I’ve been to Switzerland a few times whilst staying in Austria, A tip I have found useful is “follow the Hi-Viz”, The Hi-viz jackets is usually worn by local workmen and they know all the cheap places to eat.
Exactly. I followed some guys into a "restaurant" in Hong Kong and found that $7 Hong Kong bought me a vegerarian takeaway selection that would take all day to eat. The woman at the till was not happy that I hadn't collected my full serve and took me back to get more.
My late wife and I met in Montreux, at the age of 15, 73 years ago. I have returned to Montreux on many occasions and have absorbed some of its soul. In the limited time you had available I feel you captured some of its spirit.. The wealth is adjacent to the lake. Elsewhere, there is the old town of Montreux and adjacent smaller towns/villages where the standard of living is comfortable but ordinary. Montreux has managed to avoid mass tourism. Switzerland has always seemed expensive to UK visitors, but it is partly our fault in deciding to become a poor country. Not all that long ago there were 5 swiss franks to the pound, more recently 2 franks and now almost parity
I went on a school skiing trip from Banff Academy in 1965 to a resort in the mountains above Montreux and paid a visit to the Chateau De Chillon. It all started with a bus journey to Aberdeen then rail and Cross-Channel ferry to Villars (just down the line from Montreux)! I bought a wooden chess set in Montreux as a momento of my trip and I still have it after all these years! Up until then, my travel horizons were trips to Banff Links or Tarlair Pool in Macduff but the school trip opened my eyes to the world! Thanks for a great nostalgic video! 😊
That was the most breathtaking TH-cam video about Montreux I have ever watched so far... I miss you so much my dear Montreux...Thank you very much Steve, for refreshing my beautiful memories.😇
That 5th floor hotel patio was great! You should have bought that pot noodle at the grocery store to go with your drink and chocolate and had your meal up there…watching the lake and the trains and imagining yourself relaxing in your very own Montreux vacation home! Cheers, and ATB!
Your videos are so refreshing and never pretentious. I am now hooked on the Steve Marsh picture company. It's weird seeing palm trees with snow behind them!!!
You captured Montreux on a perfect day with that wonderful light and the mountain scenery around the lake. There was a time in the UK when you would see people cleaning and maintaining the local environment....ok, I'm perhaps going back 50+ years ago!
Was an exchange student in Tuttlingen Germany back in 1979, and had a day trip to the Roman ruins at Kaiseraugst. Even seeing that tiny part of Switzerland some 45 years ago still makes me long to go back and see some more.
My gosh, Steve... so many happy memories of Montreux. I used to walk from the Chateau to Montreux and back for exercise and be past by roller bladers by the dozen... As you witnessed the views are sublime, everything looks clean and tidy and well maintained - even the mountains! 😀😀 You are right about that steel building: at Christmas they put up tarpaulent type sheeting on the sides and have a Chistmas market in there but.... they also have numerous stalls alongside the lake selling just about everything. Wouldn't surprise me if there was a small stall with Rolls Royce sales people! Have been there at other times and heard bands - Swiss music bands playing inside - it's a great venue. Your video captured Montreux beautifully - most enjoyable: a big thank you! Keep up the good job. 👍👍
When in Switzerland last year I found the best option if you were staying in the same place for a time was to rent a holiday apartment in a small town outside the big city. Around £75 per night and it meant you could cook for yourself and not have to pay high prices to eat out. One good piece of advice I saw was don't buy the big brand chocolates, go for the supermarket brands, they cost much less and are just as good quality. Also if you are going to be using trains a lot then get a railpass, they cover the mainlines as well as cablecars, mountain railways and often lake cruises.
Steve, having been to Switzerland many times, do as the Swiss do and go for picnics! Denner and CoOp supermarkets often have food and booze on Action = Offert! Migros is a good supermarket for food too, but booze is not for sale! Another tip is an Apex train ticket you need to book well in advance which should allow you to travel anywhere in Switzerland for a day!
When you mentioned Montreux, Steve, it rang a bell with me, and then you showed the Chateau de Chillon, which I visited back in 1968, on a camping tour of Europe, tents and all, no hotels, brought back so many memories!
