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From Montbovon station, visitors embark on a cheese-themed mystery trail. Along the walk by Lake Lessoc, clues await them at various stations, where they use their smartphones to progress in their quest.
Le Parc propose un programme d’activités spécialement conçues pour les écoles, les classes d’école à la montagne et les colonies de vacances. Ces journées et demi-journée à la carte peuvent se réaliser été comme hiver.
When Steeve Daenzer took over the family dairy farm in 2016, he decided to shift its core business to rearing suckler cows. He had long entertained the idea of offering customers a pasture-to-plate experience. In 2017, Steeve and his wife Caroline be...
Fabrice Isoz runs his dairy farm, La Ferme de la Sciaz, in La Lécherette situated at a lofty altitude of 1,450 metres in the commune of Château-d’Œx. Twenty or so cows provide the milk needed to make his speciality, Le Piat, a soft, washed-rind farmh...
From Gros Mont to Charmey, via La Monse
From the Gros Mont to the Intyamon
An important group of crosses marking missions (spiritual retreat destinations and pilgrimages) and summits is located in Gruyère. Throughout the region, all villages and their surroundings are dotted with crosses, despite the fact the fact that in ...
Every year, the Jaun cheese dairy transforms almost 2.3 million kilos of milk, all sourced from local farms in Jaun, Im Fang and Ablänschen, into an extensive range of products. Behind this impressive feat are Jean-Jacques Clément and his dedicated t...
The Delacombaz family, artisanal cheese-makers, run both the cheese factory and Montbovon grocery store which features local dairy products. Our cheese operation works with about 1 million kilos of milk from 9 community dairy farmers per year. This m...
In 1988, Michel Béroud and his wife Hélène took over the running of the Fleurette cheese dairy and, with it, the production of its signature product, the Tomme Fleurette. This soft rind cheese cemented its fine reputation when it was named best bloom...
On July 8th, 1910 the idea for the funicular was born. Working at a frantic pace, civil workers completed the funicular in just 5 months. The track runs for 531 meters at an impressive slope of 54.5%. To make all this possible three works of art we...
Vertical north faces and sculpted south-facing slopes
Built by Jean-Louis Dufour between 1873 and 1874 in Les Avants, the Grand Hôtel opened its doors to clients in 1877. Several famous guests have been known to stay here, notably Ernest Hemingway, who references Les Avants in his book Farewell to Arms....
The Grand Tour des Vanils is divided into 11 stages around the Park. The tour can be done in its entirety, in stages or by combining them over several days.
Located on the right bank of the Sarine, a strong pastoral economy and highly developed cheese market contributed to the wealth of Grandvillard. The result is a strongly urbanized village of narrow streets, with many opulent-looking buildings, stone ...
The trail leads out of Grandvillard , then over the stream of Les Marais to below the waterfall and to the grotto, which is a place of Gruyère pilgrimage . In the village centre there is a well with its imposing cupola.
The architecture of Grandvillard, which dates predominately from the 17th to 19th century, bears witness to the major contribution that cheesemaking made to the local alpine economy. Today, this remarkable stone and timber architectural ensemble is n...
From one side of the Gastlosen to the other, via the Col du Loup
Via Col du Loup and Grubenberghütte
From Gros Mont to Pays-d'Enhaut
Also called the Pettolaz home for François Pettolaz its owner from 1731-1806. François Pettolaz was one of the most important cheese merchants of his time. In 1787, the home was adopted into the Fribourg patrimony.
The history of the town of Gruyères is intimately tied to that of the family of counts of the same name. Mentioned for the first time in the 12th century, they distinguish themselves by their title (very few held this title amongst the counts of Sav...
The trail leads from the little town of Gruyère past the Maison du Gruyère and then further in the direction of the Saane valley. Then it ascends again between forest and meadows to the village of Estavannens.
Nesting in the Fribourg Pre-alps, the medieval city of Gruyères is the ideal jump off point for hikers. The castle dominates a green hill at the foot of the Moléson and at the junction of the Jogne and Intyamon Valleys. Its walls swim in legends, its...
The trail leads from the little town of Gruyère past the Maison du Gruyère and then further in the direction of the Saane valley. Then it ascends again over meadows to the village of Neirivue.
Allières with its inn (former cabaret), is located on the Jaman Pass mule trail.
Several groupings of homes along the old path linking the Pays-d’Enhaut to the Intyamon Valley via the La Petite Chia pass. The La Tine Bridge was built in 1785. Its two archs span the Sarine, connecting the hamlets to the le chemin royal ("royal pa...
The philosophy of Herbolanne (the patois word for medicinal plants, flowers, leaves and roots) can be summed up in three words: artisan, local and natural. This small family-run business, based between Rossinière and the hamlet of La Tine, produces e...
The perfect place for a wellness break in the Fribourg Pre-Alps.
Sleep in straw, guest rooms and restaurant
