Montreux’s musical places

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Statue de Freddie Mercury

Place du Marché, Montreux

The most famous bronze statue on Lake Geneva: Freddie in his iconic stage pose, facing the water, fist raised.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste de Miles Davis

Quai de Vernex, Montreux

A tribute to the legendary trumpeter, a major figure of the Montreux Jazz Festival, by Montreux sculptor Bernard Bavaud.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste de Richard Strauss

Quai de Vernex, Montreux

The German composer, a faithful guest of Montreux, sculpted by Bernard Bavaud, facing the bust of Miles Davis.

Statue & bust⚠Temporarily unavailable

Hommage à Adolphe Sax

Quai de Vernex, Montreux

A giant psychedelic saxophone, set on the quays in 2014 for the bicentenary of Adolphe Sax’s birth.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste de Wilhelm Furtwängler

Port du Basset, Clarens

The legendary German conductor spent his final years in Clarens. His bust watches over the Port du Basset.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Statue d'Igor Stravinski

Devant l'Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux

The composer of “The Rite of Spring”, written in Clarens, in front of the auditorium that bears his name.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste de B.B. King

Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux

The king of the blues and his guitar Lucille, immortalised in the Palace garden by Marco Zeno.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste d'Aretha Franklin

Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux

The queen of soul, microphone in hand, sings facing the lake in the Palace garden.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste d'Ella Fitzgerald

Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux

The “First Lady of Song”, sculpted by Danièle Lauffer, microphone in hand in the Palace garden.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste de Carlos Santana

Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux

The guitarist, arms to the sky, guitar held close: a bust full of joy by Marco Zeno (2012).

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste de Ray Charles

Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux

The genius of soul at his keyboard, head thrown back in laughter: a bronze by Marco Zeno.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste de Quincy Jones

Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux

The legendary producer, conductor’s arms raised, a historic partner of Claude Nobs.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Statue de Claude Nobs

Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux

The festival’s founder, harmonica to his lips, watching over his pantheon in the Palace garden.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Jardin du Montreux Palace

Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux

The public garden in front of the Montreux Palace, where bronze busts of the festival’s legends, B.B. King, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Santana and Quincy Jones, stand around the statue of Claude Nobs.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste de David Richards

Casino Barrière, Montreux

The producer of Mountain Studios (Queen, Bowie), honoured outside the Casino.

Plaque, tribute & street artOpen to visit

Plaque Smoke on the Water

Av. de Chillon 78, Territet

Where Deep Purple recorded “Machine Head” in December 1971, after the Casino fire. The most famous riff in rock was born here.

Plaque, tribute & street artOpen to visit

Queen Tribute Wall

Casino Barrière, Montreux

The wall where Queen fans from all over the world leave their messages, right next to the former Mountain Studios.

Plaque, tribute & street artOpen to visit

Graffiti B.B. King

Rue de la Rouvenettaz 1, Montreux

A street-art mural in tribute to the king of the blues, a legendary regular of the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Plaque, tribute & street artOpen to visit

Banc Freddie Mercury

Quai de Territet, Montreux

A silhouette bench on the “Rencontres & Inspiration” trail, facing the lake Freddie loved so much, in Territet.

Plaque, tribute & street artOpen to visit

Banc Claude Nobs (Rencontres & Inspiration)

Quai du Casino, Montreux

The silhouette of the Montreux Jazz Festival’s founder, seated facing the lake, near the Casino he marked so deeply.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Cimetière de Clarens

Chemin du Batailleux, Clarens

The peaceful cemetery above Clarens where David Richards, the producer of Mountain Studios, rests.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Parc Jean Villard-Gilles

Rue du Torrent, Clarens

A park in Clarens dedicated to the songwriter born in Montreux in 1895, author of “Les Trois Cloches” sung by Piaf.

Plaque, tribute & street artOpen to visit

Avenue Claude Nobs

Avenue Claude-Nobs, Montreux

A stretch of Montreux’s Grand-Rue, renamed in 2013 “Avenue Claude Nobs” in honour of the festival’s founder, alongside the 2M2C and the quays.

Plaque, tribute & street artOpen to visit

Plaque Stravinski (Tavel)

Rue du Sacre du Printemps, Tavel, Clarens

The plaque on the house where Stravinsky lived, in the Tavel district, on today’s Rue du Sacre du Printemps.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Freddie Tours

Place du Marché, Montreux

The emblematic hall of the Place du Marché: starting point of the Freddie Tours and heart of the Freddie Days.

Plaque, tribute & street artOpen to visit

Fresque d'Albin Christen (Grütli)

Café du Grütli, vieille ville, Montreux

The wall of the Grütli restaurant painted by the illustrator of the 2000 Montreux Jazz Festival poster.

Public space & landscapeNot open to visitors

Viaduc de Chillon

Autoroute A9, Veytaux, Villeneuve

The twin A9 motorway viaducts above the Château de Chillon: newly built, they became the backdrop of the Hipgnosis poster for Pink Floyd’s 1975 Knebworth concert.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Silhouette de Clara Haskil

Quai Perdonnet 19, Vevey

On the quays of Vevey, a silhouette recalls the pianist who lived here from 1942 until her death, and whose international competition still bears her name.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Silhouette de Paul Hindemith

Parc Mon Foyer, Blonay

In Blonay, above Vevey, the silhouette of the German composer who refused to return to Germany after the war and chose to end his life here.