I've sent the vid to my mum who went with parents for their 25th wedding anniversary 1959, told her after the train vid. I didn't remember they actually went here I knew it was lake Geneva & did remember the castle name when you said it remembered her saying Byron stayed there. 💖
Thank you Steve for yet another wonderful video! Two tips from a regular visitor to Switzerland. The big Coop and Migros supermarkets often have self-service restaurants charging (relatively) reasonable prices. Secondly - fares. If you are doing a lot of travelling in Switzerland always buy a Swiss Travel Pass. This gives you free travel on all public transport (bus, train, tram, BOAT etc.) except lines which simply go up mountains. Eg, on the trip up the Rochers-de-Naye the STP gives free travel up to Caux Above Caux the STP holder gets a 50% discount. I regularly visit Switzerland travelling around on an STP. I seem to recall that a trip up to Rochers-de-Naye in 2019 cost me about 27 Franks.
What a beautiful place and so clean, not a scrap of litter anywhere! I’m currently working my way through your back catalogue and am hooked. Love the videos where you are under pressure to complete a challenge, I feel the pressure myself 😂 Keep up the brilliant work, it’s so enjoyable.
When you asked about the relevance of the Japanese painting @ 3;17 it is because Freddie was a major Japanese art & furniture collector! His London Home was packed with Japanese things hence the Japanese painting in your bedroom:)
The significance of the artwork over the bed is probably that Freddie was heavily into Japanese paintings and drawings. Something I learnt when I went to the pre-auction exhibition of his stuff at Sotheby’s. Also discovered that he was cat mad but I guess everyone has their dark side 😃
Ahh Steve, “this working class family from Scotland “ did indeed work and live there. Stunning, completely spoiled the rest of the world for us . Switzerland is a wonderful country. And isn’t it fabulous that all the beautiful plantings and sculptures along the lakeside are not destroyed by mindless vandalism………
This comment reminded me the first time I visited Switzerland back in 2001 when I was backpacking with a college friend. It was my first trip abroad (we started from Riga, Latvia, went through Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Germany and then arrived in Switzerland where my friend had a friend). The difference between my own country and the post-Soviet background from which I came from and the picture-perfectness of Switzerland was almost too much, almost sickening (for lack of a better word) and occasionally I had those very strange thoughts that this place might do with a bit of... chaos and destruction to look more human.😅 Totally bonkers. I didn't do any harm to Switzerland though. Just the contrast was too much for me as an utterly inexperienced citizen of country that was at the time still very much devastated by the Soviet occupation.
@@danalasmane6191 Soviet occupation? You lot will never learn, will you? How's capitalism working out now? Poverty? Unemployment? Crime? Enjoy, it could be worst. Look at Ukraine.
Should always keep an eye out for Migros (Switzerland answer to Tesco) and the co-op. They both do good quality cheep meals in there restaurants. Also, look out for the Swiss Railway passes there good value. They also cover buses, trams, trolleybuses and lake boats. (But not all Railway) . You picked the right weather in Switzerland.
I agree on the point about public transport passes. Buy a Swiss Travel Pass giving free travel on all public transport except very high mountain lines. On those you usually get 50% discount.
And the Casino there has the old Queen (and Bowie) recording studio under it and you can do a tour there. It’s the one that a fire there in the 70s (before Queen owned it) inspired the song “Smoke on the water”
When we go to Switzerland we do a lot of self-catering and have learnt to ask the hotel workers or appartment cleaners where they shop? There is often a Lidl or Aldi and we buy basics there. That saves the pennies!
@@keithparker1346 Thanks for the tip. Last time I did this I was in Locarno and it turns out that Aldi Suisse was the closest cheap shop and armed with my shopping list in Italian I went there and purchased the items for basic living I did buy the pane integrale from a nearby bakery.
My 'solution' to eat cheaper was to travel across the lake to Evian or Thonon in France (I was in Lausanne). This only works if the ferry is included, of course.
🎶 “The promenade that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends! Some people started making it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue making it forever juuust becaaaaauuuseee…” 🎶 (at least until they run out of shoreline)
Another great video. Looks a beautiful setting & I’m sure it’ll be packed with tourists now, all chuntering & saying "how much" under their breath. Well done Steve.
The walk around the lake is beautiful and a nice place to relax. The castle looks amazing. The grocery prices seem to be close to where I live in Mississippi in the USA. Thank you Steve 🤗
Just love it! It is on my list to visit also because I am a Freddie Mercury and Queen fan. And of course one must stay at the Freddie Mercury hotel. What a beautiful spot and great to see the attention given to the lakeside and the castle. I saw at least two references to us Aussies with the look of the balconies & the Bundaberg ginger beer in the supermarket!
