in Boveresse (La Fete de l’Absinthe). Our hotel was in the nearby town Couvet which is also known for its absinthe roots. For example, in the times of the Belle Epoque Pernod Fils had a second distillery here besides their headquarters in Pontarlier. Nowadays, the only legal Swiss Absinthe Kübler is distilled in Couvet. Of course, we made a visit and although everything was closed we took some pictures with our James Bond spy camera…

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Road Trip: Absinthe town Pontarlier

The home of the Green Fairy can be identified in the small valley “Val de Travers” in the Swiss Jura, next to the French border. Here the Green Fairy was born as Dr. Pierre Ordinaire started to distribute a special digestive – “Bon Extrait d’Absinthe” – in the 18th century, which soon should become famous under the name ABSINTHE. Now, more than 100 years later, the little town Boveresse in the Val de Travers organizes every year an absinthe festival – “La Fete de l’Absinthe”.