School & conservatoryNot open to visitors

Collège de Montreux

Rue de la Gare 33, 1820 Montreux

The college, built in 1897, where the chansonnier Pierre Dudan was schooled: his father Camille was its director from 1926 to 1932.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Île de Peilz

Lac Léman, au large de Villeneuve

The only natural island in Lake Geneva, a few dozen square metres and a plane tree: it appears inside the sleeve of “Going for the One”, the album Yes were recording in Montreux.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey

Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey, 1804 Corsier-sur-Vevey

The village cemetery where Charlie Chaplin and his wife Oona rest, a few steps from the Manoir de Ban.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Place de la Palud

Place de la Palud, Lausanne

The square of Lausanne’s town hall, where David Bowie married the model Iman on 24 April 1992.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

La Rambertia

Rochers-de-Naye, Montreux

The alpine botanical garden atop the Rochers-de-Naye, above Montreux, which the father of the Ribaupierre musicians helped to create.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Statue de Charlie Chaplin

Quai Perdonnet, 1800 Vevey

The bronze tramp on the Vevey quays, a few steps from the Fork, by John Doubleday.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Place de l’Eurovision

Quai du Débarcadère, 1820 Montreux

The square recalling the very first broadcast of the Eurovision network, transmitted from Montreux on 6 June 1954.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Quai Ernest-Ansermet

Quai Ernest-Ansermet, Montreux

A stretch of the Montreux quays bears the name of the conductor who cut his teeth at the head of the Kursaal orchestra.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Quai Ernest-Ansermet (Vevey)

Quai Ernest-Ansermet, Vevey

In Vevey, where Ernest Ansermet was born in 1883, a lakeside quay also bears his name.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

L’œuvre de Romero Britto

Jardins du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux

The sculpture given by Romero Britto for the 40th anniversary of the Montreux Jazz Festival, in the private part of the Palace gardens, visible from the quays.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

« Allô Claude »

Quai Edouard Jacoud, 1820 Montreux

Pascal Bettex’s red telephone box, filled with objects that tell the life of Claude Nobs and start moving when you press the switch.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Rue Clara-Haskil

Rue Clara-Haskil, Vevey

In Vevey, a street bears the name of the pianist Clara Haskil, who spent the last eighteen years of her life in Vevey.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Avenue Gustave-Doret

Avenue Gustave-Doret, Vevey

In Vevey, an avenue bears the name of Gustave Doret, the composer of the 1905 and 1927 Winegrowers’ Festivals.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Boulevard Paderewski

Boulevard Paderewski, Vevey

In Vevey, a boulevard bears the name of the Polish pianist and statesman Ignacy Jan Paderewski, an honorary citizen of the town.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Jardin Doret

Jardin Doret, quai de Vevey

On the Vevey lakefront, a public garden bears the name of the composer Gustave Doret, who wrote the music for the Winegrowers’ Festivals.

Statue & bustOpen to visit

Buste de Paderewski

Fontaine des Trois Couronnes, quai Perdonnet, Vevey

In Vevey, a bronze bust of Ignacy Jan Paderewski crowns an 1873 fountain, in front of the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Parc des Roses

Parc des Roses, Territet, 1820 Montreux

In Territet, a lakeside garden shelters the pensive statue of Empress Sissi and a small cemetery where Henri Nestlé rests, founder of a company today among the great patrons of the Riviera’s music.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Montreux Jazz Origins

Départ : Casino Barrière de Montreux, Rue du Théâtre 9, 1820 Montreux

A small-group guided walk in the footsteps of the origins of the Montreux Jazz Festival and of Claude Nobs, from the Casino to the old town.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Montreux Secrets

Vieille ville, 1820 Montreux

An immersive experience, between art, music and history, opening hidden places and the studios of Montreux artists, beyond a simple guided tour.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Haut-de-Caux, Vers-chez-Claude

Ligne Montreux–Rochers-de-Naye (MGN), Haut-de-Caux, 1824 Caux

On the Rochers-de-Naye railway, a halt renamed in 2015 in tribute to Claude Nobs, a few steps from his chalets.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Montreux Jazz Café

Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Av. Claude-Nobs 2, Montreux

The festival’s official café, decorated with archives and objects retracing nearly sixty years of Montreux Jazz.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Funky Claude's Bar

Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Avenue Claude-Nobs 2, 1820 Montreux (à côté de Furer)

The former Harry’s Bar, haunt of the stars and of the festival’s jam sessions, renamed in tribute to Claude Nobs.

Restaurant & caféOpen to visit

Le Museum

Rue de la Gare, vieille ville, Montreux

Founded in 1965 by Claude Nobs, this former hotspot of Montreux nightlife is today a traditional restaurant.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Le Petit Palais

Avenue Claude-Nobs 2, 1820 Montreux (en face du Millésime Club)

The Palace’s Belle Époque pavilion: from Rose d’Or-era concerts to the free concerts of the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Auditorium Stravinski

2M2C, Avenue Claude-Nobs 5, Montreux

The legendary main hall of the Montreux Jazz Festival, named after the composer of “The Rite of Spring”.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Miles Davis Hall

2M2C, entrée côté Rue Alexandre-Emery, 1820 Montreux

The festival’s legendary second hall, named in tribute to the trumpeter so faithful to Montreux.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Quincy Jones Hall

2M2C, Avenue Claude-Nobs 5, 1820 Montreux

The large space of the renovated 2M2C, with a lakeside terrace, named in tribute to the festival’s faithful friend.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Ponton de la Place du Marché

Place du Marché, quai du Casino, Montreux

The pier reaching out over Lake Geneva, a few metres from the Freddie Mercury statue: Sofiane Pamart played “Solitude” there on a grand piano facing the Alps.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Théâtre du Villars Palace

Villars Palace, Route des Hôtels 28, 1884 Villars-sur-Ollon (Alpes vaudoises)

In the Vaud Alps, the Villars Palace theatre has hosted the MJF Spotlight Sessions since 2023: tomorrow’s artists chosen by the Montreux Jazz Festival, between two ski runs.

