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Overview:
Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland, A
family ski and sports resort located where the road from the Col
des Mosses joins the valley, CHATEAU D’OEX (pronounced day)
doesn’t have a great deal to offer, although it is nonetheless
spectacularly sited. The wide, sloping valley bowl in which it
sits generates exactly the right kinds of thermal air currents
for perfect hot-air ballooning, and the town is acclaimed as one
of the world centers for the sport. Every January, the
town hosts perhaps the most beautiful sports event in the Swiss
calendar, the annual Hot-Air Ballooning Week, when eighty or
more colorful giants catch the dawn thermals to float peaceably
over the hills and valleys round about. Chateau-d'Oex's
location in French-speaking Switzerland gives us easy access to
some of the most important and beautiful cities and sites in the
country. Students enjoy a variety of excursions, including the
Montreux Jazz Festival, Swiss Open Tennis Tournament, the
International Red Cross Museum, and the world famous Matterhorn.
Optional trips, both during and after the four week session,
will give you additional travel opportunities in France and in
Africa.
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