boat ride from Château-de-Chillon to Montreux

The climax of a journey around Lake Geneva, and one of the highlights of a visit to Switzerland, is the stunning thirteenth-century Château de Chillon. This impressive specimen, among the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe, is in Veytaux, only about 3km south of Montreux; whether you opt for the 45-minute shoreline walk, bus #1 from Vevey or Montreux, a bike, or best of all a boat (which run year-round), your first glimpse of the castle is unforgettable -- an elegant, turreted pile jutting out into the water, framed by trees and the craggy mountains. You could easily spend a half-day soaking up the atmosphere.

Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman (CGN) owns the largest fleet of "Belle Epoque" vessels in the world, in terms of passenger capacity. They provide dream cruises between France and Switzerland, between Geneva and Montreux, via Evian and Lausanne.

Montreux lies on the north east shore of Lake Geneva at the fork in the Roman road from Italy over the Simplon Pass, where the roads to the Roman capital of Aventicum and the road into Gaul through Besançon separated. This made it an important settlement already in Roman times.

In the 12th century, viticulture was introduced to the region, and the sunny slopes of the lake from Lavaux to Montreux became an important wine-growing region.

The region was subject to various princes, most notably the princes of Savoy from the south side of the lake. They unified the territory which comprises the present canton of Vaud and were generally popular sovereigns.

After the Burgundian Wars in the 15th century, the Swiss in Berne occupied the region without resistance, an indication of the weakness of the princes of Savoy. The Reformation made the region around Montreux and Vevey an attractive haven for Huguenots from Italy, who brought their artisanal skills and set up workshops and businesses.

In 1798, Napoleon liberated the region from the Bernese. In the 19th century, the tourist industry became a major commercial outlet, with the grand hotels of Montreux attracting the rich and cultured from Europe and America.

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[ARINA109]

Спасибо за возможность увидеть такую красоту,здорово что сохранены настоящие звуки!

[Dessoubre1989]

I can only repeat what I wrote about your video from Montreux to Chillon: Excellent, superbe!

What a pity that I can give only 5 stars!

I started making videos one month ago, at 77 of age!

I can learn a lot from artists like you! Thank you!

[ekaami27]

It's very nice exp to see this vedio.

[Francambe]

It's such an honor to be the first to comment about this great place. I went to Switzerland in the summer of 2001 to visit a good friend from high school in Cuba who lives in Geneva now. The Chillon castle, doesn't seem to be too big from this view, how ever once you enter it, you realize how huge this place is on the inside and how many different rooms, halls and bridges are inside of it, located by the shores of lake Geneeve in Montreaux Siws. where the Jazz Fest. takes place every year.