Club & barOpen to visit

Montreux Jazz Club Millennium

Millennium, Chemin de Mongevon 25, 1023 Crissier

In Crissier, near Lausanne, the world’s first permanent club to bear the Montreux Jazz Club name: opened in 2024, it programmes some twenty evenings a year with the festival.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Stade de la Saussaz

Route de Plan-Chailly 8, Chailly-Montreux

Montreux’s football stadium, in Chailly. On 29 June 2019 it hosted the very first giant open-air concert in the history of the Montreux Jazz Festival: Elton John’s farewell, before more than 15,000 people.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Débarcadère de Montreux

Quai du Casino, débarcadère CGN, Montreux

The boarding point for the CGN’s Belle Époque boats. Nothing took place on the landing stage itself: it was on board that Queen hosted the press in 1986 and B.B. King played a concert in 2006.

ChurchOpen to visit

Église Saint-Martin de Vevey

Rue du Temple, 1800 Vevey

The organ of this Vevey church was recorded in 1977 for “Awaken”, the fifteen-minute piece that closes Yes’s album “Going for the One”.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Casino de Montreux

Rue du Théâtre 9, 1820 Montreux

The building around which the whole musical history of Montreux revolves: burned down in 1971, rebuilt, it houses Queen’s studio and saw the festival born.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

NED Music Club

Rue du Marché 19, 1820 Montreux

Montreux’s year-round concert venue: the regional scene and international headliners, outside the festival season.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Riviera Café

Rue du Théâtre 9, 1820 Montreux

A downtown restaurant where you dine beneath signed guitars, on loan from the Claude Nobs Foundation.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

2M2C, Montreux Music & Convention Centre

Avenue Claude-Nobs 5, 1820 Montreux

The permanent building that hosts the Montreux Jazz Festival each summer, and the town’s cultural season the rest of the year: the Auditorium Stravinski and the neighbouring halls under one roof.

ChurchOpen to visit

Temple Saint-Vincent

Rue du Temple 30, 1820 Montreux

The old-town church, in the Les Planches district: the choirs of Rick Wakeman’s “Criminal Record” were recorded here in 1977.

ChurchOpen to visit

Église libre de Montreux

Rue du Marché 10, 1820 Montreux

The church where Wilhelm Furtwängler had his marriage blessed and his son Andreas baptised in 1945, on his arrival in Switzerland.

Club & barOpen to visit

Millésime Club

Avenue Claude-Nobs 2, 1820 Montreux

The Montreux Palace’s nightclub, on Avenue Claude-Nobs, the go-to spot for festival nights, opposite the Petit Palais.

Club & barOpen to visit

Why Montreux

Grand-Rue 92, 1820 Montreux

A cocktail bar and club in the heart of Montreux, a stone’s throw from the lake, where DJs keep the evenings going.

Venue & stageGone

Théâtre de l’Alcazar

Territet, dans l’ancien Grand Hôtel de Territet, Montreux

The theatre-cabaret that Dad Régné revived in a building of the Grand Hôtel de Territet; today under renovation.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

La Scène des Planches

Rue du Pont 24, quartier des Planches, 1820 Montreux

A music venue in the Planches district of Montreux: a stage, singing lessons and workshops for emerging talent.

School & conservatoryOpen to visit

Conservatoire de Montreux

Rue du Pont 32, 1820 Montreux

The old-town music conservatory, where the Riviera has trained in classical music and jazz since 1964.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Stade de la Pontaise

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, route des Plaines-du-Loup 4, 1018 Lausanne

Lausanne’s big stadium, thirty minutes from Montreux, where Michael Jackson performed three times between 1988 and 1997.

Club & barGone

Le Platinum

Casino de Montreux

The Casino nightclub where Patrick Juvet met Freddie Mercury several times.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Ponton du Casino

Quai du Casino, Montreux

The pontoon in front of the Casino, where the Rolling Stones and later Queen posed.

Venue & stageGone

Théâtre Rialto

Territet, Montreux

The Territet venue where the Rolling Stones rehearsed in 1972 before their American tour.

Club & barGone

La Dolce Vita

Rue du Docteur-César-Roux 30, 1005 Lausanne

The Lausanne club whose logo Keith Haring drew, and where Sens Unik played their first gigs.

School & conservatoryOpen to visit

Centre de musique Sylvia H. Waddilove

Chemin du Bleu-Léman 1, 1844 Villeneuve

The Clos du Verger, a property bequeathed by English patron Sylvia Waddilove, has been a Conservatoire music centre since 2011, by the lake at Villeneuve.

School & conservatoryOpen to visit

Conservatoire de Vevey

Grand Place 2, 1800 Vevey

The Vevey site of the Conservatoire de Musique Montreux-Vevey-Riviera, housed in the Maison de Warens, on the Grand-Place: classical section and administration.

School & conservatoryOpen to visit

École de Jazz de Montreux

Rue de l’Église-Catholique 14, 1820 Montreux

The jazz school of the Conservatoire de Musique Montreux-Vevey-Riviera, one of the first in French-speaking Switzerland, founded in 1982 in the festival’s town.

ChurchOpen to visit

Temple de La Tour-de-Peilz

Place du Temple, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz

The Temple Saint-Théodule, where the young Patrick Juvet practised the organ before becoming a disco star.

Club & barOpen to visit

Rocking Chair (RKC)

Avenue de Gilamont 60, 1800 Vevey

Vevey’s contemporary music club: an eclectic programme all year round, from punk to hip-hop.

Shop & workshopOpen to visit

Décal’Quai

Rue de la Rouvenettaz 1, 1820 Montreux

A former cardboard factory behind the station, turned into shared workshops and a venue for intimate concerts.

Recording studioOpen to visit

La 17ème

Avenue des Alpes 112, 1820 Montreux

A Montreux cultural incubator: small concerts, a recording studio and artist residencies.

