Statue
Statue de Freddie Mercury
Place du Marché, Montreux
The famous three-metre bronze statue of Freddie Mercury is the work of Czech sculptor Irena Sedlecká. Unveiled in November 1996 by Brian May, in the presence of Montserrat…
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Memorials & tributes
Bust
Buste de Miles Davis
Quai de Vernex, Montreux
The work of Montreux sculptor Bernard Bavaud, this bust was donated in 1996 by the Association of Friends of the Montreux Jazz Festival for the festival’s 30th edition.
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Bust
Buste de Richard Strauss
Quai de Vernex, Montreux
Unveiled in 2013, this bust of the German composer Richard Strauss is the work of Montreux sculptor Bernard Bavaud, donated by the association of Friends of Richard Strauss.
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Hommage à Adolphe Sax
Quai de Vernex, Montreux
This giant saxophone with colourful psychedelic patterns was installed on the quays in 2014, for the bicentenary of the birth of Adolphe Sax, the Belgian instrument maker born in…
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Bust
Buste de Wilhelm Furtwängler
Port du Basset, Clarens
The great German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, a legendary figure of twentieth-century conducting and long-time director of the Berlin Philharmonic, chose Clarens, on the…
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Statue
Statue d'Igor Stravinski
Devant l'Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux
Igor Stravinsky lived in Clarens in the early twentieth century: it was there that he composed most of “The Rite of Spring” (1912-1913), the work that caused a scandal in Paris…
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Bust
Buste de B.B. King
Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux
The bust of B.B. King shows him with Lucille, his legendary guitar. The work of sculptor Marco Zeno, it honours one of the greatest regulars of the Montreux Jazz Festival: the…
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Bust
Buste d'Aretha Franklin
Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux
Microphone in hand and arm raised, the queen of soul sings for eternity in the garden of the Montreux Palace. This bust of Aretha Franklin, sculpted by Marco Zeno and donated by…
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Bust
Buste d'Ella Fitzgerald
Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux
This bust of the “First Lady of Song” is the work of sculptor Danièle Lauffer, installed on 11 July 2007 in the Palace garden thanks to Barbara J.
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Bust
Buste de Carlos Santana
Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux
Arms raised to the sky, a huge smile and his guitar held close: the bust of Carlos Santana, sculpted by Marco Zeno and unveiled in July 2012, breathes the joy that characterises…
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Bust
Buste de Ray Charles
Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux
Head thrown back in laughter, hands on a bronze keyboard: the bust of Ray Charles captures the genius of soul in his element. The work of Marco Zeno, donated by Barbara J.
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Bust
Buste de Quincy Jones
Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux
Arms raised like a conductor, the bust of Quincy Jones salutes one of the greatest producers in the history of music, sculpted by Marco Zeno.
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Statue
Statue de Claude Nobs
Jardin du Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux
Harmonica to his lips and torso thrown back, this life-size statue of Claude Nobs (1936-2013), the work of Andreas Altmann unveiled in 2017, watches over the Palace garden and its…
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Bust
Buste de David Richards
Casino Barrière, Montreux
Producer and sound engineer at Mountain Studios for two decades, David Richards (1956-2013) shaped the sound of dozens of albums recorded in Montreux: he worked with Queen on…
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Plaque
Plaque Smoke on the Water
Av. de Chillon 78, Territet
On 4 December 1971 the Casino de Montreux burned down during a Frank Zappa concert: a member of the audience had fired a flare into the ceiling.
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Tribute wall
Queen Tribute Wall
Casino Barrière, Montreux
This tribute wall gathers the messages, dedications and drawings of Freddie Mercury and Queen fans from all over the world.
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Street art
Graffiti B.B. King
Rue de la Rouvenettaz 1, Montreux
This street-art mural pays tribute to B.B. King, blues legend and a regular of the Montreux Jazz Festival, where he performed countless times.
