Blonay Castle, Blonay
#3 among attractions in Blonay
Facts and practical information
Blonay Castle is a castle in the municipality of Blonay of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. ()
Blonay Switzerland
Blonay Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Montreux Casino, Ze Fork, Swiss Museum of Games, Musée Jenisch.
Nightlife, Gambling, CasinoMontreux Casino, Montreux
75 min walk • Montreux Casino is a casino located in Montreux, Switzerland, on the shoreline of Lake Geneva. It has served as the venue for the Montreux Jazz Festival and was rebuilt following a 1971 fire memorialized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water". It is a property of Groupe Lucien Barrière.
MemorialZe Fork, Vevey
57 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.
MuseumSwiss Museum of Games, La Tour-de-Peilz
52 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.
Fine arts exhibits in a historic settingMusée Jenisch, Vevey
56 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.
Nature, Natural attraction, Ski areaLes Pléiades, Blonay
33 min walk • Les Pléiades are a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking Lake Geneva in the Swiss canton of Vaud. They are located north of Blonay. A railway connects Vevey and Blonay to a secondary summit of Les Pléiades. The railway is operated by the company Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera.
Railway museum with scenic train ridesBlonay–Chamby museum railway, Blonay
10 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.
Museum, Specialty museum, Children's museumManoir de Ban
48 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.
Forts and castlesChâtelard Castle
41 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.
Music venueMontreux Music & Convention Centre, Montreux
72 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.
Architecture, Art museum, MuseumVilla "Le Lac" Le Corbusier, Vevey
74 min walk • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement is a World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 17 building projects in several countries by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier.
Forts and castlesHauteville Castle
27 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.
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