By far the best lakeside walk I have walked is in Montreux. I highly recommend it.

You can start from the Montreux rail / train station and go right until Château de Chillon. There are beautiful views along the way – flowers, water, snow clad peaks, boats, a sculpture and finally the castle! While coming back to rail station you can take a bus as well. Some of my favourite pictures are taken during this walk. I have included some in this page.

I have done this walk twice in last 5 years but would like visit again.
Château de Chillon +41 21 966 89 10 is Open every day until 6pm. It is a historic castle on a small island in Lake Geneva only a few meters from the shore. It was built originally to allow the occupants to extract a toll from people and goods passing between Italy and the rest of Europe on the road north from the St. Bernard pass.

The roadway here is wedged between the lake and the cliffs, so there was no way to get around Chillon. The Castle is more famous in modern times for having inspired Lord Byron's poem, The Prisoner of Chillon, based on the true story of François Bonivard, a political prisoner from Geneva who was released in 1536.

Montreux-Vevey Tourisme
Rue du Théâtre 5
CH-1820 Montreux
Phone +41 (0)848 86 84 84
Fax +41 (0)21 962 84 86
Website: http://www.montreux-vevey.com/

Getting to the Swiss Riviera by train is a very good way: 70 minutes from Geneva International Airport, 2 1/2 hours from Zurich.

Train / Rail: Frequent from Geneva

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