Great film and really interesting. Thank you for what you do as your videos are brilliant. Really enjoy them 😊. By watching your train journeys too it is defo on my bucket list 😊your balcony view was stunning!
Steve! 😀You visit, shoot amazing videos from so many countries ! As a pensioner myself, I do not have the opportunity to travel. But now I'm on "travel" again, and get to see so much with you and your videos😄👍! Thanks Steve! All the best! 😄👍💚Greetings from a cold -1 c south coast, Finnland.🥶😂
The parts along the lake are so beautiful and with great views. When visiting expensive places, I wonder how regular folks can afford to live there. Thanks for showing us this interesting and beautiful spot.
Love how you keep your videos real, ok the expensive hotels look good, but all you really want is a comfy CLEAN bed, because when i went places very little time was spent in the hotel i was to busy exploring the area. Hotels are for sleeping. Thanks for a bonus mid week video, even if i am now in trouble because tea is late 😂
I should warn you against renting apartments with stunning views in mountain regions. We did, it wasn't expensive but when we saw the view the next morning we could hardly drag ourselves away. It was totally mesmerising. Almost spoiled the holiday. Explaining to people that we just looked out from the balcony for 4 days
Steve, Love your videos !! Eagerly await each one. They are warm, grounded, original and genuine. Thank you for make so much effort and creating such awesome content.
A treat for us having an extra video. It's a beautiful place and Freddie did his last album Made in Heaven there. He was an amazing talent and again thank you so much the great talent of my favourite TH-camr 😊
Lakes and mountains! Absolutely stunning views over the lake and the mountains. I am seriously thinking about a visit, to walk the lakeside, to see the Freddie Mercury statue, and to make a trip up that wee cog railway you featured last time. Your hotel was perfect, right on the train platform, no worry about getting a taxi with your luggage. Migros supermarkets often have cafes, but probably you would have to eat earlier in the day. Thank you for a wonderful day out.
Yet again another fantastic video with fantastic views. Well done Steve and thank you. You are wanting me to visit this wonderful country. If I was staying at that hotel, I would grab a coffee and sit in the outdoor area admiring the views all day. Don't think I would get dressed. 😂😂 Xx
That Callier chocolate in your room is the top shelf stuff. I’ve been on chocolate tours of Switzerland and it always comes out on top. A short trip from Montreux is the factory with a great tour and tasting room.
Thank-you Steve for sharing once again, my wife was a Queen fan and lucky enough she got to see him and the band on tour here in Melbourne in 1985...she loved him said he really knew how to work a crowd...thanks again mate to both of you regards Doc..PS more trains yey...i should have known
I was there yonks ago. I'm here watching your vid and said to myself Steve should go to Chillon castle. You heard my thoughts cos you did!! Pity Switzerland is so expensive.😊
The scenery is magical, for great photography!! Switzerland has always been very expensive, when I was there back in 1995, very pricy. Fresh air and no pollution!!!!
A great video. I just loved how calm it felt walking along the lake with magnificent mountains and lovely gardens. It really is a charming setting. Love your variety of vlogs, never boring! BC🇨🇦
What a fantastic place, no graffiti or litter, well maintained, no moored boats or cretins on jet skis cluttering the lake. At least they don't charge you to sit and take in the views. Another excellent video Steve 👍
Wonderful place to visit, incredible scenery, fabulous food and we loved the Castle of Chillon so we brought our kids from California to visit the second time.time we were in Switzerland! Thanks for reviving those memories. Gotta go back!
That was brilliant Steve and brought back happy memories of a visit to Montreux about 15 years ago. I remember the Freddie statue, the lakeside walk and the castle. The views are so spectacular
Just letting the images speak for themselves was enough Steve. The location is magical. The whole point of your journey was to see if you could travel Montrose to Montreux in less than 24 hours. Not forgetting a run on another unique cog railway. 👍
I remember that while I was looking up information about Switzerland in preparation for a trip, I read somewhere "After your first meal at a restaurant, make sure you are seated before looking at the bill". It was not bad advice haha Another great video! That view from the hotel patio was spectacular!
I actually ate lunch at a reasonable restaurant close to where Steve was. I thought it was about a third more expensive than Sauchiehall Street, the views were better but the portions were absolutely massive. I actually struggled to finish, and I could eat my weight in groceries.
