La Tour-de-Peilz

Worth seeing in and around La Tour-de-Peilz

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.

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

   3.1 km · music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway

   The Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway is a short 3-kilometre-long steep but adhesion worked metre gauge heritage railway operated as part of the Blonay–Chamby Railway Museum using vintage steam and electric locomotives and rolling stock. It uses the Blonay–Chamby railway line, originally built by the Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans.

   2.8 km · Heritage railway in Blonay in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   2.1 km · art museum in Vevey in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   3.1 km · manor house in Corsier-sur-Vevey in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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".

   1 km · Museum collection in La Tour-de-Peilz in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   2.1 km · church building in Vevey in the canton of Vaud, 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.

   2.5 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.

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

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Getting to La Tour-de-Peilz

Airports

Geneva (GVA), 63 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 137 km · Turin (TRN), 152 km

Stations

Montreux railway station, 3.7 km · Vevey railway station, 2.3 km · Clarens railway station, 2.4 km · Burier railway station, 800 m · La Tour-de-Peilz railway station, 800 m

• Geneva → La Tour-de-Peilz

  61 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · CHF9–13
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• Zurich → La Tour-de-Peilz

  164 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · CHF21–29
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → La Tour-de-Peilz

  148 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · €21–30
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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 La Tour-de-Peilz. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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