Villars-sur-Ollon

Glacier 3000

Perched on a sunny plateau to the south-east of Lake Geneva, at an altitude of 1,300 metres, this prestigious and cosmopolitan resort in the Vaud Alps is popular thanks to its fabulous views overlooking the Rhone valley. It offers a wide range of winter and summer sports, and also world-renowned private international schools.

In winter, you can enjoy over 120km of ski pistes suitable for all levels, linking Villars, Gryon and Les Diablerets.

The summer season in Villars offers numerous outdoor activities in nature: families and sports-lovers will be delighted with the 18-hole alpine golf course, the swimming baths, Alpine lakes, sports centres (tennis, climbing, squash…), idyllic hiking and mountain bike trails.

For more information, please visit :
www.villars-diablerets.ch

International Schools in the area

There are 4 renowned international private schools in Villars, each offering academic programmes in English and French:

The Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil is an ideally located boarding school, founded in 1910. It is one of the oldest private boarding schools in Switzerland. Young people from 11 to 18, including over 40 different nationalities, are welcomed at the Villars-sur-Ollon campus.

www.beausoleil.ch

La Garenne school is a Swiss co-educational bilingual school (French & English) offering an impressive educational programme in a family setting for children aged 5 to 18. More than 30 nationalities are brought together in the school, which guarantees focused personal attention.

www.la-garenne.ch

The Préfleuri international school is located in Chesières, in a large chalet on a 2 hectare estate.

Boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 14 from all over the world are welcomed in a warm, family atmosphere either as boarders, day students, for an annual stay or for camps. The curriculum is structured to ensure access to the best secondary schools in the world.

www.prefleuri.ch

Aiglon College has its own village, where it welcomes girls and boys between the ages of 9 and 18 from all over the world. The well-rounded and complete education they receive is ideal preparation for the BAC diploma.

www.aiglon.ch

Skiing

Located only 30 minutes from Lake Geneva in the heart of the Vaud Alps, the Villars ski area offers splendid scenery and provides a perfect balance of authenticity and modernity. It is linked to Gryon, Les Diablerets and Glacier 3000, making it a ski paradise that really shouldn’t be missed in Switzerland. 130km of pistes are open from November to May.

The area is equipped with 5 snowparks, lots of different ski slopes and cross-country ski trails suitable for all levels.

Freeride and snowboarding/freestyle are also very popular.

The Golf

If you are a golf enthusiast, let your swing take you to the Villars Golf Course for a round of golf in a sensational landscape, with breathtaking views of Mont Blanc.

Located at an altitude of 1,660m, the 5,288m long 18-hole course is open from mid-May until the end of October, and it also has a covered practice range, a putting green and an approach green.