Games you actually play
You sit and try rather than look through glass.
Werner Kratz — CC BY 2.0 · Traumrune — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Werner Kratz from Solothurn, Switzerland — CC BY 2.0 · Micha L. Rieser — CC BY-SA 3.0
Among the region's best family options, especially on a rainy day: children actually play rather than watch, the setting is a beautiful historic castle, and the fee is reasonable. Suitable from about age four. Combine it with the castle's lakeside garden (free) and the promenade walk to Vevey — short, level and lovely.
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The Swiss Museum of Games occupies a **thirteenth-century castle** on the shore of Lake Geneva in the town of La Tour-de-Peilz between Montreux and Vevey — and it is the only one of its kind in Switzerland: a museum devoted to play in all its forms across history and cultures. The collection holds thousands of games from every continent: ancient board games (chess, dice, mancala, Egyptian and Roman games), card games, games of chance and skill, children's games, and early video games — arranged thematically to explain why humans play at all and what play says about their societies. What makes it excellent for families is that it is **interactive**: every section has games actually available to play — you sit down and try them rather than looking through glass — and the courtyard and the castle's lakeside garden hold oversized games. An enjoyable ninety minutes in a beautiful historic setting.
You sit and try rather than look through glass.
From African mancala to early video games.
Right on the water with oversized games — free.
Château de La Tour-de-Peilz, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz