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. 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.