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View overlooking the village of Chateau-d’Oex in the Pays-d’Enhaut valley, 3,143 feet above sea level

Pays-d’Enhaut, Switzerland: Rebirth of a Mountain Cheese and a Valley

Three villages. Cheese making. Paper cut art. Roots. In a few words, this is Pays-d’Enhaut, the tranquil mountain region nestled in the pre-Alps of Switzerland’s canton Vaud. The region is north of Lake Geneva’s chic lakeside resorts, and its name is French for “the land up above.” A one-hour train ride from posh Montreux at the […]

Hillside landscape of Montreux, Lake Geneva, and island Castle of Chillon in the far distance

The Allure of Montreux, Switzerland

Athena Lucero - Montreux

Some places simply inspire. Montreux in French-speaking Switzerland is one of them. If only we could wake up to it every day. Some of the most prolific before us did, from composers and musicians to writers, poets, actors, and politicians. Through the centuries, on the banks of Lake Geneva, they sipped their coffee at sunrise, communed at […]