Chateau D'Oex :
Is a thriving town with an excellent supermarket and traditional food shops. There is a wide selection of restaurants and cafes, together with car hire, sports equipment rental, video rental and daily international newspapers. There are banks, a tourist office, cinema and museum. All denominational churches including Anglican. Year-round concerts, recitals and traditional alpine events. The world-renowned Swiss rail service gives easy access throughout Switzerland and Europe. Pick-up facilities for guests are available from the station and Geneva airport.
Summer Activities :
Walking along well-marked routes and mountain access via cable cars, skiing at famed Diableret glacier, fishing, white-water rafting and canoeing, mountain biking, cycling, swimming (public outdoor pool), tennis, tenpin bowling, golf (Villars and Gstaad GCs, the latter is an enchanting alpine course with a simple restaurant serving local dishes. Well worth a visit for camp follower and hangers on), mini-golf, horse riding, archery, via ferrata, hot-air ballooning. Gstaad Swiss Tennis Open (July), Menuhin-Music festival, Montreux Jazz Festival etc. High mountain cheese making.
Winter Activities :
Downhill and cross-country skiing, ice-skating, curling, tenpin bowling, tobogganing, snow-shoeing, winter Wonderweg walks, hot -air ballooning. Farm visits and sleigh rides. Concerts and Recitals - Check with tourist office for regular information sheets.
Ski:
Chateau D'Oex lies within the White Highlands Super Ski Region, which has 250km pistes and 66 lifts in six areas. Suitable for all standards - two-hour, four-hour, daily or weekly ski tickets available. Excellent instruction, nursery and snow park in Chateau D'Oex for children. Ski bus from outside apartment links with La Braye cable car (departs from centre of village) and station (linking to all areas).
Golf:
The Gstaad Golf Club at Saanen Moser, a charming Alpine course, welcomes non-members. It also has clubs for hire. There are other golf courses at Villars and nearby Gruyere.
Other Activities:
concerts, museums, restaurants, shopping and watching the glitterati in Gstaad