Prices and access

Find all the information concerning the prices of the entries and the activities as well as the means to reach the festival.

Cashless payments at the Festival

To make your purchases during the International Balloon Festival as easy as possible, several payment options are available.

You can pay directly by card or with TWINT at the various sales points throughout the event. You can also use the Festival’s cashless wristband.

The wristband can be topped up with cash, by card or with TWINT, and then used easily for payments on site.

This way, you can choose the payment method that suits you best throughout your visit.

prices

Festival ticket

Saturday and Sunday* CHF 15.-
Monday to Friday Free
Pin's for the 9 days* CHF 25.-

*(Price from 16 years old)

Tickets are on sale at the site during the event.

Balloon flight

Adult (from 16 years old) CHF 350.-
Child (minimum 1.25m) CHF 210.-

Private flight (max. 3 pers.) CHF 1'600.-

Special rates for groups from 8 people (booking by email).

Tethered flight

Children aged 5 to 12: CHF 10.-

Booking not required. Registration at the site. (Limited number of spaces)

All rates are subject to change.

Thanks to your entrance ticket, you have access to the festival area and can see the balloons taking off just a few meters away from you!

The Festival ticket also includes:

reduction of CHF 5.- for tickets for the new Espace Ballon exhibition (at CHF 13.- instead of CHF 18.-)
the viewing of the film on the L'Etivaz AOP cheese making process at the Caves de L'Etivaz and
the philatelic exhibition

Festival pins 2024

The festival pin gives you access to the event during the 9 days! It also allows you to visit the philatelic exhibition, to watch the Caves de l'Etivaz film for free and get a discount on the new Espace Ballon exhibition.

The 2024 pin is on sale at the Château-d'Œx tourist office!

access

Take the public transports to reach the International Balloon Festival!

Forget the stress of traffic jams and take public transport to the festival!

^{BY TRAIN}

Compagnie du Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois

From Montreux, Zweisimmen and Interlaken

The MOB serves Château-d’Œx daily with one train per hour. Thanks to the panoramic trains, the adventure begins as soon as you board at the station. Upon arrival in the Pays-d’Enhaut, discover the first hot-air balloons from the comfort of your seat, through the large panoramic windows!

Direct access from Palézieux and Bulle

The S50 line, departing from Palézieux and Bulle, will be exceptionally extended to Château-d’Œx on the weekends of 24–25 January and 31 January–1 February 2026. This offers a direct, transfer-free journey and comfortable, stress-free access to the Festival.

TPF also provide connections to the Gruyère region from Bern, the Swiss capital, as well as from the cities of the canton of Fribourg.

From Aigle and Les Diablerets

Discounted tickets from Aigle, Leysin and Les Diablerets

Take advantage of discounted tickets offering up to 50% off the full fare (20% off the half-fare) on the Aigle – Sépey – Les Diablerets (ASD R71) train line and bus line 175 during the festival weekends.
These tickets are available exclusively via digital channels: the TPC Mobile and SBB Mobile apps, as well as on sbb.ch, up to 1 hour before departure.

TPC buses take you safely over the Col des Mosses. Your final stop is located less than a 2-minute walk from the festival entrance.

^{BY CAR}

From Bulle
Leave the A12 motorway (Lausanne - Berne) at Bulle, follow the signs to Château-d’Œx

Via the Col des Mosses
Leave the A9 motorway (Lausanne - Martigny) at Aigle, follow the signs to Col des Mosses and then Château-d’Œx

Via Simmental
Leave the A6 motorway (Berne - Thun) at Spiez, follow the signs to Zweisimmen, then Saanen-Gstaad and then Château-d’Œx

Car Parks

Public car parking is available at

the football pitch
the Coop supermarket

Prices: CHF 1.- per hour from Monday to Saturday between midnight and 7 pm (first hour free)