Gruyères Travel Guide

 mindcrime Says:  My bookguide didn’t have any word for this museum so when I saw the sculptures outside I thought it was some kind of temporary exhibition! This is the official museum of Hans Rudolf Giger, a surrealist artist from Switzerland, very famous for his work on the film Alien (and... 

 mindcrime Says:  Gruyeres is famous for gruyere cheese so it is no surprise you can visit a cheese factory here. La Maison du Gruyere is actually located at nearby Pringy (where the train station of Grueyes is).As it is a working place the tours are not available through out the time, the... 

 mindcrime Says:  We saw St.Theodul Parish church from the castle as it is located near by and we decided to visit later. It’s a beautiful church and the surrounding adds a lot with the high mountains, great opportunity for a good photo shoot especially from the castle where you will have... 

 mindcrime Says:  Located at the top of a hill, the Castle of Gruyeres (château de Gruyères) is the most famous attraction of Gruyeres after the cheese :) You can easily spend 2 hours wondering around the numerous different rooms of this well maintained castle. Each room is different, some... 

 mindcrime Says:  Gruyeres is a small town, I have read that during the summer months it gets packed with visitors so I guess the main square may look like a demonstration spot :) In mid march there were some people but it was far from that picture, actually it was very picturesque although... 

 balhannah Says:  I was walking towards the Castle at Gruyeres when I came across some "weird" looking sculptures.They made me stop, and probably everybody else, as they were so unusual, and I just had to take it all in. Now, if you are Swiss, or have seen the film "Alien," then you probably... 

 balhannah Says:  From what I could see of Gruyeres, it is a one street town, full of fairly expensive Restaurant's, lots of Souvenir shops, Museums, a Town Hall, and probably the rest are private homes.The first building I came to when walking from the carpark, was the tourist info centre.... 

 balhannah Says:  During my tour of the Gruyeres Castle, I came across this gruesome "severed hand."What on earth was this all about?The most popular answer was.......Some very courageous men from Gruyeres brought it back from the Holy Land on the 1st crusade in 1099.Another version .....A... 

 balhannah Says:  Be prepared for some climbing when looking around this Castle. Looking through the Castle rooms, I found quite a few painted with medieval legends, and others had huge Flemish tapestries. The fireplaces were huge, one even had a door through to the Kitchen! There were... 

 balhannah Says:  The Knights Hall was my favorite room in the Castle and one I want to tell you about and show you some photo's. The room is full of wood panels and wall paintings/frescoes, depicting the history of the Castle. One of them shows the year 400 AD, the start of Gruyeres Kingdom,... 

 mindcrime Says:  We decided to have lunch at one of the restaurants that are located on main square. Once inside we noticed all the tables were occupied (about 45 seats) but there also 24 seats on the first floor which has no character but we had a table next to the window and didn’t care... 

 globetrott Says:  Gruyeres is full of shops selling the famous local cheeses and they also have a lot of "accessoirs" - funny souvenirs like cows and T-shirts etc. Gruyeres-cheese, Greyerzer Käse is a very strong and aromatic mountain-cheese and its special recepee is used already since more... 

 balhannah Says:  On our way again after our stop at Chateau D-Oex, we came across a scenic area where there was a Gorge and an Old Railway Bridge, well it looked dis-used, maybe it isn't. What I wanted, was a photo of the Bridge, this proved impossible! No photo of the bridge, so photo of... 

 balhannah Says:  We actually were going in the opposite direction, that is from Montreux to Guyeres. We had two choices, either on the more major roads of the A9 & A12, or the scenic drive from Montreux to Aigle, and then to Gruyeres.There is not much difference in kms in either route, and...