The hotel and panoramic restaurant on Rigi Kulm has been visited since 1816. The sunrise is breathtaking. Mark Twain was probably the most promient guest of the hotel, who - slept through the sunrise. This daily spectacle has attracted people even in the 18th and 19th centuries, who made their pilgrimage to the "Queen of the Mountains". Once one has seen from the Rigi summit the sun rise one can understand the influence it had on poets and painter of the Romantic period.
Location:
Rigi - 1800 meters / 5700 feet
How to get there:
By train: direct connections to Arth-Goldau
By boat: direct connections to Weggis and Vitznau
By car: motorway A4 as far as Küssnacht (to Weggis and Vitznau) or as far as Goldau
Motorway A2 to Flüelen, and Axenstrasse as far as Brunnen (to Vitznau and Weggis), or motorway A4 to Brunnen-Goldau
Opening hours:
Open all year
- Rack-railway from Goldau or Vitznau to Rigi Kulm
- Aerial cable car from Weggis to Rigi Kaltbad
Rigi - Queen of the mountains
Rigi
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The most beautiful journeys to the Rigi include a boat trip on Lake Lucerne, and a rack-railway ride or an aerial cable car ride.
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Contact Information
- Weggis Vitznau Rigi Tourismus
Tourist Information Rigi
Postfach
6356 Rigi Kaltbad
Tel. +41 (0)41 397 11 28
Fax +41 (0)41 397 19 82
info.rigi@wvrt.ch - www.the-best-of-lake-lucerne.ch
