Les Pléiades, Blonay

Name: Les Pléiades
Address: Sentier des Planètes, Blonay, 1807, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 21 926 80 70

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Les Pléiades are a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking Lake Geneva in the Swiss canton of Vaud. They are located north of Blonay. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 4583 ftProminence: 794 ftCoordinates: 46°28'56"N, 6°54'33"E

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Sentier des PlanètesBlonay 1807 Switzerland

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+41 21 926 80 70

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Les Pléiades – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ze Fork, Swiss Museum of Games, Musée Jenisch, Lac des Joncs.

3.4 miSW
Memorial
Ze Fork, Vevey
88 min walk • Fork of Vevey is an 8-metre-tall, 1.3-metre-wide stainless steel fork on the shore of Lake Geneva in Vevey, Switzerland. Fork of Vevey is a part of the Alimentarium, a Vevey-based museum with a permanent exhibition on food and Nestlé's history.
3.3 miSW
Museum
Swiss Museum of Games, La Tour-de-Peilz
84 min walk • 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.
3.4 miSW
Fine arts exhibits in a historic setting
Musée Jenisch, Vevey
86 min walk • 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. It was designed in the neo-classical style by the architect Louis Maillard and Robert Convert.
2.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lac des Joncs
72 min walk • The lac des Joncs is a small mountain lake located in Les Paccots, canton of Fribourg, in Switzerland.
1.3 miSW
Railway museum with scenic train rides
Blonay–Chamby museum railway, Blonay
34 min walk • 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.
2.7 miW
Museum, Specialty museum, Children's museum
Manoir de Ban
71 min walk • 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 Charlie Chaplin's home for 25 years, from 1952 until his death in 1977.
2.4 miS
Forts and castles
Châtelard Castle
63 min walk • 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.
3.4 miS
Music venue
Montreux Music & Convention Centre, Montreux
87 min walk • The Montreux Music & Convention Centre is a multi-purpose complex located in Montreux, Switzerland. It hosts the annual Montreux Jazz Festival. The convention center's main venues are the 4,000-capacity Auditorium Stravinski and the 2,000-capacity Miles Davis Hall. The facility opened in 1973 and received its current name in 2006.
3.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cape au Moine
87 min walk • The Cape au Moine is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, located on the border between the cantons of Vaud and Fribourg. It lies north of the Col de Jaman and south of the Col de Soladier, among of a crest of peaks extending roughly north into Fribourg to the Dent de Lys, on the range between Lake Geneva and the valley of Gruyère.
2.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Corbetta Mountain
61 min walk • Corbetta is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, in the canton of Fribourg.
2.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Hauteville Castle
56 min walk • Hauteville Castle is a castle in the municipality of Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.