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Memorial bench
Banc Freddie Mercury
Quai de Territet, Montreux
This silhouette bench is part of the “Rencontres & Inspiration” trail, which dots the Riviera with figures of the celebrities who found inspiration in Montreux, from Victor Hugo…
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Memorial bench
Banc Claude Nobs (Rencontres & Inspiration)
Quai du Casino, Montreux
Another stage of the “Rencontres & Inspiration” trail, this silhouette bench honours Claude Nobs (1936-2013), the founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, a stone’s throw from the…
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Historic site
Royal Plaza (site de la Villa Richelieu)
Avenue Claude-Nobs 7, 1820 Montreux (hôtel Royal Plaza)
Between 1877 and 1879, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky stayed three times at the Villa Richelieu guesthouse in Clarens, fleeing the torments of his Moscow life.
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Cemetery
Cimetière de Clarens
Chemin du Batailleux, Clarens
In this peaceful cemetery above Clarens, surrounded by greenery with Lake Geneva below, rests David Richards (1956-2013), the producer and sound engineer who kept Mountain Studios…
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Public park
Parc Jean Villard-Gilles
Rue du Torrent, Clarens
This public park in Clarens honours Jean Villard, known as Gilles (1895-1982), a songwriter and poet born in Montreux.
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Plaque
Plaque Claude Nobs (Petit Palais)
Avenue Claude-Nobs, près de l'entrée du Petit Palais, Montreux
In 2013, a few months after the death of Claude Nobs, Montreux renamed “Avenue Claude Nobs” the stretch of the Grand-Rue that runs past its grand hotels, where the heart of the…
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Plaque
Plaque Stravinski (Tavel)
Rue du Sacre du Printemps, Tavel, Clarens
It was in the Tavel district, above Clarens, that Igor Stravinsky lived and worked during his Montreux years. He stayed in particular at the Les Tilleuls guesthouse, where he…
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Street art
Fresque d'Albin Christen (Grütli)
Café du Grütli, vieille ville, Montreux
In 2000, Claude Nobs fell for the drawings of Albin Christen: the poetic, teeming world of the Lausanne artist illustrated the poster of the 34th Montreux Jazz Festival, a round…
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Landmark structure / concert posterNot open to visitors
Viaduc de Chillon
Autoroute A9, Veytaux, Villeneuve
Opened in 1969, the twin Chillon viaducts sweep their concrete curves above the vineyards and the lake, just behind the castle: a feat of engineering that became, almost by…
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“Rencontres & Inspiration” silhouette
Silhouette de Clara Haskil
Quai Perdonnet 19, Vevey
The silhouette is part of the “Rencontres & Inspiration” trail, which dots the Riviera with figures who lived or stayed here.
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“Rencontres & Inspiration” silhouette
Silhouette de Paul Hindemith
Parc Mon Foyer, Blonay
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) is one of the major composers of the twentieth century, and was also a violist, violinist, teacher and conductor.
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School / place of learningNot open to visitors
Collège de Montreux
Rue de la Gare 33, 1820 Montreux
The Collège de Montreux, on the Rue de la Gare, still takes in secondary-school pupils. For the history of song it matters because a director and his son left their mark there…
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Island / album sleeve
Île de Peilz
Lac Léman, au large de Villeneuve
Set offshore from Villeneuve, at the eastern end of Lake Geneva and some five hundred metres from the mouth of the Eau Froide, the Île de Peilz is the smallest and the only…
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Cemetery
Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey
Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey, 1804 Corsier-sur-Vevey
In this small village cemetery above Vevey rest Charlie Chaplin, who died on Christmas Day 1977, and his wife Oona, who died in 1991.