Restaurant & caféOpen to visit

La Boélande

Quai Roussy, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz

The pop-up guinguette on the Roussy quays: from April to October, feet in the water, with concerts and DJs in summer.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Liboson

Route des Raveyres 26, 1824 Caux

A sheepfold turned into a music room above Montreux, with a four-manual organ and twenty-five seats.

Club & barOpen to visit

MAD Club

Rue de Genève 23, 1003 Lausanne

The Flon club in Lausanne, open since 1985: five floors, four dancefloors, and Prince one festival night.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Buffet de Glion

Route des Chemins-de-Fer 5, 1823 Glion

At the funicular terminus, a panoramic terrace where jazz is played pay-what-you-wish, from May to September.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Les Concerts de Villeneuve

Rue du Collège 1, 1844 Villeneuve

The concert series born in 1982 to give the Saint-Paul church an organ, and which succeeded.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Café-Théâtre de l’Odéon

Grand-Rue 43, 1844 Villeneuve

Villeneuve’s café-theatre, where song and Swiss bands alternate with theatre throughout the season.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Salle del Castillo

Rue Louis-Meyer 1, 1800 Vevey

Vevey’s concert hall, by the lake on the market square, home to the Salon Clara Haskil.

Club & barOpen to visit

Le Bout du Monde

Rue d’Italie 24, 1800 Vevey

A bar and stage in Vevey: a bistro by day, concerts and cultural events by night.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Salle Paderewski

Casino de Montbenon, allée Ernest-Ansermet 3, Lausanne

At the Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne, the main concert hall bears the name of Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

ChurchOpen to visit

Chapelle catholique de Caux

Route des Deux-Chapelles 2, 1824 Caux

At Caux, the Catholic chapel whose construction the young Arthur Rubinstein helped fund, in 1905, with a charity concert at the Caux-Palace.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Domaine Vitis Musicalis

Chemin du Daley 119, 1095 Lutry

In the Lavaux terraces, the Chollet family estate where wine is not aged in barrels but “in music”.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Domaine Wannaz

Chemin de Bahyse 12, 1091 Chenaux

On the site of the Tour de Chenaux, a biodynamic Lavaux estate where, in summer, the “Hawannaz Club” hosts pay-what-you-want concerts among the vines.

Venue & stageBy appointment

Château de l'Aile

Grande Place 1, Vevey

The neo-Gothic château on Vevey's Grande Place, where Phil Collins filmed the story of his drumming life in 2022.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Les Docks

Avenue de Sévelin 34, 1004 Lausanne

A stone’s throw from the Flon, in the Sévelin district of Lausanne, a contemporary-music venue that has become, in twenty years, an institution of the French-speaking Swiss scene.

School & conservatoryOpen to visit

HEMU

Rue de la Grotte 2, 1003 Lausanne

The University of Music of canton Vaud, heir to the Lausanne Conservatory, trains tomorrow’s professional musicians in classical music as well as jazz and contemporary music.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Marché couvert

Place du Marché, 1820 Montreux

Switzerland’s only all-metal market hall, given by Henri Nestlé in 1891, now a hall of celebration where the Freddie Days concerts ring out and the heart of Montreux Noël beats.

ChurchOpen to visit

Église anglicane St. John’s

Avenue de la Riviera, Territet, 1820 Montreux

The English church of Territet, born of the Belle Époque British colony, which regularly hosts concerts around its great organ with an eventful history.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Chœur d’Oratorio de Montreux

Collège de Chailly, Chemin des Écoliers 9, 1816 Montreux

Founded in 2000, Montreux’s large amateur choir: some seventy voices led by Céline Mai, from the baroque to contemporary creation, sacred and secular alike.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

A Voce Rivolta

1845 Noville

A Vaud Riviera choir founded in 2012, with an eclectic repertoire, today led by Laure-Anne Yersin.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Union Chorale La Tour-de-Peilz

Salle des Remparts, Place des Anciens-Fossés, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz

Founded in 1866, one of the oldest choirs on the Riviera: a mixed oratorio choir of some sixty voices, led by Céline Grandjean.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Yodleurclub Montreux

Salle paroissiale de l’église allemande, Montreux

A yodelling society founded in 1923: some twenty singers, from Swiss-German folklore to songs in French.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Groupe des Yodleurs Riviera - Blonay

Blonay

The Riviera yodelling group, based in Blonay, and its alphorn trio “Les Trois Jean”.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Chœur à Corps

Vevey

A Vevey women’s choir founded in 1993: some fifteen singers who sing, dance and stage narrative shows.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Ensemble vocal Crescendo

Collège de la Tour-Rouge, Villeneuve

A mixed vocal ensemble of the Chablais, born in 1989 as a children’s choir, refounded in 2007, based in Villeneuve.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Harmonie de Saint-Légier

Aula de Clos-Béguin, Saint-Légier

A music society founded in 1903 in Saint-Légier, today a wind band, twice Vaud champion.

School & conservatoryOpen to visit

Centre de Musique Hindemith

Chemin du Lacuez 3, 1807 Blonay

In the Lacroix chalet in Blonay, the centre of the Hindemith Foundation: courses, workshops and master classes, in the spirit of Paul Hindemith.

School & conservatoryOpen to visit

École Jeunesse & Musique

Collège de Cojonnex, Blonay

The music school of Blonay and Saint-Légier, founded in 1972, born from a fund created in memory of Paul Hindemith.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Fanfare de l’Automne

Salle de l’Ancien Stand, Blonay

A brass band of retired musicians founded in 1980 in Blonay: some thirty members, available for daytime concerts.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Akordiono

Salle Paul-Lavanchy, Collège de Cojonnex, Blonay

A Blonay accordion club born in 2015 from the merger of four societies of the Chablais and the Riviera, led by Nicole Maire.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Château du Châtelard

Chemin de Planchamp-Dessous 1, 1820 Montreux

A 15th-century keep above Clarens, today guest rooms and a wine estate, and a haven of early music.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Ensemble Arabesque

Château du Châtelard, Montreux

An early-music ensemble on historical instruments, in residence at the Château du Châtelard since 2011.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

CMMC Harmonie Montreux

Collège de Montreux-Est, Montreux

The Montreux wind band, born in 2000 from the merger of the Fanfare de l’Avenir (1912) and the Lyre de Montreux (1878).

