Glâne District

Worth seeing in and around Glâne District

4 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
   Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu Romont

   The Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu is a Cistercian monastery located near the town of Romont in the Swiss Canton of Fribourg. Founded as a Benedictine priory in 1268, and continuously occupied by a community of nuns since its establishment, the alpine abbey is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

   3.9 km · Cistercian abbey in Romont in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Diesbach-Torny Castle

   Mézières Castle is a castle in the municipality of Mézières of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

   1.6 km · castle in the municipality of Mézières of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Romont Castle

   Romont Castle is a castle in the municipality of Romont of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

   3.1 km · castle in Romont in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Vitromusée Romont

   The Romont Glass Museum, formerly the Swiss Museum of Stained Glass, was founded in 1981 and is located in the Château de Romont in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The museum stands on a hilltop in the upper Glâne Valley, in the town of Romont, whose name derives from the French for “round hill”.

   3.1 km · museum of stained glass in Romont in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Glâne District

Airports

Geneva (GVA), 78 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 113 km · Zürich (ZRH), 152 km

Stations

Romont FR railway station, 3 km

• Geneva → Glâne District

  88 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · CHF12–16
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• Zurich → Glâne District

  137 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · CHF17–23
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Glâne District

  116 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · €17–24
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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 Glâne District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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