Overlooking the village of Chateau d’Oex, this sunny and spacious 2 bed-roomed apartment is in an award winning, renovated 19th Century building, with fine architectural features. The apartments have exclusive use of a modern indoor swimming pool, sauna/steam room, and fitness room. It offers peaceful, comfortable and well-equipped self-catering accommodation for a maximum of 4 people. The apartment has two south facing balconies and a private, large south-west facing terrace with sun awning, offering spectacular views, in all directions. An all year round family resort, the village is set in a beautiful location for all mountain activities.
Chateau d’Oex : Is a delightful traditional village, with many amenities, in the French speaking part of Switzerland. There are various restaurants, tea shops, banks, an excellent supermarket and traditional food shops. Also car hire, cycle hire, sports rental, video and dvd rental, etc. There is a cinema, a delightful museum, a helpful, English speaking tourist office and various churches. It is a world-renowned centre for hot air ballooning and every January the International Hot-Air Balloon week is held with a multitude of balloons taking to the air. Traditional Alpine and musical events occur throughout the year. It is an ideal place to relax or be active.
Winter activities : Include downhill skiing, cross country skiing, snow-shoeing, tobogganing, hot air ballooning, winter walks, ice-skating, curling and tenpin bowling. Concerts and recitals in Chateau d'Oex and neighbouring villages: check with tourist office.
Summer activities : Cable cars are open June to September, giving access to well signed networks of summer walks, and mountain biking. Also skiing at Les Diableret Glacier, cycle routes, horse-riding, hot air ballooning, white water rafting, canoeing, fishing, archery, via ferrata, tenpin bowling, tennis and relaxing! The beautiful Gstaad golf course at Saanenmoser (complete with driving range) is 20 minutes away, also within 45 minutes are golf courses at Lac Gruyere, Villars and Aigle. Also: The Swiss Open International Tennis (Gstaad, July), Montreux Jazz festival, (July), Menuhin Music Festival (Gstaad), Chillon and Aigle castles, Spa towns of Ovronnaz and Yverdon-les-Bains. There is a new Alpine rollercoaster/bobsleigh ride at Glacier 3000.