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Château de Chillon

Château de Chillon recorded 422 000 visitors in 2025 by the operator's published count.

Type
Castle
Town / canton
Veytaux, Vaud
Visitors
422 000 · 2025 · published by the operator
Position in the ranking
12 of 36 sites on file · above it stands Schilthorn — Piz Gloria with 450 000; below it Fondation Beyeler with 400 000

In Vaud

The strongest growth of 2025: +170,000 overnights, +5.8%, the region's best result in thirty years. Lausanne, Montreux and Vevey hold the lakefront, Crissier the three-star table, Villars and Leysin the winter part. The Olympic movement in Lausanne generates a separate, non-tourist flow.

Seasonality
Year-round
Access
Geneva airport is forty minutes from Lausanne — in practice the canton is served by its neighbour. The lakeside line connects Lausanne, Vevey and Montreux at half-hourly intervals.
Not counted in this canton
Lavaux — a UNESCO site of vineyard terraces, freely walked
Destinations nearby
Lausanne, Musée Olympique, Montreux, Vevey, Lavaux, Villars-sur-Ollon, Leysin, Les Diablerets, Château-d'Œx, Nyon
Events in the canton
Festival International de Ballons (Jan), Cully Jazz Festival (May), Fête des Vignerons (May), Montreux Jazz Festival (Jul), Paléo Festival (Jul), Fête des Vendanges (Sep), Guide MICHELIN Suisse (Oct), Marché de Noël de Montreux (Dec)
Other sites on file
Glacier 3000 (300 000), Chaplin's World (300 000), Musée Olympique (250 000), Aquatis Aquarium-Vivarium (250 000)
Starred tables in the canton
Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville ★★★, Anne-Sophie Pic ★★, La Table de Lausanne Palace ★★
Upper-tier stock
17 properties, 6 in the MICHELIN Key selection, 1 492 rooms recorded

Figure published by the operator of the site for the year shown. Switzerland keeps no national attendance register, so every figure of this kind is closed site by site. Verified 28 August 2026.

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