--- title: "Montreux – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Montreux, Switzerland: Montreux is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. Nearby: Chillon Castle, Montreux…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/montreux" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/montreux.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Montreux_%28Svizzera%29_Panoramica_del_centro_della_citt%C3%A0_dal_lago.jpg" --- Municipality in Vaud, Switzerland # Montreux Montreux is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. ![Montreux](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Montreux_%28Svizzera%29_Panoramica_del_centro_della_citt%C3%A0_dal_lago.jpg) Montreux · Wikimedia Commons The place Montreux is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud, having a population of nearly 27,000 with about 85,000 in the Vevey-Montreux agglomeration as of 2019. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Montreux 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. 2.6 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. 800 m · 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. 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. 3.6 km · Heritage railway in Blonay in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blonay%E2%80%93Chamby_Museum_Railway) 4. 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. 3.9 km · an islet situated at the eastern end of Lake Geneva · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_de_Peilz) 5. 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. 600 m · museum in Montreux, Switzerland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen:_The_Studio_Experience) 6. 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. 2.6 km · twentieth-century fortification adjacent to Chillon Castle, Switzerland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_de_Chillon) 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. 800 m · university · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glion_Institute_of_Higher_Education) 8. 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. 1.7 km · castle in the Montreux area of the Swiss canton of Vaud · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2telard_Castle,_Vaud) 9. 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. 2 km · castle building in Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_des_Cr%C3%AAtes) 10. Former Grand Hotel, Hotel des Alpes The Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel or Résidence des Alpes is an assemblage of former palace buildings in the village of Territet, which is a part of Montreux in Switzerland. 1.4 km · hotel building complex in Territet in the municipality of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B4tel_des_Alpes-Grand_H%C3%B4tel) 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 1. Château de Chillon Avenue de Chillon 21 (The castle is 45 minutes' walk from Montreux along the lakeside, or 4 minutes by train (Veytaux-Chillon station).),. 2. Freddie Mercury Likely the best known statue in Montreux, the voice of the rock band Queen overlooking the lake. 3. Queen the Studio Experience 4. Casino Barrière de Montreux It was built in 1881, then rebuilt in the 1970s after a fire in 1971 which was immortalised by the Deep Purple classic "Smoke on the Water". 5. Swiss Museum of Games From [Wikivoyage: Montreux](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Montreux), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do Cruises. Take a cruise on the unique Belle Epoque paddle steamers and discover Lavaux from the lake. Timetable at Compagnie Générale de Navigation's website. Take a journey at the "alpage". From [Wikivoyage: Montreux](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Montreux), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Montreux **Airports:** Geneva (GVA), 65 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 138 km · Turin (TRN), 149 km\ **Stations:** Montreux railway station, 200 m · Clarens railway station, 1.5 km · Territet railway station, 1.2 km · Veytaux-Chillon railway station, 2.3 km · Burier railway station, 3.1 km\ - Geneva → Montreux 64 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · CHF10–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/geneva-to-montreux) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Geneva&to=Montreux) - Zurich → Montreux 162 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · CHF22–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/zurich-to-montreux) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Zurich&to=Montreux) - Bâle / Mulhouse → Montreux Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bale-mulhouse-to-montreux) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=B%C3%A2le+%2F+Mulhouse&to=Montreux) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Montreux) 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 Montreux 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 Montreux. 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 79 km 2. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 337 km 3. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 767 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 839 km If you know how people move in Montreux – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cmontreux&title=Montreux&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fmontreux), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Montreux - [La Tour-de-Peilz](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/la-tour-de-peilz) municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland 3.9 km - [Veytaux](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/veytaux) municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland 1.9 km - [Blonay](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/blonay) village in the municipality of Blonay - Saint-Légier in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland 3.6 km - [Clarens](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/clarens) village in Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland 1.6 km - [Glion](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/glion) village in Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland 1.1 km - [Caux](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/caux) village in the municipality of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland 1.9 km [The place page for Montreux](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/montreux) [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/montreux, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt