Torgon-Portes du Soleil

Strenuous walk to this beautiful lake where hikers can spend the night for a special experience

The ski area with 500 kilometers of slopes where you always ski across the borders of Switzerland and France

You take a train deep into the caves to experience the extraction of salt from the mountains

Trips:

• From Torgon you can walk endlessly. The routes are indicated everywhere with yellow signs. The duration of the walk is included. But Torgon is also a suitable base for various excursions. Here are a few:
• The salt caves of Bex. You can take a train into the mountains there, where you can get a tour.
• Walking to the Lac de Tanay. A wonderful day trip for good hikers. After a steep climb you arrive at a beautiful mountain lake, where you can swim and sunbathe. For less good walkers there is the option to drive to Le Flon by car. From there it is another hour of steep climbing. You can also order a taxi to take you up (just ask at the restaurant in le Flon).
• Montreux: walk along the long boulevard, visit the Château de Chillon or the Queen museum and the statue of Freddy Mercury.
• Shopping at the Center Commercial in Monthey or in Collombey. There is also a Lidl and ALDI.
• In Montreux (Territet) you can take a cog railway up for the most breathtaking view ever (in clear weather). It is called “Rocher de Naye”.
• In August, the chairlift from Plan du Croix is open on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.
• In Bouveret there is a campsite with a beach on Lake Geneva. You can swim, rent pedal boats and sailing boats there.
• There is also a large subtropical swimming paradise with enormous slides
• In Villeneuve there is a beautiful swimming pool on Lake Geneva. It is indicated with 'Plage'.
• Boat trip with stops along Lake Geneva. You can get off halfway, look around and get back on.
• Golf course in Evian-les bains.
• Torgon is an ideal starting point for day trips to, for example, Zermatt (the Matterhorn), or Chammonix (Mont Blanc) or the Aosta Valley via the great St. Bernard pass.
• The Wine Castle is a wine museum in Aigle. Well worth a visit, especially during harvest time, the second or third week of October.
• At Aigle you can also go into the mountains towards 'les Diablerets'. At the Col du Pillon ('Glacier 3000') you can take a cabin lift up to admire the highest peaks. Even in the summer people still ski there.
• The Olympic Museum is in Lausanne; very worthwhile!
• At the tourism office they can tell you everything about the area.