Ca, it was the way to go. Pretty, no? We understand why there were not many people ... (Well, there is also a road, but it's less romantic) 
Romantic precisely: it was Lord Byron, English poet who introduced the castle and made to epitomize the romance and describing the living condition of the unfortunate. François Bonivard. The latter has spent 6 years in prison for being the castle, as a supporter of reform and defender of the republic of Geneva, opposite the Duke of Savoy.
"There are seven pillars of Gothic form, in dungeons deep and old Chillon, there are seven columns, massive and gray, barely lit by a ray trapped, a ray of sunshine that has lost its way . [...] I received a smile who would have issued death. [...]" So he did talk Bonivard in his poem "The Prisoner of Chillon" dating from 1816.
that was the emergency exit: if attacked by the mountain side, the lord could always escape by boat in the lake ...
The Dungeon as can be seen from the outside, when you're not a prisoner ... and as we already looked very small when we came to visit the castle as a family for the fun of playing hide and seek in the dungeons!
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