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Académie suisse de Cor des Alpes

Montreux

Founded in 1998 in Montreux, the academy keeps the alphorn alive, with a large ensemble that performs in Switzerland and around the world.

Club & barOpen to visit

Les Caves du Cep d’Or

Grande Place 4, 1800 Vevey

In Vevey, on the Grande Place, a bistro that heads down to its cellar in the evening to make music: jam sessions, concerts and DJ sets by regional artists, from October to May.

School & conservatoryOpen to visit

Oser Jouer

Vevey

The OSEO Vaud instrument library in Vevey: borrow an instrument for free, to make music accessible to everyone.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

L’Oriental – Vevey

Rue d’Italie 22, Vevey

Vevey’s venue on the rue d’Italie, whose programme blends theatre, concerts and artist residencies.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Mines de Sel de Bex

Route des Mines de Sel 55, 1880 Bex

In the heart of the Chablais, the only working salt mine in Switzerland, visited by little train and also home to concerts in its galleries.

Restaurant & caféOpen to visit

Le Manoïre

Col de Jaman, 1824 Montreux

At the Col de Jaman, above Montreux, an alpine inn where blues and jazz’n’roll go with fondue and a view over the Prealps.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Château d’Aigle

Place du Château 1, 1860 Aigle

Amid the Chablais vineyards, a medieval fortress turned wine museum that hosts chamber music and open-air concerts alike.

Venue & stageNot open to visitors

Béjart Ballet Lausanne

Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Lausanne

The ballet company founded by Maurice Béjart in Lausanne in 1987, carrying his repertoire — from “Boléro” to “Ballet for Life” — to the world’s greatest stages.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Beaulieu Lausanne

Av. Bergières 10, 1004 Lausanne

In the heart of Lausanne, the largest theatre in Switzerland and its convention centre, home of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne and the Prix de Lausanne.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

La 17ème

Avenue des Alpes 112, 1820 Montreux

A cultural incubator in the heart of Montreux: a hybrid concert hall, rehearsal rooms and residencies to support Swiss artists.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Queen: The Studio Experience

Casino Barrière, Rue du Théâtre 9, Montreux

The free exhibition inside the real Mountain Studios, where Queen recorded seven albums between 1978 and 1995.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Musée de Montreux

Rue de la Gare 40, Montreux

The local history museum, from Belle Époque tourism to the town’s musical saga, gold record included.

Shop & workshopOpen to visit

Bazar Suisse

Grand-Rue, Montreux

The Grand-Rue shop where Queen fans find what they are looking for, a stone’s throw from Freddie’s statue.

Restaurant & caféOpen to visit

Tabashop

Grand-Rue 46, 1820 Montreux

The Grand-Rue tobacconist, open since 1970, where Michael Jackson came to sign an autograph in January 1997.

Shop & workshopOpen to visit

Montreux Jazz Shop

Avenue Claude-Nobs 2, 1820 Montreux (à côté du coiffeur du Montreux Palace)

The official shop of the Montreux Jazz Festival, on Avenue Claude-Nobs.

Plaque, tribute & street artOpen to visit

Portrait dédicacé de Quincy Jones

Montreux Jazz Café, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Av. Claude-Nobs 2, Montreux

A large painted portrait of Quincy Jones, signed in his own hand, on display at the Montreux Jazz Café.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Le kimono de Freddie Mercury

Montreux Jazz Café, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Av. Claude-Nobs 2, Montreux

The white Japanese kimono given by Freddie Mercury to Thierry Amsallem and Claude Nobs, on display at the Montreux Jazz Café.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Château de Chillon

Avenue de Chillon 21, Veytaux (Montreux)

Switzerland’s most famous castle: pianist Bill Evans chose it for the cover of “At the Montreux Jazz Festival” (1968), the first record made in Europe to win a Grammy.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Chaplin’s World, Manoir de Ban

Route de Fenil 2, 1804 Corsier-sur-Vevey

The house where Charlie Chaplin spent his last twenty-five years. His son Eugène grew up here before becoming a sound engineer at Mountain Studios in Montreux.

Shop & workshopOpen to visit

Montreux Records

Avenue des Alpes 82, 1820 Montreux

Montreux’s vinyl record shop: new and second-hand records, a stone’s throw from the station.

Recording studioNot open to visitors

Hana Road Studios

Avenue du Casino 32, 1820 Montreux

Montreux’s contemporary recording studio, Dolby Atmos-certified, visited by Lil Nas X, Iggy Pop and Rag’n’Bone Man. Not open to visitors: access by appointment.

Shop & workshopOpen to visit

La Griffe Ausoni

Grand-Rue 20, Montreux (en face du passage piéton)

The Grand-Rue boutique whose four posters were found in Freddie Mercury’s London home.

Restaurant & caféOpen to visit

Le Palais Oriental

Quai Ernest-Ansermet 6, Montreux

The Persian house on the quay, where a carpet connected its owner to Freddie Mercury.

Shop & workshopOpen to visit

Viquerat Décoration

Rue du Lac 107, Clarens

The Clarens firm that furnished Freddie Mercury’s flat, in the summer of 1991.

School & conservatoryNot open to visitors

Gymnase du Bugnon

Rue du Bugnon 5, 1005 Lausanne

The Lausanne school where Pierre Keller ran his workshops: Keith Haring drew there, David Bowie made an engraving.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Collection de l’Art Brut

Avenue des Bergières 11, Lausanne

The Lausanne museum of Art Brut, assembled by Jean Dubuffet, which David Bowie said had shaped his life and his creativity.