Brings back lots of memories from our trip there. Was lucky enough to get in the castle where there is more to explore than you might think. Great destination. The goldenpass line goes high into the mountains where the lakes have an amazing water colour the higher you go.
I usually visit in May. Beautiful country and if you went round other side from lake into the casino you are in Queens old recording studio. The walk along the lakeside is stunning. There are also old paddle boats that go up and down the lake. Love Montreux. Your video is great.
Concerning the price of groceries, note that in Switzerland we also have discount supermarket chains. Even where you were, at Migros, they have different product lines, including a low-priced one.
Steve - This early summer video of the lake is much easier on the eyes than the frozen icy scenes I've seen in photos with the windblown lake ice rime coating everything in inches of the frozen stuff.
I go to places like Switzerland, Italy, the Adriatic coast of Croatia. While I'm there I think why would any one visit poor old rainy Scotland. Then I come back, on a changeable day in the highlands and I think, oh yes that's why. It's the light on the green hills, the sun patches and cloud shadows chasing each other over the hills. The wispy clouds halfway up the mountain sides or peaks though the mist. Even the rain falling on a loch (best in black and white) is something special, if you have good clothing. The ruins of the castles if you have imagination. The islands and beaches on a changeable sea. Even the hills are about right, big enough, but on a human scale, you can get up and down one in a day.
Just like a Lord Byron quote, "To have joy, you must share it". Thanks for sharing.
Its funny that you should mention him as his poem 'The Prisoner of Chillon' was written about someone who was imprisoned there!
Happiness is meaningless unless shared
I’ve been to Switzerland a few times whilst staying in Austria, A tip I have found useful is “follow the Hi-Viz”, The Hi-viz jackets is usually worn by local workmen and they know all the cheap places to eat.
Exactly. I followed some guys into a "restaurant" in Hong Kong and found that $7 Hong Kong bought me a vegerarian takeaway selection that would take all day to eat. The woman at the till was not happy that I hadn't collected my full serve and took me back to get more.
Absolutely, that's what saved me in Oslo. When it comes to food, always follow the locals
My late wife and I met in Montreux, at the age of 15, 73 years ago. I have returned to Montreux on many occasions and have absorbed some of its soul. In the limited time you had available I feel you captured some of its spirit.. The wealth is adjacent to the lake. Elsewhere, there is the old town of Montreux and adjacent smaller towns/villages where the standard of living is comfortable but ordinary. Montreux has managed to avoid mass tourism. Switzerland has always seemed expensive to UK visitors, but it is partly our fault in deciding to become a poor country. Not all that long ago there were 5 swiss franks to the pound, more recently 2 franks and now almost parity
Will always be a very special place for you mate :)
Beautiful story mate. Glad that you have many happy memories.
I went on a school skiing trip from Banff Academy in 1965 to a resort in the mountains above Montreux and paid a visit to the Chateau De Chillon. It all started with a bus journey to Aberdeen then rail and Cross-Channel ferry to Villars (just down the line from Montreux)! I bought a wooden chess set in Montreux as a momento of my trip and I still have it after all these years! Up until then, my travel horizons were trips to Banff Links or Tarlair Pool in Macduff but the school trip opened my eyes to the world! Thanks for a great nostalgic video! 😊
That was the most breathtaking TH-cam video about Montreux I have ever watched so far... I miss you so much my dear Montreux...Thank you very much Steve, for refreshing my beautiful memories.😇
Even with the presence of the great Freddie Mercury, I couldn't get 'Smoke on the Water' out of my head! Cheers from Maine, U.S.A.
I believe DP are playing there on the forthcoming tour.
@@damianb2374 Wouldn't that be epic!
That 5th floor hotel patio was great! You should have bought that pot noodle at the grocery store to go with your drink and chocolate and had your meal up there…watching the lake and the trains and imagining yourself relaxing in your very own Montreux vacation home! Cheers, and ATB!
Your videos are so refreshing and never pretentious. I am now hooked on the Steve Marsh picture company. It's weird seeing palm trees with snow behind them!!!
I didn't know Freddie Mercury had such strong links to Montreaux. I love his themed hotel with his signature on the bed and towels👍🙂
You captured Montreux on a perfect day with that wonderful light and the mountain scenery around the lake. There was a time in the UK when you would see people cleaning and maintaining the local environment....ok, I'm perhaps going back 50+ years ago!
