Chateau de Chillon Montreux

We got lost when we went to Chillon. We met a really really nice staff in the train station, who is a kind old man. He tried his best to help us to get to Chillon, though at the beginning he though we were going to Sion. He is one of the best person I have met in Switzerland. Merci beaucoup …

After our quick morning stroll, we drove to visit Chateau Chillon.
From the chateau, we continued our journey through beautiful mountain pass, the city of Sion and finally stopped at the city of Tasch.
From here, we had to park our car overnight and continued our journey to Zermatt by a train shuttle (Zermatt is a car free town).
After …

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door. You step into the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off too" – J.R.R Tolkien

I just had an incredible five days. They were full of adventure, excitement, travel and general awesomeness. A downside of that however has been a …

Have you read the Prisoner of Chillon? It's by Lord Byron, you know. No? OK, I haven't read it either. Apparently it's a poem stretching to nearly 400 lines which Byron wrote back in 1816. So closely is Byron's name associated with the chateau, that I had thought he'd actually stayed there whilst writing his masterpiece. It seems not; he stayed in …

... a real vibrant and lively feel that persuaded us to stay a few more days longer. On one of the days we visited the Chateau De Chillon, a beautiful fortress sitting on the waters edge a short walk out of town. This is the most visited historical site in ...

... to make the most of the beautiful winters sunny day and walk along a walking path on which we walked to the lovely Chateau De Chillon, a beautiful castle sitting on the edge of Lake Geneva. The setting of the castle was stunning, and on a clear day ...

... ; Although the weather was still bad, I decided to walk to one of the most famous historic sites in Switzerland; Chateau de Chillon.   It's a really easy two kilometre walk from Montreux to the Chateau along a beautiful waterfront ...

... & the big gold man pound the bell at the top. After our detour we continued our planned trip to Montreux to see the Chateau de Chillon - a 12th century castle made famous by Lord Byron, writing about Francois Bonivard, held captive in the cellar, in ...

... and mountains and carried on walking along the lake for about an hour, until I came to the other icon of Montreux, Chateau de Chillon. (www.chillon.ch), made famous by Lord Byron's poem "Prisoner of Chillon". The first written mention of the castle was ...

Montreux sur la rivieira Suisse et le magnifique chateau de ...

... both sides of the lake, the gardens along the lake are incredibly lush and festively arranged, and there is a castle called Château de Chillon that juts out into the water. It was honestly like paradise. After walking a long way down the lake to the ...

Visit Chateau de Chillon in Montreux. Lunch in Montreux ...

... al lado de la estatua de Freddy Mercury. Luego nos fuimos caminando (aprox. 40 minutos) hasta el castillo medieval de Chillon (Chateau de Chillon) (ver fotos):DIVINO, el caminito hasta alla y el castillo, de puro cuento, impresionante. Esta sobre el ...

... a small town called Montreux, just down the lake. Near here is a fantastic old castle - first built in the 1200's called Chateau de Chillon.  The really cool thing for us was that when we woke up in Lausanne it was snowing and it pretty much snowed ...