Guidebook for Val-d'Illiez

Family Marshall Santamaria
Family Marshall Santamaria
Guidebook for Val-d'Illiez

Entertainment & Activities

[CURRENTLY CLOSED OCT 2020] Thermal Spa, Snack Bar and Restaurant 400 metres from the chalet.
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Thermes Parc - Les Bains de Val-d'Illiez
2 Rte des Crettex
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[CURRENTLY CLOSED OCT 2020] Thermal Spa, Snack Bar and Restaurant 400 metres from the chalet.
A miniature train attraction park. Great for young kids. http://www.swissvapeur.ch/en/
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Ελβετικό Steam Park
10 Rue du Port
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A miniature train attraction park. Great for young kids. http://www.swissvapeur.ch/en/
Take a train to visit the underground network of tunnels. Check website for availability, pre-booking recommended.
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Ορυχεία αλατιού Bex (επαναλειτουργία στις 6.3.21) & Κατάστημα Ορυχείων (ανοιχτό)
55 Rte des Mines de Sel
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Take a train to visit the underground network of tunnels. Check website for availability, pre-booking recommended.

Arts & Culture

Direct access to the telecabine and pistes / summer activities from our chalet via a once per hour mountain train (14 min journey) or 6 mins drive. Car parking is also available currently 5CHF per day
Champéry station
Direct access to the telecabine and pistes / summer activities from our chalet via a once per hour mountain train (14 min journey) or 6 mins drive. Car parking is also available currently 5CHF per day
Bottom of Les Crosets pistes and chairlifts 11km / 19 minute drive from our chalet. Parking available currently 5CHF per day.
Les Crosets, télécabine
Bottom of Les Crosets pistes and chairlifts 11km / 19 minute drive from our chalet. Parking available currently 5CHF per day.
In winter take the telecabine from Champery, 1 piste and a chairlift and you cross the border into Avoriaz and France. 30 minutes after getting on the lift in Champery.
Pointe des Mossettes
In winter take the telecabine from Champery, 1 piste and a chairlift and you cross the border into Avoriaz and France. 30 minutes after getting on the lift in Champery.
The Swiss wall - a very difficult black mogul piste from France back into Switzerland.
Pas de Chavanette
The Swiss wall - a very difficult black mogul piste from France back into Switzerland.
Water attraction park http://www.aquaparc.ch/en
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Aquaparc
122 Rte de la Plage
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Water attraction park http://www.aquaparc.ch/en
ORGANIC ADVENTURE PARK Forest Adventure park (zip lines) during summer
Accrobranche du Dahu
4 Chem. des Journelles
ORGANIC ADVENTURE PARK Forest Adventure park (zip lines) during summer
Indoor and Outdoor swimming pool, ice rink and other activities. Included for free if you choose to take the multipass in summer.
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Palladium de Champery Sport Center
1 Rte du Centre Sportif
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Indoor and Outdoor swimming pool, ice rink and other activities. Included for free if you choose to take the multipass in summer.
Bottom of the Grand Paradis piste and chair lift. Car parking available.
Route du Grand-Paradis 12
Bottom of the Grand Paradis piste and chair lift. Car parking available.

Essentials

A handful of cafes, bars, restaurants and in the village centre as well as a bakery, a mini supermarket. 1.3km /16 mins walk.
Place du Village
A handful of cafes, bars, restaurants and in the village centre as well as a bakery, a mini supermarket. 1.3km /16 mins walk.
Restaurants, bars and shops in the village,
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Champéry
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Restaurants, bars and shops in the village,

Everything Else

Fayot Mountain Train station 20 metres from our door. Free connection with lift pass to Champery cable car. 1 train per hour in each direction. Last train 23:00.
Fayot station
Fayot Mountain Train station 20 metres from our door. Free connection with lift pass to Champery cable car. 1 train per hour in each direction. Last train 23:00.
A nice, family hike in summer from Champery village via Galeries Defago to a typical Swiss bar with terrace and great views across the valley. Food is not cheap but the location is great for a drink
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Cantine des Rives
12 Rte des Rives
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A nice, family hike in summer from Champery village via Galeries Defago to a typical Swiss bar with terrace and great views across the valley. Food is not cheap but the location is great for a drink

Sightseeing

"The Portes du Soleil has been one of the biggest players in world skiing for the last 50 years, with 12 linked resorts either side of the French-Swiss border just an hour from Geneva."
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Portes du Soleil
83 Place Jean Vuarnet
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"The Portes du Soleil has been one of the biggest players in world skiing for the last 50 years, with 12 linked resorts either side of the French-Swiss border just an hour from Geneva."
With a smattering of ancient dwellings & typical architecture, this enchanting place is an ideal destination for family outings & walks in the woods. The shuttle bus in summer is free with Multipass.
Barmaz
With a smattering of ancient dwellings & typical architecture, this enchanting place is an ideal destination for family outings & walks in the woods. The shuttle bus in summer is free with Multipass.
Sion Friday morning market 0800-1400 is the best in French Switzerland, a nice atmosphere and many places to sample Fendant, the regions wine. A much more rural feel than cosmopolitan Geneva!
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Sion
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Sion Friday morning market 0800-1400 is the best in French Switzerland, a nice atmosphere and many places to sample Fendant, the regions wine. A much more rural feel than cosmopolitan Geneva!
Visit the chic waterfront riviera. Jazz festival in August. Find the Freddie Mercury statue!
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Montreux
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Visit the chic waterfront riviera. Jazz festival in August. Find the Freddie Mercury statue!
Picture perfect, walled medieval town. Sample a Fondue?
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Gruyères
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Picture perfect, walled medieval town. Sample a Fondue?
At the foot of Mont Blanc the highest mountain in Western Europe, a lively town of 10,000 people busy with skiers in winter and hikers, bikers and climbers in summer. 1hr20 drive
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Σαμονί
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At the foot of Mont Blanc the highest mountain in Western Europe, a lively town of 10,000 people busy with skiers in winter and hikers, bikers and climbers in summer. 1hr20 drive
1hr30 by car to the old mountain pass (before they built the tunnel) of St Bernard dog fame between Switzerland & Italy. There is a monument to Napoleon who marched an army over.
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Great St. Bernard Pass
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1hr30 by car to the old mountain pass (before they built the tunnel) of St Bernard dog fame between Switzerland & Italy. There is a monument to Napoleon who marched an army over.