Mont Pèlerin - Tibetan Center 
From the hotel colony (alt. 806 m/2,644ft) on the slopes of Mont Pèlerin (1,084 m/3,557ft) there are fine views of Lake Geneva, the Rhône valley and the Savoy Alps. It can be reached either by road (12km/7mi, via Corsier) or by funicular (1.6km/1mi, 10minutes), via Corseaux (429 m/1,480ft: swimming pool), where there is a house built by Le Corbusier for his parents in 1924 (museum), and Chardonne.
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In summer a tourist railroad runs between Vevey and Chamby.
In 1988 the Dalai Lama, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, opened a new cultural center on Mont Pèlerin. This forms part of the Tibetan center of 1977 in which live about a dozen monks. The center is intended as a meeting-place for Tibetans who are exiled in Europe, and also to give interested Europeans the opportunity to learn something of Tibetan culture and Buddhism.
In 1988 the Dalai Lama, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, opened a new cultural center on Mont Pèlerin. This forms part of the Tibetan center of 1977 in which live about a dozen monks. The center is intended as a meeting-place for Tibetans who are exiled in Europe, and also to give interested Europeans the opportunity to learn something of Tibetan culture and Buddhism.
