Villeneuve

Worth seeing in and around Villeneuve

7 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.

   1.7 km · moated castle in Veytaux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   1 km · an islet situated at the eastern end of Lake Geneva · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Malatraix

   The Malatraix is a mountain and ridge of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud. The summit is 1,931 metres high, while the rocky part of the southwestern ridge culminates at 1,768 metres.

   3.7 km · mountain in Switzerland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   3.6 km · museum in Montreux, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Glion Institute of Higher Education

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

   3.8 km · university · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   1.7 km · twentieth-century fortification adjacent to Chillon Castle, Switzerland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   3 km · hotel building complex in Territet in the municipality of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. · Wikipedia

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Getting to Villeneuve

Airports

Geneva (GVA), 65 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 141 km · Turin (TRN), 145 km

Stations

Territet railway station, 3.1 km · Veytaux-Chillon railway station, 2.1 km · Villeneuve railway station, 100 m

• Geneva → Villeneuve

  64 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · CHF11–14
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• Zurich → Villeneuve

  164 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · CHF23–30
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Villeneuve

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No local-transport research exists yet for Villeneuve

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

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