Shop & workshopOpen to visit

Alligator Amps

Avenue des Alpes 48, 1820 Montreux

Guitars, amps and vintage keyboards: a shop and repair workshop for amateur and professional musicians, in the heart of Montreux.

Recording studioNot open to visitors

Byron Studio

Rue des Artisans 8, 1815 Clarens

A recording studio set inside a vaulted cellar from 1640, at the very address where Lord Byron stayed in 1816. Not open to visitors: access by appointment.

School & conservatoryOpen to visit

Pôle Vocal Riviera

Avenue Jean-Jacques Rousseau 4, 1815 Montreux

A vocal technique school for every style, rock, pop, jazz, opera, with individual and group lessons from age three.

Recording studioNot open to visitors

Studio édulcoré

Rue du Lac 134, 1815 Clarens

A podcast and short-video studio opened in early 2026 in Clarens, from recording through to publishing. Not open to visitors: access by appointment.

Shop & workshopOpen to visit

Music Atelier Vent

Rue de la Corsaz 15, 1820 Montreux

A workshop specialising in the repair and upkeep of wind instruments, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, brass, for all of French-speaking Switzerland.

Shop & workshopOpen to visit

Top Music

ZI C 81, 1844 Villeneuve

A wind and percussion instrument shop and workshop since 1996, with a trial room and a certified technician.

Recording studioNot open to visitors

Studio Les 3 Lunes

Rue de la Gare 39, 1820 Montreux

A 36-track analogue recording studio founded by guitarist Jean-Georges Linsig, at the entrance to Montreux’s old town. Not open to visitors: access by appointment.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Musée Jenisch

Avenue de la Gare 2, 1800 Vevey

Vevey’s art museum since 1897, where you listen to Montreux Jazz music in front of the paintings.

School & conservatoryNot open to visitors

Jeunesse & Musique

Chemin des Vignerons 31, 1807 Blonay

Blonay’s music school: initiation, instrument tuition, group playing and a large ensemble, for young people of the canton.

Recording studioNot open to visitors

Rootness

Avenue des Alpes 27, 1820 Montreux

The Montreux studio that supports the region’s emerging artists, from recording to music video.

Shop & workshopNot open to visitors

Pianos Riviera

Route de Saint-Légier 10, 1807 Blonay

The workshop of Julien Vernaz, who has tuned pianos for Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea and Martha Argerich.

Venue & stageGone

École de ballet

Rue du Marché 7, 1820 Montreux

The small ballet school, now gone, where Queen rehearsed on their very first visit to Montreux, in the summer of 1978.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Musée Paderewski

Château de Morges, rue du Château, Morges

At the Château de Morges, an exhibition space retraces the life of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, who lived for nearly half a century at Riond-Bosson.

Museum & exhibitionOpen to visit

Musée Suisse de l’Orgue

Rue du Saint-Bernard 5, 1852 Roche

In Roche, between Montreux and Saint-Maurice, a former relay barn shelters twenty-three centuries of organs, from the hydraulic organ of Antiquity to barrel organs and the great organ of Radio Lausanne.

Recording studioNot open to visitors

Montreux Sounds

Montreux

The production company founded by Claude Nobs, which holds and keeps alive the Claude Nobs Collection of the Montreux Jazz Festival (1967-2013), inscribed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World.

Recording studioNot open to visitors

Claude Nobs Foundation

Caux, Montreux

The foundation created in 2014 by Thierry Amsallem to keep Claude Nobs’s archives and values alive, and to continue digitising the Collection with the EPFL.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Montreux Jazz Festival

2M2C, Montreux Music & Convention Centre, Avenue Claude-Nobs 5, Montreux

The heart of the festival since 1993: under one roof, the Auditorium Stravinski and the halls that host half the history of music every summer.

Festival & season

Montreux Jazz Festival International

Tokyo, Suzhou, Miami, Franschhoek, Rio de Janeiro: from Montreux, the festival founded by Claude Nobs now runs international editions on four continents.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Montreux Jazz Residency

Petit Palais, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux

The autumn residency of the Montreux Jazz Festival, run by the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation: a few days of encounters between young talents and leading jazz names, at the Petit Palais of the Montreux Palace.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Festival Musique & Neige

Temple de Vers-l’Église, Ormont-Dessus (Les Diablerets)

Since 1969, a winter chamber-music festival born from an idea of Sir Peter Ustinov, in the church of Vers-l’Église, above Les Diablerets.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Bex Music Festival

Temple de Bex et Couvent de La Pelouse, Bex

Founded in 2025 in Bex, a young chamber-music festival showcasing the region’s emerging talents alongside world-class professionals.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Aigl’in Music

Cour du Collège des Ormonts, Aigle

Since 2013, a free open-air festival in Aigle, two days in June, with a 100% Swiss line-up in the courtyard of the Collège des Ormonts.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Septembre Musical

Av. Claude-Nobs 5, 1820 Montreux

One of the oldest classical music festivals in Switzerland, born in 1946, which each autumn spreads its concerts from the Auditorium Stravinski to the Château de Chillon.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Montreux International Guitar Show

Casino Barrière, Rue du Théâtre 9, 1820 Montreux

The great guitar gathering, every spring at the Casino Barrière: luthiers, exhibitors, concerts and showcases.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Rock Tribute Festival

Casino Barrière, Rue du Théâtre 9, 1820 Montreux

Three all-rock evenings at the Casino Barrière, every June: tribute concerts to the legends of rock.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Freddie Days

Place du Marché, 1820 Montreux

The free festival paying tribute to Freddie Mercury, each year around 5 September, his birthday.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Nox Orae

Jardin Roussy, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz

Every late August, a human-scale festival on a single stage, in the Jardin Roussy facing the lake.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Concours Clara Haskil

