Villars-sur-Ollon

Villars-sur-Ollon, commonly referred to as Villars, is a village in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, part of the municipality of Ollon.

Villars-sur-Ollon

Switzerland

Vaud

Aigle

1,258 m (4,127 ft)

UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)

UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)

1884

CH-VD

Gryon, Ormont-Dessus, Ollon, Aigle

www.ollon.ch
Profile (in French),

Activities[edit]

Skiing[edit]

Many people visit Villars for skiing during the winter months.

Summer activities[edit]

The greater Villars area features more than 300 kilometres (190 mi) of marked hiking trails and 130 kilometres (81 mi) for mountain biking.

The Villars Golf Club, established in 1922, has a Club House and an 18-hole course set at 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) and perched on a south-facing plateau with views of Mont Blanc.

The Villars Sports Centre has 5 outdoor tennis courts and three indoor with an indoor sports hall for volleyball, badminton, and football. The facility also houses indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a wellness and spa area, a bowling and billiard lounge, a pumptrack skatepark, and an all season ice skating arena. There are spas and wellness centres in and around Villars, including Lavey-les-Bains, the hottest thermal water baths in Switzerland.

Local attractions and sight seeing[edit]

For excursions, the attractive lakeside towns of Montreux, Évian, and Vevey are all close by and boat trips around Lac Leman are easily available. The imposing Aigle Castle built in the 12th century now houses the local Wine Museum. Chillon Castle, built in the 13th century on the banks of Lake Geneva, used to serve as a residence for the noble counts during the middle ages. The Gruyère-Pays d'Enhaut National park is also nearby.

(1923, Villars – 2010, Chesières), alpine ski racer.

Olivia Ausoni

(1914, Villars – 2008), French writer of Belgian origin and the daughter of the poet Christian Beck.

Béatrix Beck

(1913–1998), noted philanthropist, lived in Villars.

Octav Botnar

(b. 1994, Villars), alpine ski racer.

Charlotte Chable

(b. 1945, Villars), former alpine skier and Olympic medalist.

Jean-Daniel Dätwyler

(b. 1976), daughter-in-law of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

Princess Marie of Denmark

(1924-2015), alpine ski racer.

Fernand Grosjean

(1853–1918), one of the best known Swiss painters of the 19th century.

Ferdinand Hodler

(b. 1992, Aigle), freestyle skier, world champion and Olympic medalist.

Fanny Smith

(1912–1997), orchestral and operatic conductor.

Villars-sur-Ollon