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Square and town hall
Place de la Palud
Place de la Palud, Lausanne
In the heart of Lausanne’s old town, the Place de la Palud is overlooked by the town hall. It was there that David Bowie married the Somali model Iman on 24 April 1992, in the…
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Alpine garden, Rochers-de-Naye
La Rambertia
Rochers-de-Naye, Montreux
Perched at 2,045 metres on the summit of the Rochers-de-Naye, reached from Montreux by the cog railway, this alpine botanical garden was created in 1896 and dedicated to the…
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Venues & stages
Venue with memorabilia
Montreux Jazz Café
Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Av. Claude-Nobs 2, Montreux
The official café of the Montreux Jazz Festival, at the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, is decorated with objects, photographs and archives retracing nearly sixty years of the…
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Venue with memorabilia
Funky Claude's Bar
Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Avenue Claude-Nobs 2, 1820 Montreux (à côté de Furer)
This bar at the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace was once called Harry’s Bar: the essential meeting place for every star passing through Montreux, where the festival’s jam sessions…
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Historic restaurant
Le Museum
Rue de la Gare, vieille ville, Montreux
Founded in 1965 by Claude Nobs and Karl Iverson in the old town of Montreux, Le Museum was first a nightclub, one of the high places of Montreux nights: the artists passing…
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Historic venue
Le Petit Palais
Avenue Claude-Nobs 2, 1820 Montreux (en face du Millésime Club)
Crowned by its distinctive dome, the Petit Palais is the Belle Époque pavilion of the Montreux Palace, on Avenue Claude-Nobs.
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Concert hall
Auditorium Stravinski
2M2C, Avenue Claude-Nobs 5, Montreux
Inaugurated in 1993 within the Congress Centre, the Auditorium Stravinski is the main stage of the Montreux Jazz Festival: the greatest names in music have performed there, and…
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Concert hall
Miles Davis Hall
2M2C, entrée côté Rue Alexandre-Emery, 1820 Montreux
Within the 2M2C, the Miles Davis Hall is historically the second stage of the Montreux Jazz Festival, the one for discoveries and new music.
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Hall of the 2M2C
Quincy Jones Hall
2M2C, Avenue Claude-Nobs 5, 1820 Montreux
In the entirely transformed 2M2C reopening in the summer of 2026, the Quincy Jones Hall unfolds nearly 2,000 m² extended by a terrace facing the lake.
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Lakeside pier / filming location
Ponton de la Place du Marché
Place du Marché, quai du Casino, Montreux
Extending the Place du Marché out over the lake, this pier faces Lake Geneva and the Savoy Alps, a few metres from the Freddie Mercury statue.
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CGN landing stage / floating venue
Débarcadère de Montreux
Quai du Casino, débarcadère CGN, Montreux
The Montreux landing stage is not a concert hall: it is a point of embarkation. The CGN’s Belle Époque boats depart from this pontoon.
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Church / recording location
Temple Saint-Martin de Vevey
Rue du Temple, 1800 Vevey
Between October 1976 and April 1977, the British band Yes settled at Mountain Studios in Montreux to record “Going for the One”, their first album made outside the United Kingdom.
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Casino / entertainment venue
Casino de Montreux
Rue du Théâtre 9, 1820 Montreux
No place concentrates the musical history of Montreux like its Casino. It was here, from 1967, that Claude Nobs held the first editions of the Montreux Jazz Festival, and here too…
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Concert venue
NED Music Club
Rue du Marché 19, 1820 Montreux
Created in 1994, the NED Music Club keeps music alive in Montreux the rest of the year, when the festival is not there.
Restaurant / music memorabilia
Riviera Café
Rue du Théâtre 9, 1820 Montreux
At the Riviera Café, on the Rue du Théâtre, the decor extends the town’s musical history: signed guitars, on loan from the Claude Nobs Foundation, hang on the walls.
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Convention centre / concert halls
2M2C, Montreux Music & Convention Centre
Avenue Claude-Nobs 5, 1820 Montreux
Opened in 1993 on the quays, the 2M2C, Montreux Music & Convention Centre, is the permanent home of music in Montreux.
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Church / recording location
Temple Saint-Vincent
Rue du Temple 30, 1820 Montreux
Perched on its terrace above the lake, in the Les Planches district, the old town of Montreux, the Temple Saint-Vincent is the historic church of the commune.
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Nightclub
Millésime Club
Avenue Claude-Nobs 2, 1820 Montreux
Set within the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, on the avenue named after Claude Nobs, Millésime Club is the hotel’s nightclub.
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Bar & club
Why Montreux
Grand-Rue 92, 1820 Montreux
Set on the Grand-Rue, close to the lake, Why Montreux is a cocktail bar and club where DJs follow one another.
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Theatre and cabaretNot open to visitors
Théâtre de l’Alcazar
Territet, dans l’ancien Grand Hôtel de Territet, Montreux
At Territet, in one of the buildings of the former Grand Hôtel, the Théâtre de l’Alcazar was one of the high places of Riviera nightlife.
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Music venue
La Scène des Planches
Rue du Pont 24, quartier des Planches, 1820 Montreux
In the Planches district, La Scène des Planches is a place devoted to music and the stage. Run by the team of the Ateliers Tous en Scène, it hosts concerts, singing lessons and…
Music school
Conservatoire de Montreux
Rue du Pont 32, 1820 Montreux
In the heart of the old town of Montreux, on the Rue du Pont, the Conservatoire de Montreux has trained the Riviera’s musicians since 1964.
Stadium / major venue
Stade de la Pontaise
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, route des Plaines-du-Loup 4, 1018 Lausanne
Michael Jackson never sang in Montreux itself. His Swiss concerts took place a little further west, at the Pontaise stadium in Lausanne: three times in nine years, for three world…
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Mountain resort
Leysin
1854 Leysin, Alpes vaudoises
An hour’s drive from Montreux, on a sunny terrace of the Vaud Alps, Leysin was first a health resort before becoming a holiday and winter sports destination.
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Vanished nightclubNot open to visitors
Le Platinum
Casino de Montreux
Opened at the Montreux Casino in 1979, closed in 1994.
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Pontoon
Ponton du Casino
Quai du Casino, Montreux
A pontoon on the lake, in front of the Casino. It once carried the sign of the Ski Nautique Club; today it houses Water Sports Montreux.
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VenueNot open to visitors
Théâtre Rialto
Territet, Montreux
A hall in Territet, east of Montreux. What became of it since is not known.
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Vanished clubNot open to visitors
La Dolce Vita
Lausanne
A concert hall and club in Lausanne, opened in the 1980s, which became a landmark of rock, punk and the beginnings of hip-hop in French-speaking Switzerland.
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Music centre
Centre de musique Sylvia H. Waddilove
Chemin du Bleu-Léman 1, 1844 Villeneuve
By the lake, at the eastern end of the Riviera, the Clos du Verger has had several lives before becoming, in 2011, a place for music.
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Conservatoire, classical section
Conservatoire de Vevey
Grand Place 2, 1800 Vevey
Since the 2002 merger that created the Conservatoire de Musique Montreux-Vevey-Riviera (CMVR), the Vevey site has occupied the Maison de Warens, on the Grand-Place.
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Jazz school
École de Jazz de Montreux
Rue de l’Église-Catholique 14, 1820 Montreux
Founded in 1982, the École de Jazz de Montreux was one of the first in French-speaking Switzerland, in a town the festival had already put on the world jazz map.
Museums, studios & shops
Exhibition
Queen: The Studio Experience
Casino Barrière, Rue du Théâtre 9, Montreux
Housed in the authentic Mountain Studios, at the heart of the Casino de Montreux, this free exhibition supported by the Mercury Phoenix Trust brings the Queen years back to life.
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Museum
Musée de Montreux
Rue de la Gare 40, Montreux
Housed in former winegrowers’ houses in old Montreux, the local history museum tells the extraordinary fate of this wine-growing village that became a world capital of tourism and…
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Shop
Bazar Suisse
Grand-Rue, Montreux
On the Grand-Rue, a stone’s throw from the Place du Marché and the Freddie Mercury statue, the Bazar Suisse is a Montreux institution: it offers one of the town’s finest…
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Tobacconist and leather goods
Tabashop
Grand-Rue 46, 1820 Montreux
On the Grand-Rue, at number 46, the Tabashop opened in 1970 and has been run by the Monbaron family since 1996.