Yes, perfect weather and perfect light. Looked like a painting!
What a beautiful place. No wonder Freddie loved it.🏞
Was an exchange student in Tuttlingen Germany back in 1979, and had a day trip to the Roman ruins at Kaiseraugst. Even seeing that tiny part of Switzerland some 45 years ago still makes me long to go back and see some more.
My gosh, Steve... so many happy memories of Montreux. I used to walk from the Chateau to Montreux and back for exercise and be past by roller bladers by the dozen... As you witnessed the views are sublime, everything looks clean and tidy and well maintained - even the mountains! 😀😀
You are right about that steel building: at Christmas they put up tarpaulent type sheeting on the sides and have a Chistmas market in there but.... they also have numerous stalls alongside the lake selling just about everything. Wouldn't surprise me if there was a small stall with Rolls Royce sales people! Have been there at other times and heard bands - Swiss music bands playing inside - it's a great venue.
Your video captured Montreux beautifully - most enjoyable: a big thank you! Keep up the good job. 👍👍
The costs, oh my goodness. Thanks for bringing us along. It's really making me want to visit Switzerland, what a gorgeous country!
Happy midweek Steve. Love your videos. Thank you for sharing your travels with us.
This one was a great comparison video, and the sunset ending was a stunner.
Great video with a down to earth Scottish take on the world ... Wonderful ..never stop - your videos are tremendous 😊😊😊
When in Switzerland last year I found the best option if you were staying in the same place for a time was to rent a holiday apartment in a small town outside the big city. Around £75 per night and it meant you could cook for yourself and not have to pay high prices to eat out. One good piece of advice I saw was don't buy the big brand chocolates, go for the supermarket brands, they cost much less and are just as good quality. Also if you are going to be using trains a lot then get a railpass, they cover the mainlines as well as cablecars, mountain railways and often lake cruises.
Steve, having been to Switzerland many times, do as the Swiss do and go for picnics! Denner and CoOp supermarkets often have food and booze on Action = Offert! Migros is a good supermarket for food too, but booze is not for sale! Another tip is an Apex train ticket you need to book well in advance which should allow you to travel anywhere in Switzerland for a day!
When you mentioned Montreux, Steve, it rang a bell with me, and then you showed the Chateau de Chillon, which I visited back in 1968, on a camping tour of Europe, tents and all, no hotels, brought back so many memories!
I've sent the vid to my mum who went with parents for their 25th wedding anniversary 1959, told her after the train vid. I didn't remember they actually went here I knew it was lake Geneva & did remember the castle name when you said it remembered her saying Byron stayed there. 💖
It's also famous for the song by Deep Purple, smoke on the water, its about the concert venue burning down.
Thank you Steve for yet another wonderful video! Two tips from a regular visitor to Switzerland. The big Coop and Migros supermarkets often have self-service restaurants charging (relatively) reasonable prices. Secondly - fares. If you are doing a lot of travelling in Switzerland always buy a Swiss Travel Pass. This gives you free travel on all public transport (bus, train, tram, BOAT etc.) except lines which simply go up mountains. Eg, on the trip up the Rochers-de-Naye the STP gives free travel up to Caux Above Caux the STP holder gets a 50% discount. I regularly visit Switzerland travelling around on an STP. I seem to recall that a trip up to Rochers-de-Naye in 2019 cost me about 27 Franks.
What a beautiful place and so clean, not a scrap of litter anywhere! I’m currently working my way through your back catalogue and am hooked. Love the videos where you are under pressure to complete a challenge, I feel the pressure myself 😂 Keep up the brilliant work, it’s so enjoyable.
