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Town in Vaud, Switzerland
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Vevey is one of the main towns of the Swiss Riviera, in the Lake Geneva Region of Switzerland.
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The famous Nobel-prize winning writer's monument is in the Grand Hotel's garden, but the hotel's personnel is happy to help and talk about it. The writer was living and working there during his political emigration from occupied Poland.
Food Museum (Nestle)
8-metre-tall stainless steel fork on the shore of Lake Geneva.
Designed by Le Corbusier in 1923, this is one of 17 of his buildings to be listed as a world heritage site.
The vast estate, near Vevey, where supreme movie legend Charlie Chaplin lived with his family from 1953 to his death in 1977. The museum has been 15 years and an estimated Fr. 60 million in the making, and has two parts: the actor's house, and "the Studio", a newer building with a reconstruction of a Hollywood studio, that allows visitors to enter Chaplin's artistic environment.
Museum about Nestle's History
Museum suisse de l’appareil photographique
Musée suisse du jeu
Switzerland's premier preserved railway and one of the most significant in Western Europe. Both steam and vintage electric trains operate over this metre-gauge line, part of the former Chemins de fer Electriques Veveysans. Passengers can also visit the museum and shed, which houses a large collection of metre-gauge trains and tramcars from all over Switzerland, as well as France, Germany, and Italy. On the last Sunday of each month and on Pentecost Monday trains operate all the way from Vevey, at extra cost.
From the main train station take the Bus 1, direction Vevey-Funiculaire (ticket Fr. 2.80). Alternatively, it's a walk of seven blocks. The ticket for the funicular costs Fr. 10.80 (return) and offers nice views. The views and atmosphere on the Mont Pelerin are marvelous, but do take a hike trip to its summit where the telecommunication tower is located. It takes a bit more than an hour to get there, following an asphalt path through the rural area, yet, sometimes it is rather sloppy but nothing special. The elevator for the tower costs Fr. 5 (Fr. 3 for children <16yr, but it sells only children tickets due to a fault) and is fully automatic. It offers magnificent panoramic views on the Alps, Vevey and Montreux.
Expect the service to be a little slow when it's busy but if you're not in a hurry and are out for a good time the great atmosphere makes the wait worthwhile. The food is great and they keep changing the menu every month. During the summer they have a great terrace and in the winter it's the best place to go. It's just outside the main square on the right side if you're facing the lake.
The cheese fondue arrives with quite the fanfare.
If you're into molecular cuisine à la Heston Blumenthal.
During the summer they open the bar right on the border of the lake, it's the best place in town to relax and have a couple of beers until sunset.
Drink a toast to "the end of the world".
Rooms 2, 4, 6 or 8 beds from Fr. 27.
They have a cat, so beware if you are allergic. Views of the lake are amazing. You are staying in someone's home though. Nice place to start the wine hike or go up the funicular for dinner.
It opened in the winter of 2006 and it's an absolutely beautiful hotel, get a room facing the lake.
This hotel is right after the highway exit, has nice view over the city. You need a car if you stay there.
By bus
Take bus 1 from Montreux or Chateau de Chillon to Vevey's city centre and funicular.
By car
Vevey is next to the east-west autoroute A9, and A12 connects the city to Berne in the northeast. For a more scenic drive, there's always the lakeside highway 9 from Lausanne or Montreaux.
You can walk most of the old town but for an excursion take the mountain railway to Pleiades for some great views and skiing in season.
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