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Shop
Montreux Jazz Shop
Avenue Claude-Nobs 2, 1820 Montreux (à côté du coiffeur du Montreux Palace)
On the avenue that bears the name of the festival’s founder, the official Montreux Jazz Festival shop extends the experience all year round: historic posters of the great…
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Painting
Portrait dédicacé de Quincy Jones
Montreux Jazz Café, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Av. Claude-Nobs 2, Montreux
On display at the Montreux Jazz Café, this large portrait of Quincy Jones was painted by Franck Bouroullec, who gave it to him personally, and bears the producer’s handwritten…
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Exhibited item
Le kimono de Freddie Mercury
Montreux Jazz Café, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Av. Claude-Nobs 2, Montreux
Freddie Mercury gave two Japanese kimonos to Thierry Amsallem and Claude Nobs, without saying which was for whom: the white one is shown here at the Montreux Jazz Café, at the…
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Castle museum
Château de Chillon
Avenue de Chillon 21, Veytaux (Montreux)
A medieval fortress set on a rocky islet on the shore of Lake Geneva, the Château de Chillon is Switzerland’s most visited historic monument; Byron immortalised it in “The…
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Museum / Charlie Chaplin’s home
Chaplin’s World, Manoir de Ban
Route de Fenil 2, 1804 Corsier-sur-Vevey
At Corsier-sur-Vevey, a quarter of an hour from Montreux, the Manoir de Ban was Charlie Chaplin’s home for his last twenty-five years.
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Vinyl record shop
Montreux Records
Avenue des Alpes 82, 1820 Montreux
For anyone who wants to leave Montreux with a record rather than a souvenir, Montreux Records is the address: a vinyl shop, new and second-hand, on the Avenue des Alpes.
Recording studioNot open to visitors
Hana Road Studios
Avenue du Casino 32, 1820 Montreux
Founded in 2010, Hana Road Studios carries on in Montreux the recording tradition opened by Queen’s Mountain Studios.
Shop
La Griffe Ausoni
Grand-Rue 20, Montreux (en face du passage piéton)
A ready-to-wear house on the Grand-Rue, a stone’s throw from the Place du Marché and the Freddie Mercury statue.
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Restaurant and gallery
Le Palais Oriental
Quai Ernest-Ansermet 6, Montreux
A restaurant and gallery of Persian and oriental carpets, on the Montreux quays.
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Interior design
Viquerat Décoration
Rue du Lac 107, Clarens
Interior architects based in Clarens, with a large showroom on the Rue du Lac.
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SchoolNot open to visitors
Gymnase du Bugnon
Lausanne
A secondary school in Lausanne, where the artist Pierre Keller — later director of ECAL — taught.
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Museum
Collection de l’Art Brut
Avenue des Bergières 11, Lausanne
Opened in 1976 around the collection assembled by Jean Dubuffet, the Collection de l’Art Brut brings together the works of self-taught creators, outside any market.
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Guitar and amp shop
Alligator Amps
Avenue des Alpes 48, 1820 Montreux
Alligator Amps sells and repairs electric and acoustic guitars, basses, amps and vintage keyboards — Rhodes included — as well as drums and pedals.
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Recording studioNot open to visitors
Byron Studio
Rue des Artisans 8, 1815 Clarens
Founded by Baptiste Melileo in a lane of old Clarens, Byron Studio occupies a vaulted cellar dating from 1640, fitted with an isolated recording booth and a mixing control room.
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Singing school
Pôle Vocal Riviera
Avenue Jean-Jacques Rousseau 4, 1815 Montreux
Directed by Virginie Besson, Pôle Vocal Riviera teaches vocal technique across every style, from rock to opera by way of jazz and pop.
