Enchantment in Pays-d’Enhaut (K)

This route through the Vaudois Alps takes you up to a beautiful, authentic and typically Swiss region. Pays-d’Enhaut is popular with many visitors, whether they’re walkers, sports enthusiasts or foodies. There’s something for all of them in the Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut national park, the jewel of the region.

In the Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut Regional Park, walkers can enjoy the educational trails linking the regions of Fribourg and Vaud. By car, the entrance to the Pays-d’Enhaut and Vaud regions is marked by the village of Rossinière with its emblematic architecture. The king of wooden chalets, the Grand Chalet is not open to visitors but the impressive residence of the late painter Balthus is one of its kind in Switzerland.

A few minutes away, Château-d’Oex is known for its ski slopes and the International Ballooning Festival. The history of this hot air balloon capital is told at the Espace Ballon museum and the Musée du Vieux Pays-d’Enhaut. A little further to the south, the village of L’Etivaz is a perfect detour for foodies who can visit the Maison de L’Etivaz and savour the alpine pasture cheese made there.

At the Vaudois end of the Grand Tour, Rougemont is popular with sports enthusiasts, whether they enjoy skiing (its runs are linked to the famous Gstaad ski area), hiking or climbing.

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Town: Rossinière

Distance: 18 km

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Difference in height: 509 Metres

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Pays-d'Enhaut Tourisme - Rossinière

Pays-d'Enhaut Tourisme - Rossinière
Rossinière
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Balthus Chapel
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Grand Chalet de Rossinière

Grand Chalet de Rossinière
Rossinière
The village of Rossinière is well-known for its architecture, with its beautiful chalets and their intricately carved facades. Follow the marked trail through the village past these houses typical for the Vaudois Alps and admire the scale and detail of the impressive Grand Chalet.
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Pays-d'Enhaut Tourism - Château-d'Oex

Pays-d'Enhaut Tourism - Château-d'Oex
Château-d'Oex
Information www.chateau-doex.ch Phone +41 (0)26 924 25 25
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Regional nature park Gruyère Pays d’Enhaut

Regional nature park Gruyère Pays d’Enhaut
Whether you want to go on a family hike, discover Alpine plants and animals or enjoy typical Swiss food, the Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut regional nature park, a few minutes’ drive from Montreux, offers a multitude of recreational activities.

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Museum of the Pays-d’Enhaut

Museum of the Pays-d’Enhaut
Château-d'Oex
The Musée du Pays-d’Enhaut in the alpine village of Château-d’Oex takes you on a journey back through time. The museum includes a whole range of everyday objects showing how mountain life used to be lived along with a vast collection of paper cutting works.

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Balloon Museum
Château-d'Oex
In Pays-d’Enhaut, in the heart of the Vaudois Alps, Château-d’Oex is blessed with a climate which has earned it the title of the hot air balloon capital. The resort hosts the Festival International de Ballons while the entertaining Balloon Museum in the centre of the village tells the story of balloonists.

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Pays-d'Enhaut Tourism - Rougemont

Pays-d'Enhaut Tourism - Rougemont
Rougemont
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The Maison de l’Etivaz and the Caves à fromage

The Maison de l’Etivaz and the Caves à fromage
L'Etivaz
Etivaz is the name for an AOP mountain pasture cheese and the village where the cheese rounds are kept, near Château-d’Oex in the Vaudois Alps. The Maison de l’Etivaz offers visitors a chance to learn all about this cheese through demonstrations, tastings and visits to the ageing cellars.

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Videmanette Via Ferrata, route 1

Videmanette Via Ferrata, route 1
Rougemont
As it has more hiking than climbing passages, this via ferrata is ideal for beginners. The departure point is 5 minutes away from the Videmanette cable car station in Pays-d’Enhaut, which is well-known to climbers and skiers.
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Videmanette Via Ferrata, route 2

Videmanette Via Ferrata, route 2
Rougemont
A popular mountain sport, via ferrata is a combination of climbing and hiking. Frequented by via ferrata enthusiasts, Videmanette gondola station is the starting point for three different routes. This second route is suitable for good climbers, ending with spectacular views at the top of the Rubli (2,258 m).
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Videmanette Via Ferrata, route 3

Videmanette Via Ferrata, route 3
Rougemont
For seasoned climbers only, this via ferrata delights adventurers looking for thrills! The Videmanette gondola provides easy access and equipment can be hired at the station. Then, you’re off for just over an hour of climbing on this technical aerial route.
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