summer activities

Visitors can now benefit from the ‘Freedom Pass’ (see http://www.villars.ch/en/welcome.cfm) the cost of which is included in the rental.

From May to November there is superb walking and mountain biking. The Miroir d'Argentine is a well-known spectacular and challenging climb. Other mountain exploration is easily accessible in the Grand Muveran, including a 4-day hut tour. There are golf courses at Villars or Aigle; horse-riding, ice skating and indoor swimming at Villars; an excellent year-round thermal spas with outdoor swimming pools at Lavey, near St Maurice; tennis at Gryon, Villars and nearby Frience.

Great places to explore include: the salt mine at Bex via its underground railway; the castle at Aigle; the famous lakeside Chillon Chateau near Montreux; St Maurice for its religious treasures Martigny for its extensive Roman connections together with the exhibitions and events at the Fondation Gianadda; Gruyeres, an ancient hilltop village well known for its cheese.