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Podcast and video studioNot open to visitors
Studio édulcoré
Rue du Lac 134, 1815 Clarens
Opened in early 2026 in Clarens by the Lausanne agency édulcoré, this studio records podcasts and shoots short-form content for social media — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube — with…
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Wind instrument workshop
Music Atelier Vent
Rue de la Corsaz 15, 1820 Montreux
Michel Vernaz and Lina Pichler repair, overhaul and maintain every kind of wind instrument — flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, trombones, tubas — for professionals…
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Wind instrument shop
Top Music
ZI C 81, 1844 Villeneuve
A wind and percussion instrument specialist for twenty-five years, Top Music runs a shop and repair workshop in the Villeneuve industrial zone: flutes, clarinets, saxophones…
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Recording studioNot open to visitors
Studio Les 3 Lunes
Rue de la Gare 39, 1820 Montreux
Founded by guitarist Jean-Georges Linsig at the entrance to Montreux’s old town, Studio Les 3 Lunes offers a vintage 36-track analogue console for recording, mixing…
Festivals & events
Market hall
Freddie Tours
Place du Marché, Montreux
The great metal hall on the Place du Marché, one of the symbols of the Montreux lakeside, stands a few metres from the Freddie Mercury statue.
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Festival / 2M2C convention centre
Montreux Jazz Festival
2M2C, Montreux Music & Convention Centre, Avenue Claude-Nobs 5, Montreux
Founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, the Montreux Jazz Festival was born at the Casino with three evenings of jazz and a handful of spectators.
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Classical music festival
Septembre Musical Montreux-Vevey
Av. Claude-Nobs 5, 1820 Montreux
Founded in 1946, the Septembre Musical is the classical side of Montreux musical life, twenty years older than the Montreux Jazz Festival.
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Show / festival
Montreux International Guitar Show
Casino Barrière, Rue du Théâtre 9, 1820 Montreux
The Montreux International Guitar Show (MIGS) brings together every spring, at the Casino Barrière, luthiers, exhibitors and artists from around the world around the guitar, with…
Festival
Rock Tribute Festival
Casino Barrière, Rue du Théâtre 9, 1820 Montreux
Each June, the Rock Tribute Festival turns the Casino Barrière into a temple of rock: three evenings of tribute concerts to the greatest names in rock and song, played by…
Festival
Freddie Days
Place du Marché, 1820 Montreux
Each year, around 5 September, Freddie Mercury's birthday, the Freddie Days bring together fans from all over the world in Montreux.
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Homes, hotels & restaurants
Historic hotel
Fairmont Le Montreux Palace
Avenue Claude-Nobs 2 / Grand-Rue 100, Montreux
Opened in 1906, the Montreux Palace is the Belle Époque grand hotel of the Riviera and the address of visiting stars for more than a century.
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Private residenceNot open to visitors
Les Tourelles
Rue de Bon-Port 15, Territet
It was in this elegant Belle Époque building of 1900, set on the lakeside promenade in Territet, that Freddie Mercury owned his Montreux apartment: a duplex attic where he spent…
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Private residenceNot open to visitors, but available to rent
Duck House
Bord du lac, Clarens
Freddie Mercury rented this lakeside house in Clarens during his stays in Montreux. Queen nicknamed it the “Duck House” because of the wooden ducks the owner had scattered…
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Themed hotelNot open to visitors, but available to rent
The Freddie Mercury Hotel
Rue de la Rouvenettaz 7, Montreux
Opened in the heart of Montreux with direct access from platform 1 of the station, this four-star hotel pays tribute to Freddie Mercury throughout its decor: each space evokes his…
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Private residenceNot open to visitors
Chalets de Claude Nobs
Caux, sur les hauts de Montreux
Perched at Caux, above Montreux, Claude Nobs’s chalets (Le Picotin, Le Grillon and L’Éclisse) rank among the most singular places in the history of music.
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Private residenceNot open to visitors
Maison d'Hubert Giraud
Quartier du Casino, Montreux
Hubert Giraud (1920-2016), composer of “Sous le ciel de Paris” immortalised by Édith Piaf, but also of hits for Dalida, Mireille Mathieu and Nana Mouskouri, had chosen Montreux as…
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Private residenceNot open to visitors
Maison de Patrick Juvet
Vallon de Villard (point affiché : restaurant Le Montagnard), Villard-sur-Chamby
Patrick Juvet (1950-2021), born in Montreux, went from French-Swiss pop to the heights of global disco with “Où sont les femmes?” and “I Love America”, produced with Jean-Michel…
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Private residenceNot open to visitors
Clos des Mésanges (chalet de David Bowie)
Chemin de Sainte-Croix 18, Blonay
In 1976, David Bowie settled at the “Clos des Mésanges”, a chalet on the heights of Blonay, above Lake Geneva, a few kilometres from Montreux.
