Getting to Leysin

How to get to Leysin in Switzerland

Geneva Airport is the closest airport. The train station is at the airport. The train journey takes around 2 hours, is very scenic and follows the shore of Lake Geneva, passing through Vevey and Montreux before you reach Aigle. Here you change trains onto the cog railway that goes up the mountainside to Leysin.

From Zurich Airport the journey takes around 4 hours by train.

Click here for the Train Timetable

By road from the UK allow around 10 hrs from the Channel.

The Grand Chalet Hotel is easy to find. Get off the train at 'Station Grand Hotel' (the highest station), turn left and walk downhill for about 2 minutes until you reach the hotel. Alternatively, you can also get off the train at the larger 'Feydey' Station and walk uphill (around 7 minutes). There are usually taxis outside the station.

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