Théâtre Le Reflet, Rue du Théâtre 4, 1800 Vevey

Vevey’s international piano competition, at the Théâtre Le Reflet, named after the pianist who settled on the quays.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Sipiano

Église de La Chiésaz, 1806 Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz

The International Piano and Chamber Music Week: seven concerts in August, at the church of La Chiésaz.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Riviera Classic+

Salle des Remparts, Place des Anciens-Fossés, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz

La Tour-de-Peilz’s classical music gathering, born in 2017: four days of intimate concerts at the Salle des Remparts, from the great repertoire to symphonic circus.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Humus & Wine

Domaines viticoles et lieux du patrimoine vaudois

The festival that plants independent music among Vaud winemakers: concerts and tastings, from spring to autumn, in the canton’s finest places.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Lavaux Classic

Cully et villages de Lavaux

Founded in 2004, a classical music festival whose concerts unfold in the villages, along the lakeshore and through the vineyards of Lavaux, between great names and young talents.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Festival Offenbach

Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux)

Born in 2004 in the wine village of Saint-Saphorin, a triennial “music and wine” festival devoted to the burlesque world of Jacques Offenbach.

Festival & seasonGone

Festival de la Rose d'Or

Montreux Palace, Petit Palais et Casino, Montreux

The Rose d’Or, or Golden Rose: the great television festival that, from 1961 to 2004, brought entertainment and rock stars before the world’s cameras in Montreux. It is no longer held in the town.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

Pully Live Festival

Port et quais de Pully, Pully

Since 2023, a four-night open air at the end of June, on the quays of the port of Pully, facing Lake Geneva.

Festival & seasonOpen to visit

La Saison culturelle de Montreux

Avenue Claude-Nobs 3, 1820 Montreux

From September to June, the cultural season of Montreux offers concerts, theatre and comedy, mainly at the Auditorium Stravinski.

Festival & seasonNot open to visitors

AI.LOVE.JAZZ

Riviera Café, Casino Barrière, Montreux

Billed as the world’s first AI-assisted jazz festival and contest, whose first edition took place on 9–10 July 2026 at the Riviera Café of the Casino Barrière in Montreux.

Festival & seasonNot open to visitors

Cully Jazz Festival

Cully, Lavaux

The great jazz festival of Cully, in the Lavaux vineyards, every spring for over forty years.

Festival & seasonNot open to visitors

Prix de Lausanne

Théâtre et Halle de Beaulieu, Lausanne

The international competition for young dancers born in Lausanne in 1973, nicknamed “the Oscars of dance”, which held its 2020 edition at the Auditorium Stravinski in Montreux.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Royal Plaza

Avenue Claude-Nobs 7, 1820 Montreux (hôtel Royal Plaza)

The Royal Plaza hotel stands on the site of the Villa Richelieu, where Tchaikovsky composed his Violin Concerto in April 1878, one of the most played in the world.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Fairmont Le Montreux Palace

Avenue Claude-Nobs 2 / Grand-Rue 100, Montreux

The Belle Époque grand hotel of the stars: Michael Jackson lived there for two weeks in 1997 during his Mountain Studios sessions.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Les Tourelles

Rue de Bon-Port 15, Territet

The Belle Époque lakeside building where Freddie Mercury owned his Montreux apartment, in the attic storey.

Hotel & residenceBy appointment

Duck House

Bord du lac, Clarens

The lakeside house Freddie rented in Clarens, where he wrote “A Winter’s Tale” facing Lake Geneva.

Hotel & residenceBy appointment

The Freddie Mercury Hotel

Rue de la Rouvenettaz 7, Montreux

The hotel entirely dedicated to Freddie, reached directly from platform 1 of Montreux station.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Chalets de Claude Nobs

Caux, sur les hauts de Montreux

The legendary chalets of the festival’s founder in Caux, where he hosted the greatest stars in music.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Maison d'Hubert Giraud

Quartier du Casino, Montreux

The composer of “Sous le ciel de Paris” lived in Montreux for more than thirty years, until his death in 2016.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Maison de Patrick Juvet

Vallon de Villard (point affiché : restaurant Le Montagnard), Villard-sur-Chamby

The local boy turned disco star: his family house is tucked away in the Villard valley.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Clos des Mésanges (chalet de David Bowie)

Chemin de Sainte-Croix 18, Blonay

The chalet above Blonay where Bowie settled in 1976, his main residence until 1982.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Château du Signal (Lausanne)

En lisière de la forêt de Sauvabelin, 1018 Lausanne

The fourteen-room house where Bowie settled in 1982 after Blonay, until he left Switzerland in 1997.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Maison natale de Jean Villard-Gilles

Avenue des Alpes 90, Montreux

The building where Jean Villard, known as Gilles, Vaudois poet and songwriter, was born on 2 June 1895.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Grand Hôtel de Territet

Avenue de Chillon, Territet (Montreux), aujourd’hui Résidence des Alpes

The empty grand hotel where Deep Purple recorded “Machine Head” in December 1971, in a corridor lined with mattresses.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Caux Palace

Rue du Panorama 2, 1824 Caux

The stone liner suspended above Montreux: Arthur Rubinstein stayed here around 1905, when the hotel was three years old. It hosts concerts today.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Hôtel des Crêtes

Rue du Collège 1, 1815 Clarens

The Clarens guesthouse where Maurice Ravel stayed in spring 1913, a stone’s throw from Stravinsky; the building now houses the Clarens post office.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Villa Dubochet

Villa Dubochet 10, 1815 Clarens

In the listed villa quarter of Clarens, the home of Dad Régné, who welcomed passing stars in his private discotheque.

Restaurant & caféOpen to visit

Le Pont de Brent

Route de Blonay 4, 1817 Brent (Montreux)

The gourmet restaurant on the heights of Montreux, at Brent, where Freddie Mercury liked to dine.

