Lake Geneva Riviera — Montreux and Lausanne

Just past Gstaad, the road tips over the Col des Mosses and the first terraces of Lavaux unfold: medieval stone walls, tight rows of Chasselas, the lake stretching to Évian. A brief stop at Chexbres gives you the lay of the land—Dézaley to the east, Calamin below—before a quiet walk through Chillon’s 12th‑century halls and the dungeon made famous by Byron. It’s a lake day that bridges Saanenland’s snowfields with Montreux’s flowered quays and Lausanne’s hilltop old town.

From there, the logistics fade into the background: your Mercedes on standby, hotel pick‑up in Gstaad, flexible timing, reservations handled. While the driver takes the wheel, you taste Chasselas in Epesses without worrying about parking, sit down to lunch by the water in Ouchy or Montreux—about 1 h 15 from Gstaad—and finish with either the Collection de l’Art Brut or the Olympic Museum. Head back smoothly via the A9, or take the slower Ormonts road if the evening light is right.