When you asked about the relevance of the Japanese painting @ 3;17 it is because Freddie was a major Japanese art & furniture collector! His London Home was packed with Japanese things hence the Japanese painting in your bedroom:)
So sad to no freddie is not with us no more but likely singing to alot of people in heaven Steve
The significance of the artwork over the bed is probably that Freddie was heavily into Japanese paintings and drawings. Something I learnt when I went to the pre-auction exhibition of his stuff at Sotheby’s. Also discovered that he was cat mad but I guess everyone has their dark side 😃
Ahh Steve, “this working class family from Scotland “ did indeed work and live there. Stunning, completely spoiled the rest of the world for us . Switzerland is a wonderful country. And isn’t it fabulous that all the beautiful plantings and sculptures along the lakeside are not destroyed by mindless vandalism………
This comment reminded me the first time I visited Switzerland back in 2001 when I was backpacking with a college friend. It was my first trip abroad (we started from Riga, Latvia, went through Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Germany and then arrived in Switzerland where my friend had a friend). The difference between my own country and the post-Soviet background from which I came from and the picture-perfectness of Switzerland was almost too much, almost sickening (for lack of a better word) and occasionally I had those very strange thoughts that this place might do with a bit of... chaos and destruction to look more human.😅 Totally bonkers.
I didn't do any harm to Switzerland though. Just the contrast was too much for me as an utterly inexperienced citizen of country that was at the time still very much devastated by the Soviet occupation.
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@@danalasmane6191 Soviet occupation? You lot will never learn, will you? How's capitalism working out now? Poverty? Unemployment? Crime? Enjoy, it could be worst. Look at Ukraine.
The place is very picturesque. The sunlight on the water and mountains is very special.
@@vacantplanet Mentioning Ukraine as an example of how it can be worse than living under Soviet occupation is hilarious.
Steve, your timing is impeccable - I'm spending a week in Montreux in a months time so this has been a great introduction for me.
Should always keep an eye out for Migros (Switzerland answer to Tesco) and the co-op. They both do good quality cheep meals in there restaurants. Also, look out for the Swiss Railway passes there good value. They also cover buses, trams, trolleybuses and lake boats. (But not all Railway) .
You picked the right weather in Switzerland.
I agree on the point about public transport passes. Buy a Swiss Travel Pass giving free travel on all public transport except very high mountain lines. On those you usually get 50% discount.
I'd say Migros is more like Waitrose than Tesco in terms of price and quality, but definitely like Tesco in terms of its prominence.
And the Casino there has the old Queen (and Bowie) recording studio under it and you can do a tour there. It’s the one that a fire there in the 70s (before Queen owned it) inspired the song “Smoke on the water”
I wonder if Funky Claude is still there
and the artist playing whilst it went up in flames, was the great "Frank Zappa"
@@stevebrooks6144 He died in 2013
@@stevebrooks6144 he is running in and out, pulling kids out the ground 😉
Saw the comment to Deep Purple's smoke on the water!!...how appropriate!! Beautiful City indeed!!
"I've no idea what's going on there, but I like it". Simply iconic 😂
Stunning town, great tour. You and Scott (P/T/Everything)competing over Supermarket videos now too 😁
Montreux is a beautiful place, clean and well kept.
Looks amazing. In some shots, the mountains don't look real, as if it's a painting. Great video as always, Steve. Andy.
When we go to Switzerland
we do a lot of self-catering
and have learnt to ask the hotel workers
or appartment cleaners
where they shop?
There is often a Lidl or Aldi
and we buy basics there.
That saves the pennies!
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Denner over there was dirt cheap but mainly crappy but ok for cheap bread rolls and chocolate
@@keithparker1346
Thanks for the tip.
Last time I did this I was in Locarno
and it turns out that Aldi Suisse was the closest cheap shop
and armed with my shopping list in Italian
I went there and purchased the items for basic living
I did buy the pane integrale from a nearby bakery.
My 'solution' to eat cheaper was to travel across the lake to Evian or Thonon in France (I was in Lausanne). This only works if the ferry is included, of course.
🎶 “The promenade that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends! Some people started making it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue making it forever juuust becaaaaauuuseee…” 🎶 (at least until they run out of shoreline)
Another great video. Looks a beautiful setting & I’m sure it’ll be packed with tourists now, all chuntering & saying "how much" under their breath. Well done Steve.
What a lovely place, and seemed quite peaceful too. Fabulous view from the hotel as well. Well worth the price I think
Beautiful bird song ! very special place
Smoke on the Water keeps repeating in my head.
The walk around the lake is beautiful and a nice place to relax. The castle looks amazing. The grocery prices seem to be close to where I live in Mississippi in the USA. Thank you Steve 🤗
Just love it! It is on my list to visit also because I am a Freddie Mercury and Queen fan. And of course one must stay at the Freddie Mercury hotel. What a beautiful spot and great to see the attention given to the lakeside and the castle.
I saw at least two references to us Aussies with the look of the balconies & the Bundaberg ginger beer in the supermarket!
I believe you can visit the studio and Queen museum too! :)
@@steve-marsh Are you two coming to Australia, anytime soon?
That 15.60 ginger beer is only $5.60 AUD (around 2.94 GBP)
There's just something so alluring about strolling around a still turquoise lake with snow-capped peaks on a warm sunny day. Gorgeous.
Stunning 😮. Thanks.
Great film and really interesting. Thank you for what you do as your videos are brilliant. Really enjoy them 😊. By watching your train journeys too it is defo on my bucket list 😊your balcony view was stunning!
Steve! 😀You visit, shoot amazing videos from so many countries ! As a pensioner myself, I do not have the opportunity to travel. But now I'm on "travel" again, and get to see so much with you and your videos😄👍! Thanks Steve! All the best! 😄👍💚Greetings from a cold -1 c south coast, Finnland.🥶😂
The parts along the lake are so beautiful and with great views. When visiting expensive places, I wonder how regular folks can afford to live there. Thanks for showing us this interesting and beautiful spot.
They don't live there basically commuting in
Love how you keep your videos real, ok the expensive hotels look good, but all you really want is a comfy CLEAN bed, because when i went places very little time was spent in the hotel i was to busy exploring the area. Hotels are for sleeping. Thanks for a bonus mid week video, even if i am now in trouble because tea is late 😂
I agree. We generally go for the cheap, clean, central and good reviews.
I should warn you against renting apartments with stunning views in mountain regions. We did, it wasn't expensive but when we saw the view the next morning we could hardly drag ourselves away. It was totally mesmerising. Almost spoiled the holiday. Explaining to people that we just looked out from the balcony for 4 days
As someone who cannot travel due to family circumstances your videos are a real tonic Steve. Thanks for taking us with you. What a stunning location
Enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing, 😊
Steve, Love your videos !! Eagerly await each one. They are warm, grounded, original and genuine. Thank you for make so much effort and creating such awesome content.
Well said!!
Absolutely beautiful, it’s not only breathtaking scenery it’s spotless .
Definitely in my bucket list .
Thanks Steve.
Very picturesque, and what a lovely weather day you had. Thanks Steve.
Your videos are the best man!
Absolutely stunning and thank you for sharing and also dating all your videos. So helpful to know what part of the year it is.
Once again your video leaves me speechless. WOW!
What a stunning place!
Superb. Stunning scenery 😊😊😊😊
How fortunate you are to see so many wonderful places so relatively close to home.
I don't think it will be difficult for anyone visiting there to come away without stunning photos or videos. Looks amazing 👍
A treat for us having an extra video. It's a beautiful place and Freddie did his last album Made in Heaven there. He was an amazing talent and again thank you so much the great talent of my favourite TH-camr 😊
Nice to see your subscriber count going up, well done.
Thanks Curt :)
Lakes and mountains! Absolutely stunning views over the lake and the mountains. I am seriously thinking about a visit, to walk the lakeside, to see the Freddie Mercury statue, and to make a trip up that wee cog railway you featured last time. Your hotel was perfect, right on the train platform, no worry about getting a taxi with your luggage. Migros supermarkets often have cafes, but probably you would have to eat earlier in the day. Thank you for a wonderful day out.
What a beautiful place. I couldn't get over how clean it was there. A place worth going to see.
Montreux day arrives. The access from lake to mountain…unbeatable
Superb Steve, quite relaxing this one ❤
Yet again another fantastic video with fantastic views. Well done Steve and thank you. You are wanting me to visit this wonderful country. If I was staying at that hotel, I would grab a coffee and sit in the outdoor area admiring the views all day. Don't think I would get dressed. 😂😂 Xx
That Callier chocolate in your room is the top shelf stuff. I’ve been on chocolate tours of Switzerland and it always comes out on top. A short trip from Montreux is the factory with a great tour and tasting room.
Hi Steve, great video! The picture hanging in your hotel room is of Matsumoto Castle in Japan
Awesome, another bonus video. Between here and Santander, I really want to visit.
Thank-you Steve for sharing once again, my wife was a Queen fan and lucky enough she got to see him and the band on tour here in Melbourne in 1985...she loved him said he really knew how to work a crowd...thanks again mate to both of you regards Doc..PS more trains yey...i should have known
The flowers are beautiful. I could live there for a while
Love your improvisational and spontaneous style, also economical! It’s much more fun and “real” that way. Thank you!
