Discovery walk in Montricher
From the Montricher train station, walk up the cantonal road to the centre of the village. Be careful, you are on the edge of a cantonal road. Stay on the side of the road, or even in the grass.
Once in the village, go to the Fromagerie Gourmande, where you can discover the cheese making circuit. Admire the large cellar with the maturing cheeses and indulge in a cheese tasting or a drink if you wish. On the ground floor, there is a shop where you can buy many local products, including cheese of course.
After your visit, walk through the village towards the Auberge Aux 2 Sapins. There, enjoy a good regional meal made with local ingredients (Fait Maison label).
To digest, continue on the road towards the exit of the village. The impressive building of the Jan Michalski Foundation for Writing and Literature is just outside Montricher. There is a large library on four floors and a space for temporary exhibitions.
The terrace allows you to enjoy the panoramic view of the mountains and the Lake Geneva region. Take the time to immerse yourself in this very special place!
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Montricher
Situated on a hill at the foot of the Jura, the village of Montricher with its 986 inhabitants is off the main road traffic roads and profits from a real quietness.
Around Montricher there are numerous possibilities for hikes and strolls. The hiking tourism has marked a lot of routes that lead the hikers to Mont-Tendre (highest peak of the Swiss Jura), where one can have a rest in the cottage Buvette du Mont-Tendre, open from Mai to September.
Other walking-tours lead to Rizel or Châtel. For the less athletic people there is the possibility to take a little walk through the village, which allows the visitors to admire the beautiful church with its round tower, unique in the Vaud region. It is probable that originally this tower was the chapel of the castle, which explains the thickness of the walls of its bell tower (1.80m) and the presence of arrow slits and look-out ports. From the church one can enjoy a splendid view on the plain, the Alps and the lake.
After a walk one can enjoy a good meal in the Auberge aux Deux Sapins.
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The Gourmande cheese factory
Here, the local cheese-making tradition is celebrated with passion. Discover the unique glassed-in demonstration area, where the production and aging of cheese wheels are revealed before your eyes — offering full immersion into the art of cheese-making.
When hunger strikes, the restaurant invites you to enjoy a generous daily menu and a refined selection of regional dishes, accompanied by carefully selected wines from local vineyards.
Want to take the experience home? The shop offers a wide range of regional specialties, from the famous Gruyère AOP to lesser-known cheese treasures — perfect for delighting family and friends.
**Groups, Businesses and Events**
La Fromagerie Gourmande is also the ideal venue to host all types of groups. Whether you're a family gathering, an association, a company, or celebrating a birthday, you’ll find a warm and welcoming setting, as well as a modern, light-filled room perfectly equipped for meetings, seminars or group meals. Combine work and culinary pleasure in an inspiring and authentic environment.
**Come and enjoy a unique and truly local experience.**
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Jan Michalski Foundation
The Jan Michalski Foundation in Montricher is a place entirely dedicated to literature, and where a writers’ residency, library, an auditorium and exhibition hall coexist under a superb canopy in perfect harmony with Mother Nature. It is located in magnificent countryside, at the foot of the Jura, facing Lake Geneva and the Alps.
The library is a workspace open to anyone, it brings together more than 80,000 multicultural masterpieces in languages from around the world on five floors. Its rich collection, creative domain and literary know-how, are available in hard copy or digital form.
The foundation’s cultural space is dedicated to temporary exhibitions. It is a place for artists and writers to meet and share amongst themselves, bringing a new look at great artists’ work of art or present private collections.
The café le Canopée is a café-library that invites its visitors to read, dream, chat, meet and, of course, eat (home-made snacks).
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La Chaumière
"To admire nature is to love it and thus to want to preserve it".
Inaugurated in 2013, the Marie and Raphaël Gaube art gallery is housed in an old farmhouse and has been transformed with respect for nature and ecology. Marie and Raphaël propose exhibitions focused on nature, painting, watercolours, drawings, engravings and sculptures. These exhibitions are sometimes accompanied by musical concerts, in order to share a vibratory dimension through the works.
Come and visit this magnificent gallery located at the foot of the Jura, in the commune of Montricher overlooking the Lake Geneva basin.
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