Restaurant & caféGone

La Bavaria

Avenue Nestlé 17, 1820 Montreux

The brasserie near the Casino and Mountain Studios where Freddie Mercury and Queen loved the German food.

Restaurant & caféOpen to visit

La Rouvenaz

Rue du Marché 1, Montreux

The Italian restaurant where Queen dined and where Freddie Mercury had his table, number 19.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Saint-Saphorin

Saint-Saphorin, Lavaux

The Lavaux village whose white wine Freddie Mercury had shipped to London by the case.

Restaurant & caféGone

Restaurant Denis Martin

Rue du Château 2, Vevey

The restaurant where Queen dined twice a week during the sessions. It has since gone.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Le Grand Chalet de Rossinière

Rossinière, Pays-d’Enhaut

Balthus’s house, at the end of the panoramic line, where David Bowie came to interview him.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Eden Palace au Lac

Rue du Théâtre 11, Montreux

The Belle Époque hotel on the Rue du Théâtre that welcomed Queen, jazz giants passing through the festival and Keith Haring.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Château de Sully

Route de Chailly 144, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz

The mansion where Shania Twain settled in 1998 with Mutt Lange, producer of AC/DC’s “Back in Black”.

School & conservatoryNot open to visitors

St. George’s School

Chemin de St-Georges 19, 1815 Clarens / Montreux

The Clarens international school where Angela Barnett, David Bowie’s first wife, studied: it was through her that the couple chose the Riviera in 1976.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Hôtel des Trois Couronnes

Rue d’Italie 49, 1800 Vevey

The Vevey palace opened in 1842, facing the lake, where Saint-Saëns and Paderewski rehearsed “La Polonaise” for two pianos in 1913.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

La Margeride

Rue de Bon-Port 7, 1820 Territet

In Territet, a 1970s building with a sculpted façade, where Alain Delon rented a flat with Mireille Darc.

Hotel & residenceNot open to visitors

Clinique Valmont

Route de Valmont 22, 1823 Glion

The Glion clinic, opened in 1905, where kings, writers and artists came to heal, from Maurice Béjart and Roland Petit to Grace Jones.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

La Goulue

Route des Epélévoz 5A, 1806 St-Légier-La Chiésaz

The private home of Françoise and Pierre-Alain Cap-Beffa, in Saint-Légier, devoted since the 2000s to intimate concerts centred on the harpsichord.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Domaine de La Doges

Chemin des Bulesses, La Tour-de-Peilz

A 17th-century manor house in La Tour-de-Peilz, bequeathed to heritage, whose barn and great salon host concerts and shows.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Hôtel du Léman

Jongny

The Jongny hotel, above Vevey, whose terrace facing Lake Geneva hosted a Montreux Jazz Festival live session.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Hôtel Victoria

Glion

The Belle Époque hotel of Glion, above Montreux, whose terrace overlooks Lake Geneva and the Alps — a panorama that has inspired artists and writers.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Mona

Grand-Rue 81, Montreux

The lakeside hotel opened just before the first Montreux Jazz Festival, whose rooftop served as the set for Ty Dolla $ign’s video.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Le Mirador Resort & Spa

The grand hotel of Mont-Pèlerin, above Vevey, once a clinic where Maurice Ravel stayed and today a retreat for Montreux Jazz artists.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Glion

Glion, Montreux

The hillside village above Montreux, served by the Territet funicular and the rack railway: gateway to the Rochers-de-Naye and home of the Clinique Valmont.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Leysin

1854 Leysin, Alpes vaudoises

The Vaud Alps resort where The Jacksons, Michael among them, filmed for television in February 1979.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Gstaad

3780 Gstaad, Oberland bernois

The Bernese Oberland resort at the end of the MOB panoramic line from Montreux, where Michael Jackson came to take shelter.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Rochers-de-Naye

Rochers-de-Naye, 2042 m, Montreux

The summit at 2,042 metres above Montreux, linked to the town by a rack railway: a balcony over Lake Geneva and the Alps, where the alphorn sounds and the memory of Claude Nobs lives on.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

La Tour-de-Peilz

1814 La Tour-de-Peilz

Between Vevey and Montreux: the temple where Juvet practised the organ, the Nox Orae festival and a four-day music festival.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Vevey

Gare de Vevey, 1800 Vevey

Montreux’s neighbour: the Clara Haskil piano competition, concerts at the Musée Jenisch, the RKC and Rick Wakeman’s organ.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Blonay – Saint-Légier

1807 Blonay / 1806 Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz

On the heights: Bowie’s chalet, the memory of Paul Hindemith, a music school and the Sipiano festival.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Dent de Jaman

Dent de Jaman, sur les hauts de Montreux

The tooth-shaped peak above Montreux that the young Mendelssohn crossed in 1831, guided by a country girl named Pauline.

Hotel & residenceOpen to visit

Chernex

1822 Chernex, sur les hauts de Montreux

The balcony village above Montreux, a terrace over Lake Geneva where Mendelssohn came to take the air in 1831.

Venue & stageOpen to visit

Lavaux

Lavaux, rives du Léman, entre Lausanne et Montreux

The terraced vineyards of Lavaux, on the shore of Lake Geneva between Lausanne and Montreux, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where music slips between the vines: Cully Jazz, Lavaux Classic and the estates that pair wine with concerts.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Montreux

Gare de Montreux, 1820 Montreux

On the shores of Lake Geneva, backed by the Alps, Montreux has made music its language: festivals, Belle Époque palaces and a lake turned legend by “Smoke on the Water”.

Public space & landscapeOpen to visit

Gorges du Chauderon

A cliff-side gorge trail, a stone’s throw from Montreux station, cradle of the first marches of the La Lyre de Montreux band. A mountain route that calls for caution.