The great castles of Switzerland: Château de Chillon, Château de Gruyères, Schloss Thun. Christine gets curious about the castles of Switzerland: In Château de Chillon, she explores its unique ...

Chateau de Chillon, Built on the very edge of the lake on an island, its walls are heavily fortified on all sides, save those facing over the water, which are ornate with arched pillars and romantic ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Chateau de Chillon near Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva dates back to more than a 1,000 years.Credit: Christof Sonderegger Is ...

Switzerland’s first tourism boom began with a poem. In the summer of 1816, Lord Byron spent a summer horsing around Switzerland with Percy Shelley and (the future) Mary Shelley. By July he had written ...