Nestled in the Swiss countryside, Gruyères is a charming medieval town famed for its cheese, historic castle, and quirky Giger Museum.
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"It's a castle--it's a village--it's a cheese: Gruyère! Could there be a more glorious setting for a cheese's origin? These pastures surrounding a hilltop village (Gruyères) crowned with a castle (the Château de Gruyères), happy Swiss cows grazing with views of the Alps all around, producing the milk which, in time, arrives on grocery shelves as cheese around the world, stamped 'GRUYÈRE'...and there's a geometric garden in the castle's courtyard, too."