Festival or event
Montreux Jazz Festival
Montreux, Switzerland
A famous summer music festival on the shore of Lake Geneva.
Castle · Switzerland · Vaud
Château de Chillon
A medieval island-like castle on Lake Geneva, one of Switzerland's most visited historic monuments.
about 2 h
For storytellers
Why Château de Chillon matters
Chillon sits on a rock at the water's edge with the Alps behind it, looking like something from a fairytale. Inside you can walk through halls, dungeons and towers. The poet Lord Byron wrote a famous poem about a prisoner held here, and carved his name on a pillar, according to tradition.
Talking points
- The castle is right on the water.
- Byron's poem made it famous.
- You can see halls, courtyards and a dungeon.
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