[Removed user]

15 July 2019 at 16:45:51 #822865

Hello

Can you please advise me how best we can travel visiting these three places in one day in August with STP? We hope to start our day from Laussane to Gruyère then Broc and then to Chillon castle.

We plan to leave for Geneva in the late evening.

Is there a shorter route to travel from Gruyère to Chillon castle than the train route?

Many thanks

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[Annika]

15 July 2019 at 17:23:34 #917864

Hi Grace S!

That’s a very challenging plan, especially if you want to have time to actually discover the cheese and chocolate factories and the castle. I’d leave Lausanne as early as possible to arrive in Gruyères right at the cheese factory’s opening time. Here’s how it would work:

• train from Lausanne to Gruyères, visit the cheese factory which is right next to the station;
• train from Gruyères to Broc-Fabrique, visit the Chocolate Factory;
• train from Broc-Fabrique to Chateau-de-Chillon, which takes at least 2h23, visit the castle;
• train from Chateau-de-Chillon to Geneva.

You’ll find all details in the timetable: http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable.

My personal advice would be to either skip one of the items, or try to cover them in 2 days instead. That will be much more relaxed.

[Removed user]

15 July 2019 at 18:12:00 #917865

Thank you very much Annika for the prompt reply. It seems we will have to cancel the castle on that day.

With kind regards

Grace

[Annika]

15 July 2019 at 19:10:01 #917866

I think that’s a good decision Grace. Enjoy your planning!

[Shroffchetan]

16 July 2019 at 13:55:09 #917867

We could do all 3 places in one day as a day trip from Interlaken. Yes it was a long day. We first went to cheese factory and met fellow Indian passengers who told us to go to choclate factory. Then we visited chateau since it closes at 7 pm in spring. We kept an eye on train time table

[Removed user]

16 July 2019 at 14:32:05 #917868

Many thanks Shroffchetan. We will see whether it is possible for us.

With Kind regards

[Shroffchetan]

16 July 2019 at 15:32:22 #917869

If any activity is to be dropped it will be cheese factory.. we love chocolate specially swiss chocolate and we enjoyed free chocolate testing