The Toblerone Trail, Château de Prangins and the Pink Villa

27 December 2024

The trail (Sentier des Toblerones) owes its name to a line of fortifications built during the mobilisation of 1939-45. “Toblerones” is the name the population has given to an anti-tank fortification whose elements are reminiscent of the famous Swiss chocolate brand.

The so-called Promenthouse fortified line is based on a natural obstacle formed by the courses of three streams: the Combe, Serine, and the lower course of the Promenthouse. The entire line of ´Toblerones´ runs along the Rhine as far as Sargans (canton of St. Gall)!

The “Toblerone Trail” runs through a landscape that, starting from the steep slopes of the Jura, presents successively rough terrain (Bassins), then slopes (Begnins and Vich), and finally a plain (Gland and the delta of the Promenthouse).

The trail also follows a succession of natural sites full of attractions, featuring a natural environment of great interest: meandering rivers with their deposits of alluvium, dead arms, early spring undergrowth flora, and woods.

The road also passes the Swiss National Museum at Château de Prangins and the pink villa (la Villa rose), a camouflaged bunker from this period.

(Source and further information: www.toblerones.ch).