MontreuxMostly known for its world-famous month-long Jazz Festival (a bit of a misnomer: you're just as likely to catch David Bowie or Beck as, say Steve Coleman), '''Montreux''' is well worth a wander through, if only to get to the scenic Chateau Chillion or to get to Hauts de Montreux. ==Get around== ==Buy== ==Drink== ==Get in== ==Get around== ==See== Image:Chillon.jpeg|thumb|Castle of Chillon * Castle of Chillon. Beautiful castle on a small island in Lake Geneva. ==Do== ==Buy== ==Eat== ==Drink== ==Sleep== room 2,4,6 or 8 beds from chf. 31.- www.rivieralodge.ch info@rivieralodge.ch tel 0041 21 923 80 40 ==Get out== ===Hauts de Montreux=== Less than 20 kilometers away from and 800 meters above the swanky Swiss Riviera Hauts de Montreux is a hiker's dream. On a good day you can see to Geneva in the west and Bern in the east. If you look hard, you can even see the sparkle of all those flashy watches and dripping diamonds on the rich old people shuffling around the muggy lakefront. The "MOB" or "Montreux-Oberland-Bernois" train line (but isn't "MOB" just so much cooler?) can haul you up to the very top of 2000 meter Rochers-De-Nayne, lord of the Vaud pre-Alps. There are a number of multi-day tickets billed as "Golden Pass" something-or-other, but they look a little complicated so you probably want to just stick with the one-shot tickets. Note that the trains stop running to and from the top around 6pm but they'll shut down early if the weather's bad, so don't count on one to carry you out of a sudden early evening rainstorm. The mountains around Hauts de Montreux are threaded with forest trails, suddenly isolated villages, caves, grottos, and wildlife. Rochers-De-Nayne itself is home to an odd little compound called "Marmots Paradise" where marmots from all over the world live in an observable system of underground burrows. Kind of a rodent UN or something. Any of the train stops will lead to several hiking options. For a real hiker's hike, tackle the four hour, 1000 meter climb from Caux to Rochers-De-Naye. Saner folks might want to get off at Dent-De-Jaman, just below the peak, where you can enjoy the views and fresh air with out the huffing and puffing. Another cog train/funicular combo leaving from the MOB station leads into the nearby Les Avants wildlife area, more of a Sound of Music pretty scenery than the OhMyGawd drama of some of Rochers-De-Naye's vistas. Pretty much anything heading North and/or East of Montreux will lead to some combination of charming Swiss villages and invigorating Swiss landscapes. Despite the heavy Golden Pass advertising scheme, most of the visitors are small groups of locals, not the hordes of tourists you'll find in near-by (but hard to get to) Chamonix or Interlaken. Many of the mountain-top restaurants double as 'buvettes' - something between a refugee hut and a hotel - where you can stay the night, often for much less than you'd pay for a lakeside hostel. ==External links== WikiPedia:Montreux {{stub}} First page | Prev | Next | Last page |

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