Château de Chillon

Just outside of Montreux (a fancy casino town on Lake Geneva) stands this castle, magnificent inside as it never received heavy damage during it’s active use. Several large halls, bedrooms with lake views, dungeons and cellars founded on solid rock, a classic central keep, ramparts with wooden walkways, moat, outer walls, and toilets with a breezy, fifty foot plunge to the lake/rocks below.

For an interesting, relevant link, try “The Prisoner of Chillon” by Lord Byron.

Really spectacular. Only exterior photos with the iPad – I was too busy with the real camera inside.

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