Chardonne

Worth seeing in and around Chardonne

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Vevey

   Vevey is a municipality and a town in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used.

   2.3 km · city and municipality on Lake Geneva, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier

   The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier is a World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 17 building projects in seven countries by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier. These sites demonstrate how modern movement architecture was applied to respond to the needs of society and show the global reach of an architectural style and an architect.

   1.7 km · serial World Heritage Site in seven countries around the world · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Mont Pèlerin

   Mont Pèlerin ) is a mountain of the Swiss Plateau, overlooking Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud. It lies north of Chardonne, over Vevey, the border with the canton of Fribourg running at the eastern foot of the mountain.

   1.9 km · mountain of the Swiss Plateau · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Musée Jenisch

   The Musée Jenisch is a museum of fine arts and prints at Vevey in Vaud in Switzerland. It was set up on 10 March 1897, thanks to a legacy of 200,000 francs from Fanny Henriette Jenisch, wife of Martin Johann Jenisch, a senator of Hamburg.

   2.6 km · art museum in Vevey in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Manoir de Ban: Manor house and park

   The Manoir de Ban, or Champ de Ban Estate Manor, is a manor house located at Corsier-sur-Vevey on the banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. The property is known for having been actor, filmmaker and composer Charlie Chaplin's home for twenty-five years, from 1952 until his death in 1977.

   1.6 km · manor house in Corsier-sur-Vevey in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Swiss Museum of Games

   Located on the shore of Lake Geneva between the cities of Vevey and Montreux, the Swiss Museum of Games in La Tour-de-Peilz is dedicated to the preservation, research and dissemination of various forms of parlor games. Unlike many other museums in the world, the Swiss Museum of Games distinguishes the "game" from "toys".

   3.8 km · Museum collection in La Tour-de-Peilz in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Russian Orthodox Church

   The Russian Orthodox Church, also called the Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Megalomartyr Barbara, is a Russian Orthodox Church in Vevey, canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is listed as a heritage site of national significance.

   2.6 km · church building in Vevey in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Château de Glérolles

   Glérolles Castle is situated in the municipality of Saint-Saphorin, canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on the northern shore of Lake Geneva. Its earliest elements date from a fortress built around 1150.

   3.7 km · Castle in Saint-Saphorin in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Mont Pèlerin TV Tower

   The Mont Pèlerin TV Tower is a transmission tower situated on Mont Pèlerin in the area of Chardonne, north of Vevey and is the only TV tower of Switzerland equipped with an observation deck, which is accessible by an elevator. Including this mast, the height of the tower is 122.6 metres.

   1.9 km · tower · Wikipedia
10. 10
    La Fourchette

    Fork of Vevey is an 8-metre-tall, 1.3-metre-wide stainless steel fork on the shore of Lake Geneva in Vevey, Switzerland. Fork of Vevey is a part of the Alimentarium, a Vevey-based museum with a permanent exhibition on food and Nestlé's history.

    3 km · historic site in Vevey, Switzerland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Chardonne

Airports

Geneva (GVA), 62 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 135 km · Turin (TRN), 156 km

Stations

Vevey railway station, 2.4 km · Rivaz railway station, 3.9 km · St-Saphorin railway station, 3 km · La Tour-de-Peilz railway station, 3.7 km · Corseaux-Cornalles railway station, 1.6 km

• Geneva → Chardonne

  61 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · CHF9–12
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• Zurich → Chardonne

  164 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · CHF21–28
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Chardonne

  147 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · €21–29
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chardonne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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