Mountains Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe Grindelwald The Jungfrau Railway, which leads through the heart of the mountains and up to the highest train station in Europe (at 3,454 meters above sea level), offers...
Passes San Gottardo - Nostalgia on the Tremola Airolo Even the Romans avoided the immense mass of the Gotthard. The Pass only gained significance around the year 1200, when the Schöllenen Ravine between Göschenen and...
Mountains Cardada Cimetta – a mountain waiting to be discovered Locarno Have you ever stopped to think that right above Locarno there is a panoramic viewpoint that's very easy to reach, which offers spectacular sights from the lowest point...
Mountains Diavolezza - Diabolically Beguiling Mountain Pontresina Diavolezza, Italian for she-devil, is a popular Engadine mountain. According to legend, a beautiful mountain fairy once upon a time misguided men, so that they...
Mountains Ebenalp and Wildkirchli Wasserauen Even the Neanderthals were on Ebenalp (Eben Alp). There are three caves, and it is proven that prehistoric people once lived in them. Today there is a mountain...
Mountains Emossen - Unusual Approach Le Châtelard Three unusual trains take visitors to the Emossen Reservoir Lake. Even getting to Emossen by taking the train from Martigny towards Chamonix, traveling through the...
Mountains Stanserhorn on Lake Lucerne Stans The 1,898 meter high Stanserhorn offers a view of ten lakes, 100 kilometers of the Alpine mountain range and three countries. Even the arrival by nostalgic cable car...
Mountains Titlis-Rotair - A Revolving Gondola Lift Engelberg The aerial cable car to the summit of Mt. Titlis offers one of the most panoramic views of mountain peaks and glaciers. During the last 600 meters of the ascent the...
Mountains Schwarzsee and Brecca Abyss Schwarzsee The vacation region around the Black Lake and in the Eastern Freiburg Pre-Alps (Voralpen) is well-known for its authenticity and its wild, romantic natural landscape,...
Mountains Schynige Platte – Cogwheel train to the Alpine Garden Wilderswil Since 1893 the cogwheel train has been transporting nature lovers and hiking enthusiasts from Wilderswil near Interlaken to the Schynige Platte, the starting point of...
Mountains Bergbahn Grindelwald - First Grindelwald There are only a few places in the Alps where the glaciers reach as deeply into the valley as in Grindelwald. The best view is obtained on the First vantage point...
Mountains Schilthorn - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Mürren The aluminum-covered revolving restaurant "Piz Gloria" on the Schilthorn was used in the filming of a few key scenes in the James Bond movie "On Her Majesty's Secret...
Mountains Charmey Charmey Charmey lies at the heart of the Gruyère region, in an unspoilt pre-alpine landscape in the canton of Fribourg. The wide range of activities for families and lovers of...
Mountains Harder – A Viewing Pulpit Between Thuner- und Brienzersee. Interlaken Already in Interlaken you get a magnificent view of the famous mountain trio of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. But the high Alpine, glaciated world of...
Glaciers Aletsch - the Region Surrounding the Largest Alpine Glacier Riederalp Incredibly immense, incredibly beautiful: the Large Aletsch Glacier is the Alps' mightiest ice flow. And the most popular, for it is easily accessible and is ideally...