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Private residenceNot open to visitors
Château du Signal (Lausanne)
En lisière de la forêt de Sauvabelin, 1018 Lausanne
In 1982, after leaving the Blonay chalet, David Bowie moved with his son Zowie (today the film-maker Duncan Jones) into a larger house, the Château du Signal, on the edge of the…
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BirthplaceNot open to visitors
Maison natale de Jean Villard-Gilles
Avenue des Alpes 90, Montreux
It was in this building on the Avenue des Alpes that Jean Villard, known as Gilles (1895-1982), one of the fathers of French-Swiss song, was born on 2 June 1895.
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Former grand hotel / recording locationNot open to visitors
Grand Hôtel de Territet
Avenue de Chillon, Territet (Montreux), aujourd’hui Résidence des Alpes
Adjoining the Hôtel des Alpes and completed in 1888, the Grand Hôtel de Territet was the first grand hotel in Montreux.
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Belle Époque grand hotel / concert venue
Caux Palace
Rue du Panorama 2, 1824 Caux
Built in 1902 at a thousand metres above sea level, clinging to the mountainside above Montreux and served by the Montreux, Glion, Rochers-de-Naye railway, the Caux Palace is one…
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Historic hotelNot open to visitors
Hôtel des Crêtes
Chemin des Crêtes 1, 1815 Clarens
On the heights of Clarens, the Hôtel des Crêtes welcomed Maurice Ravel in the spring of 1913, who had come to work with Igor Stravinsky, lodging close by at the Hôtel du…
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Historic villaNot open to visitors
Villa Dubochet
Villa Dubochet 10, 1815 Clarens
Villa Dubochet, in the remarkable listed villa quarter of Clarens, was the home of Dad Régné, a figure of the Riviera’s nightlife.
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Gourmet restaurant
Le Pont de Brent
Route de Blonay 4, 1817 Brent (Montreux)
On the heights of Montreux, in the hamlet of Brent, Le Pont de Brent is a renowned gourmet restaurant of the Riviera.
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BrasserieNot open to visitors
La Bavaria
Avenue Nestlé 17, 1820 Montreux
A few steps from the Casino and Mountain Studios, La Bavaria brasserie was one of Freddie Mercury’s favourite tables in Montreux, above all for its rösti.
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Mountain resort
Gstaad
3780 Gstaad, Oberland bernois
Gstaad is not on the Riviera, but it is its natural extension: the Montreux Oberland Bernois (MOB) train climbs there directly from Montreux, a ninety-minute panoramic journey…
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Restaurant
La Rouvenaz
Rue du Marché 1, Montreux
A stone’s throw from the covered market and the lake, La Rouvenaz is an old-town table dear to visiting musicians.
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Wine-growing village
Saint-Saphorin
Saint-Saphorin, Lavaux
A small wine-growing village clustered around its church, in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Lavaux terraces, about twenty minutes from Montreux by train.
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Vanished restaurantNot open to visitors
Restaurant Denis Martin
Rue du Château 2, Vevey
Denis Martin’s gastronomic restaurant, first in Yvorne then in Vevey, now closed.
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HouseNot open to visitors
Le Grand Chalet de Rossinière
Rossinière, Pays-d’Enhaut
One of the largest wooden chalets in Switzerland, built in 1754, in Rossinière, on the panoramic railway line linking Montreux to Gstaad.
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Hotel
Hôtel Eden Palace au Lac
Rue du Théâtre 11, Montreux
A Belle Époque hotel on the Rue du Théâtre, a step from the Casino and the lakeside.
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