Montreux

Montreux is mostly known for its world-famous two-week-long Jazz Festival, but it is well worth a wander through, if only to get to the scenic Château de Chillon or to get to the hiker's paradise of Hauts de Montreux.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dent de Jaman and Montreux railway station.

Dent de Jaman

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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.

Montreux railway station

Railway station

Photo: NickK, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Montreux railway station is the largest of the railway stations serving the municipality of Montreux, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. All of the SBB-CFF-FFS standard gauge passenger trains operating on the Simplon line call at this station, which is also the western terminus of the GoldenPass Line narrow gauge railway lines to Zweisimmen and to Rochers de Naye.

Rochers de Naye

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The Rochers de Naye is a mountain of the Swiss Alps, overlooking Lake Geneva near Montreux and Villeneuve, in the canton of Vaud. It lies on the range separating the basin of Lake Geneva from the valley of the Sarine, on the watershed between the Rhone and the Rhine. Rochers de Naye is situated 3½ km southeast of Montreux.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blonay and Veytaux.

Blonay

Village

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Blonay is a former municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022, the former municipalities of Blonay and Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz merged into the new municipality of Blonay - Saint-Légier. Blonay is situated 4 km northwest of Montreux.

Veytaux

Village

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Veytaux is a municipality in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The Château de Chillon across the Avenue de Chillon on Lake Geneva provides a view of the entire lake looking westward. Veytaux is situated 3½ km south of Montreux.

Montreux

Type: Locality with 26,000 residents
Also known as: “CH5886”
Location: Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.4518° or 46° 27′ 6″ north

Longitude

6.9408° or 6° 56′ 27″ east

Population

26,000

Elevation

971 metres (3,186 feet)

Open location code

8FR8FW2R+P8

GeoNames ID

7286542

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