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Three Days in Gruyères Essentials
Gruyères – a château-crowned, hilltop medieval town surrounded by GETTING THERE
snow-capped peaks – is in La Gruyère: rolling, cow-studded Fly to Geneva or Zurich airports and then either
countryside in western Switzerland’s French-speaking canton of take a train to Gruyères via Palézieux (one
Fribourg. It is the home of Gruyère, the most popular fondue cheese. change); or take a train to Bulle and then catch
a bus to “Gruyères-Ville.”
DAY ONE Head to La Maison du Gruyère (opposite the train
WHERE TO STAY
station) to see Gruyère being made, then visit the 13th-century castle.
La Ferme du Bourgoz (inexpensive), outside the
On your way back down, see some exceptional Himalayan art at the
town walls, has three cozy guest rooms.
Musée Tibétain, and then call in at the H. R. Giger Museum, which Breakfast includes the farm’s own cheese.
displays work by an Oscar-winning, Surrealist artist and designer. www.lafermedubourgoz.ch
DAY TWO Drive to Bulle, where folk art at the Musée Gruérien Hostellerie St-Georges (moderate) is a
charmingly demonstrates the traditional life of dairy farmers. Take a charming hotel in the town with a good
restaurant. www.st-georges-gruyeres.ch
tour of Maison Cailler chocolate factory in Broc. Wind down with a
Romantik Hôtel Broc’aulit (expensive) in
soak in the warm baths at Les Bains de la Gruyère in Charmey.
nearby Broc-en-Gruyère offers stylish rooms in
DAY THREE From May to September, high up in Moléson-Village, a renovated 1830s building. www.brocaulit.ch
you can see cheese-making the old-fashioned way. After lunch, walk
TOURIST INFORMATION
the two-hour Cheese Trail down to Gruyères–Gare. 1 rue du Bourg; +41 848 424 424

Right A cheesemaker carries a wheel of Gruyère cheese to a cool cellar, where it will mature over 6–10 months
Below Diners enjoy spectacular views while eating alfresco on Gruyères’ cobbled main street