If you do visit Montreux, Switzerland then don’t spend all your time along the lakeside, beautiful though it is. A ten minute climb up above the lake you will find the Old Town with cobbled streets, beautiful buildings and panoramic views (even better when the fog isn’t hiding the Alps) and plenty of bistros for a coffee or glass of wine.
Don’t forget to look out for the many fountains fed by natural spring water, often with beautiful floral displays.
The streets and buildings boast steep winding lanes and pastel-painted houses. Stop at Montreux Museum for insight into town history.
Continue above the Old Town along Rue du Petit Chêne and you will find yourself among grape vines.
From here you can walk to the St. Vincent temple where the views are also magnificent with Chillon Castle along the lakeside and yet more vineyards on the steep slopes.
The Old City is also the departure of beautiful walks. The trail to the wild Gorges du Chauderon leads along the Baye de Montreux River to Glion or Les Avants.
And since this was actually a walk I will link to Jo’s Monday Walks
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Beautiful; bet your legs though noticed the climb!
I was a bit younger then and had more oomph than I do now 🤣
Don’t move to Bradford-on-Avon then if you do decide to head east!!
Haha… No. We did notice that when we drove through the town. Wells is OK though.
oh Wells is lovely. MrB and I had it on our list; was just the lack of a railway station that put me off keeping it on the list.
True, but there are buses.
This looks a very appealing town. And Becky said it first – hard on the knees.
I don’t recall it being a strain, we just wandered up very slowly, and of course it’s very flat around the lake side.
Your knees and mine – even Becky’s – are older now.
All beautiful, but the views from the vineyards- wow!
It would have been even better if it hadn’t been foggy.
Lovely place!
It really is. I was surprised how pretty the old town is.
Montreux does look and sound very appealing. One of our future plans is “get to Marseille and turn left” so Montreux is now on that itinerary!
Sounds like a good plan 😊
Steep and winding indeed! I cannot imagine Julie being keen to even look at these, let alone walk them. 😊
Best wishes, Pete. x
A good job you live in Norfolk then 😂
One of the reasons we moved here! x
I love the name of the tralala hotel…visitors may feel like singing as they explore lovely Montreaux! 🙂
Haha… Yes. You have a compulsion to yodel.
LOL!
It looks lovely although I suspect my knees would tell me otherwise!
I don’t recall it being an arduous climb, we took it very steadily.
I would find it a good excuse to walk off some of that scrumptious chocolate and those views would be well worth the climb.
I don’t think we even had any Swiss chocolate, though we did have several very decent (and expensive) meals.
Isn’t it pretty. I love the house with the white front and those gorgeous royal blue shutters.
Quite French looking houses.