It is accessible by the BVB railway (Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye), featuring a cogwheel train, and by a gondola lift to the 'Roc d'Orsay' (1,952 metres (6,400 ft)).

[2] During the 12th and 13th centuries, a notable demographic upsurge motivated the monks from the Abbey of Saint-Maurice to assist the local peasants in conquering and clearing mountain pastures.

During the fifties and early sixties, the Ollon-Villars Hillclimb was a round in the European Hill Climb championship and attracted racing drivers from all over the world.

Villars is known to host some of the most expensive private international boarding schools in the world, the industry having started in the early post-WWII years.

The village also features a public primary school (Collège d'En-Haut) that is built into the Villars Sports Center right next to a skiing and sledging slope.

The Villars Golf Club, established in 1922, has a clubhouse and an 18-hole course set at 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) and perched on a south-facing plateau with views of Mont Blanc.

The facility also houses indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a wellness and spa area, a bowling and billiard lounge, a pumptrack skatepark, and an all season ice skating arena.