Montreux to Gruyeres: Private day trip

Main attractions • A perfectly preserved medieval hilltop village in the Fribourg Prealps — a single cobbled main street of 15th-century stone houses leads to a 13th-century castle whose interior preserves Burgundian court furnishings, Corot landscapes, and a stained glass hall of exceptional quality; the surrounding Alpine pastures produce the milk for the AOC-protected Gruyère cheese made in the valley below • The HR Giger Museum occupies a Gothic house on the main street — the permanent collection of the Alien designer's biomechanical artwork creates a genuinely surreal counterpoint to the medieval village around it

What to eat • Fondue and meringues doubles (cream-filled meringues) — both made with double cream from the surrounding Gruyère herds and inseparable from any visit