Glion

Worth seeing in and around Glion

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
   Chillon Castle

   Chillon Castle ʃijɔ̃]) is a medieval island castle located on Lake Geneva, south of Veytaux in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is situated at the eastern end of the lake, on the narrow shore between Montreux and Villeneuve, which gives access to the Alpine valley of the Rhône.

   2.1 km · moated castle in Veytaux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Montreux Jazz Festival

   The Montreux Jazz Festival is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival.

   1.8 km · music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Rochers de Naye

   The Rochers de Naye ) is a mountain of the Swiss Alps, overlooking Lake Geneva near Montreux and Villeneuve, in the canton of Vaud.

   3.9 km · mountain · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Dent de Jaman

   The Dent de Jaman is a mountain above Montreux, situated north of the Rochers de Naye. In August 1830 three Polish romantic poets, Adam Mickiewicz, Zygmunt Krasiński and Antoni Edward Odyniec, climbed the mountain together.

   4 km · mountain · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Île de Peilz

   The Île de Peilz is a minute island at the eastern end of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, close to Villeneuve, Vaud. Measuring a few dozen square metres and featuring a monumental London plane tree, it is the smallest and the only natural island in the lake.

   3.8 km · an islet situated at the eastern end of Lake Geneva · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Queen: The Studio Experience

   Queen: The Studio Experience is a museum in Montreux, Switzerland, dedicated to the British rock group Queen. It is located in the former Mountain Studios in the Casino Barrière de Montreux.

   1.1 km · museum in Montreux, Switzerland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Glion Institute of Higher Education

   The Glion Institute of Higher Education provides instruction in hospitality management, with campuses in Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

   300 m · university · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Fort de Chillon

   The Fort de Chillon is a twentieth-century fortification directly adjacent to the medieval Château de Chillon on the edge of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. The fort secures the road and rail lines that pass along the lakeshore running east from Lausanne to the mountainous interior of Switzerland.

   2.1 km · twentieth-century fortification adjacent to Chillon Castle, Switzerland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Châtelard Castle with fountain

   Châtelard Castle is a castle in the municipality of Montreux of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

   2.6 km · castle in the Montreux area of the Swiss canton of Vaud · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Château des Crêtes with substructure, terraces, and greenhouse

    Château des Crêtes is a château in the municipality of Montreux of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

    3 km · castle building in Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

The main street of Ilanz curves to the left after crossing the railway. The train station is accessed on the left immediately after the crossing. On the bend of the road a wide cobbled semi- pedestrianised street flows to the right, this is where markets are held every Saturday, selling staple foods as well as local specialities, e.g. Bündner Fleisch (a cured beef) and Salzis (similar to salami).

1. 01
   Museum Regiunal Surselva

   Closed for two months in spring and autumn.

2. 02
   Mulin Schnaus

From Wikivoyage: Glion, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Watersports Canoeing Kayaking River Rafting. Just down-river from Ilanz is the Rhine gorge, also known as the Swiss Grand Canyon, a gorge cut out of the white rock by the Vorderhein. The sheer white 300 metre cliffs make a stunning albeit short experience. Cycling Veloland Schweiz Route 2 runs straight through Ilanz

From Wikivoyage: Glion, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   Landgasthof Glenner

   Glennerstrasse 40, landgasthofglenner@bluewin.ch.

From Wikivoyage: Glion, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Glion

Airports

Geneva (GVA), 66 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 137 km · Turin (TRN), 148 km

Stations

Montreux railway station, 1.2 km · Villeneuve railway station, 3.8 km · Clarens railway station, 2.6 km · Territet railway station, 800 m · Veytaux-Chillon railway station, 1.7 km

• Geneva → Glion

  243 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · CHF44–60
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• Zurich → Glion

  82 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · CHF15–21
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Glion

  177 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · €28–39
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No local-transport research exists yet for Glion

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 Glion. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Glion – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.