Fribourg

ABOVE: Fishing on the Sarine River in Fribourg's old town.

Canton Fribourg straddles the linguistic border of French- and German-speaking Switzerland. The capital city of Fribourg (a.k.a. Freiburg) is one of Switzerland's most attractive medieval towns. Gruyères, the second-largest town in the canton, has a castle and a demonstration dairy where you can see how Gruyère cheese is made.

Swiss Chocolate Train switzerlandforvisitors.com
From June through October, a weekly excursion train will take you from Montreux, Switzerland to the Cailler-Nestlé chocolate factory at Broc, with a stop at the medieval cheesemaking town of Gruyère along the way.

Fribourg Tourism
Get official information on hotels, restaurants, museums, sightseeing, etc. for the city and surrounding region.

La Gruyère
In French, but the e-form has English-language instructions to use in requesting literature. Don't miss the map.

Cugy
"Cugy is rapidly becoming the sidewalk capital of Switzerland as another huge public investment plan gets the go-ahead from citizens," says the author of this tongue-in-cheek "independent guide to the village of Cugy."

Swiss Cantons/Regions Index

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