--- title: "Glion – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Glion, Switzerland: Glion is a village in the municipality of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Nearby: Chillon Castle, Montreux Jazz Festival…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/glion" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/glion.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Glion_hotel_victoria_1878.jpg" --- Village in Vaud, Switzerland # Glion Glion is a village in the municipality of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ![Glion](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Glion_hotel_victoria_1878.jpg) Glion · Wikimedia Commons The place Glion is a village in the municipality of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The village is located 700 meters above sea level, overlooking Lake Geneva. The position of this village in Montreux and the Chauderon Gorge made it a tourist destination in the 19th century. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glion), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chillon_Castle) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux_Jazz_Festival) 3. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochers_de_Naye) 4. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dent_de_Jaman) 5. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_de_Peilz) 6. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen:_The_Studio_Experience) 7. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glion_Institute_of_Higher_Education) 8. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_de_Chillon) 9. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2telard_Castle,_Vaud) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_des_Cr%C3%AAtes) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## 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. Museum Regiunal Surselva Closed for two months in spring and autumn. 2. Mulin Schnaus From [Wikivoyage: Glion](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ilanz), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## 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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ilanz), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Landgasthof Glenner Glennerstrasse 40, landgasthofglenner@bluewin.ch. From [Wikivoyage: Glion](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ilanz), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## 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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/geneva-to-glion) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Geneva&to=Glion) - Zurich → Glion 82 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · CHF15–21 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/zurich-to-glion) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Zurich&to=Glion) - Bâle / Mulhouse → Glion 177 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · €28–39 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bale-mulhouse-to-glion) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=B%C3%A2le+%2F+Mulhouse&to=Glion) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Glion) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## 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. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around The company, which operates 1/3 of the Golden Pass route to Lucerne along with the BLS and the Zentralbahn brought under its sales banner, the cog-wheel Montreux - Glion - Rochers-de-Naye Railway and its associated funicular from nearby Territet, the Les Avants - Sonloup funicular and the lines of the former CEV from Vevey into the hills. From [Wikivoyage: Montreux](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Montreux), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 78 km 2. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 336 km 3. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 768 km 4. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 773 km 5. [Hvar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hvar) HR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 838 km If you know how people move in Glion – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cglion&title=Glion&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fglion), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Glion - [Montreux](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/montreux) municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland 1.1 km - [Veytaux](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/veytaux) municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland 1.3 km - [Clarens](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/clarens) village in Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland 2.6 km - [Caux](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/caux) village in the municipality of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland 800 m - [Les Avants](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/les-avants) village and ski resort in Vaud, Switzerland 2.7 km - [Territet](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/territet) village and city district of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland 900 m [The place page for Glion](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/glion) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Switzerland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-CH) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/glion, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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