I was there yonks ago. I'm here watching your vid and said to myself Steve should go to Chillon castle. You heard my thoughts cos you did!! Pity Switzerland is so expensive.😊
The scenery is magical, for great photography!! Switzerland has always been very expensive, when I was there back in 1995, very pricy. Fresh air and no pollution!!!!
A great video. I just loved how calm it felt walking along the lake with magnificent mountains and lovely gardens. It really is a charming setting. Love your variety of vlogs, never boring! BC🇨🇦
What a fantastic place, no graffiti or litter, well maintained, no moored boats or cretins on jet skis cluttering the lake. At least they don't charge you to sit and take in the views. Another excellent video Steve 👍
There was a quite of lot of graffiti on the buildings. See the first part of the video. I was actually surprised by that.
Loved it keep going great vlogs
Wonderful place to visit, incredible scenery, fabulous food and we loved the Castle of Chillon so we brought our kids from California to visit the second time.time we were in Switzerland! Thanks for reviving those memories. Gotta go back!
Lovely town, thanks for sharing
I really enjoy your videos - especially your ability to wander to what appeals. The grocery shop comparisons are also helpful. Thank you!
That was brilliant Steve and brought back happy memories of a visit to Montreux about 15 years ago. I remember the Freddie statue, the lakeside walk and the castle. The views are so spectacular
Your stay on a station platform beats Scott's any day 😂 What a beautiful place.
I kinda liked Scott’s, Scotland is wonderful….
Hi Steve. What a great video. I loved this and your great personality adds so much to its enjoyment. Wishing you well.
Delightful, Steve. Thanks so much for taking us with you! Very enjoyable!
Just letting the images speak for themselves was enough Steve. The location is magical. The whole point of your journey was to see if you could travel Montrose to Montreux in less than 24 hours. Not forgetting a run on another unique cog railway. 👍
It is indeed fantastic , the sidewalk of the lake and the damn speeding double decker train ..whoa! Thanks Steve...👍
Wow...this is a place to add to the bucket list...stunning.
Omg this is a stunning place wow the big houses on the lake such a pretty place great video again 👍 😊
I remember that while I was looking up information about Switzerland in preparation for a trip, I read somewhere "After your first meal at a restaurant, make sure you are seated before looking at the bill". It was not bad advice haha
Another great video! That view from the hotel patio was spectacular!
I actually ate lunch at a reasonable restaurant close to where Steve was. I thought it was about a third more expensive than Sauchiehall Street, the views were better but the portions were absolutely massive. I actually struggled to finish, and I could eat my weight in groceries.
Brings back lots of memories from our trip there. Was lucky enough to get in the castle where there is more to explore than you might think. Great destination. The goldenpass line goes high into the mountains where the lakes have an amazing water colour the higher you go.
I usually visit in May. Beautiful country and if you went round other side from lake into the casino you are in Queens old recording studio. The walk along the lakeside is stunning. There are also old paddle boats that go up and down the lake. Love Montreux. Your video is great.
Concerning the price of groceries, note that in Switzerland we also have discount supermarket chains. Even where you were, at Migros, they have different product lines, including a low-priced one.
Steve, I’m running out of room on my bucket list as watcher of your channel, what a remarkable place!
Wow...stunming view from the top floor 👍😀
Another great video, Steve. You gave us the full tour: city, cog rail trip to the high mountains and a lake stroll. Thank you. Cheers
Steve - This early summer video of the lake is much easier on the eyes than the frozen icy scenes I've seen in photos with the windblown lake ice rime coating everything in inches of the frozen stuff.
I go to places like Switzerland, Italy, the Adriatic coast of Croatia. While I'm there I think why would any one visit poor old rainy Scotland. Then I come back, on a changeable day in the highlands and I think, oh yes that's why. It's the light on the green hills, the sun patches and cloud shadows chasing each other over the hills. The wispy clouds halfway up the mountain sides or peaks though the mist. Even the rain falling on a loch (best in black and white) is something special, if you have good clothing. The ruins of the castles if you have imagination. The islands and beaches on a changeable sea. Even the hills are about right, big enough, but on a human scale, you can get up and down one in a day.
Well said!
Gorgeous. That’s a sight for sore eyes, Steve
so so scenic, nothing more to add.