Cable railways, secret tip

With a maximum gradient of 878 promille it is one of the steepest trains in the world.

The Foppa Alp below Monte Tamaro, a starting point for many mountain hiking tours, exercises a great attraction: Here, at 1,530 meters above sea level, Mario Botta built the church Santa Maria degli Angeli at the request of the Mountain Trains.

The railway takes you up from the bottom station to Kreuzboden, where many lovely paths begin, a mountain trout lake competes with the blue of the sky and the children enjoy the Hohsi-Land playground.

Cross the border in style, namely in a double-decker aerial cable-car that connects Samnaun to Tridat/Ischgl (Austria).

Just like a unpenetrable fortress the Alpsteinmassiv juts out high above the undulating hills of the Appenzell: its highest point is 2502-meter-high Mount Säntis. The ride in the gondola is breath-taking: take in Lake Constance, the Vorarlberg, the Graubünden, Glarus and Bernese Alps. On a clear day one can even see the Vosges Mountains and the Black Forest.

The 1890-meter-high Stanserhorn will fascinate lovers of different modes of transportation. The lower funicular dates back to 1893.

The Lötschental has for a long time been the end of the world and so has remained wonderfully unspoiled. A mountain climbers' Eldorado opens up from the Lauchernalp onwards.

Travel to the top in the newly renovated and ultra-modern gondolas and round off your day out with an exciting scooter ride back down to the valley.

A rewarding excursion destination is Mont Salève, which is situated in neighbouring France.

The aerial cableway runs 600 meters up – past steep rock faces. From the gondola you will enjoy a spectacular vista onto the Engstligen Falls and a view over the entire Engstligen Valley in the direction of Frutigen.