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This is my first article about travelling in Switzerland, don’t worry more articles about Taiwan are coming soon. Last Sunday we, my dad, my younger sister and me did a hiking trip to one of the most fascinating spots to Switzerland. We drove until Montbovon and there we took direction „Lac d’Hongrin“. You will drive until Allières, here you also have a train stop in case you don’t have a car. After arriving there you have 2 different options how to get up to the mountain. First option is that you directly go up from Allières, the second option, this is what we did, is that you first continue the road on the direction to the “lac d’Hongrin” and when you see a signs pointing at „Rochers de Naye“ turn left. There is a blue and a yellow sign, both are the same way. After turning left just continue the path until you arrive a small mountain farm. There you can choose to go right or left, here you should take the left way and continue the path. After passing some grass fields you will continue to walk in the forest. When the forest is over you will see another small farm. Just continue upwards and you will get to another small hut. It’s time for a small break here and time to eat some snacks. The view from here is amazing, especially in autumn with all the coloured trees. Continue the path upwards and there you can choose whether you want to go the easy way or a more difficult way. The blue sign is pointing at “Rochers de Naye par la Grotte”, I would recommend you to do this way if you have some mountain experience. Follow the path and you will arrive at the bottom of the rocks. Here you can decide if you want to go up by passing a cave or passing by external. First we wanted to pass by the cave, we also took the obligatory torches with us, but since the cave is only about 140cm high we finally didn’t took this route. I still wonder how it is inside, but I recommend to take a helmet with you and maybe knee protection so that the trip won’t end up with a bad experience. Please note that at the end of the cave you have to turn left! (In case you can’t read the warning in French and German). If you take the way by external you have to climb up some stairs first and then just continue walking. You will arrive on a green field and from there you can see the train station and also the main summit. Here you can look for a good location to have your lunch. Enjoy the view up there. For going back you can either choose to go the same way or go back down straight. (see the map).

If you don’t feel like walking you can just take the train to go up, it will start from Montreux. Check the website of the Swiss railway (www.sbb.ch) for timetables and ticket prices.

If you have any other question about Rochers de Naye please feel free to leave me a comment.

map with the different routes

view from the second hut

all pictures from the top view, the last ones I took in winter 2005