Things to see and do Villeneuve

This islet off the coast of Villeneuve would have emerged from the sands brought by the Rhone. Its history is perhaps romanticized: in the middle of the 19th century, two English fiancés go to swim in the lake; the stay turns into a drama because the young man drowns. At the place where his body is found, the fiancée builds the Isle of Peace. The Federal Council offers it to Queen Victoria during a stay in Montreux, but as she does not wish to pay the taxes, she returns the island to Switzerland! Today, only one of the three large plane trees planted in 1851 remains.

Created by Pro Natura in 1989, the Fondation des Grangettes hired a guardian to welcome and inform people interested in the protected natural site of the same name. The Fondation des Grangettes is working to ensure the perpetuation of this exceptional heritage of the small marsh of the Grangettes reserve. Theme days such as the "Cleaning of the Reedbeds" are organised. You will also find brochures, guides and an exhibition dealing with different themes of the reserve. However, the office is not open all the time.