Sat on a rocky isle on the banks of Lake Geneva in the shadow of the mountains, Château de Chillon has an ethereal setting and it wouldn’t seem unfeasible to see a mermaid emerging from the pretty blue waters that surround it. It was the setting of this handsome fortress that fired the imagination of the animators creating Eric’s castle in The Little Mermaid. Just near Montreux, it’s Switzerland’s most visited historic site today.

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