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Culinary autumn excursions Feast your way through this colourful time of year

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Autumn not only boasts the most impressive array of colours, but also all manner of unique culinary highlights. Enticing red and white wines are just waiting to be sampled, along with a vibrant mix of regional specialities and the best picnic ideas for the planned autumn hike.

Round trip by e-bike with drinks among the Hérens cows

The e-bike tour begins in Evolène. You’ll be able to make it up to Alp Chemeuille without any great effort, before riding down single trails through the golden forest to the magical mountain lake, Lac d’Arbey. Just above, you’ll see Hérens cows grazing. If you like, you can meet Florian here. He and his family have been breeding Hérens cows for generations, and Florian will happily tell you more about it over drinks.

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Lake Walen e-bike culinary tour

Cycle from course to course: from Unterterzen, follow the lakeside path via Murg – a mecca for sweet chestnuts – all the way to the starter in Mühlehorn. The Seerenbach Falls coming into view is the next highlight. Having arrived in Weesen, the main course is served at the Brasserie du Lac. The final kilometres lead to Beetlis, where a ship is boarded for the return trip to Unterterzen – and dessert.

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Take the highest funicular railway in the world straight to the glacier

Public transport with a difference: the world’s highest underground train has been taking passengers up to the Mittelallalin (3,500 metres above sea level) for the past 30 years.​ Up here, you can also find one of the largest ice grottos in the world: the Ice Pavilion is well worth a visit. Delicious meals and a vast mountain panorama including 4,000m peaks await in the Allalin revolving restaurant.

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Vineyards, wine and a spectacular gorge

From the winegrowing village of Ligerz, the small Vinifuni funicular takes visitors up through vibrant golden vineyards to Prêles. This is the starting point of a stunning hike through the Twannbach Gorge. The route takes around one hour, running between high rock faces and past dark green peat bogs, deciduous trees bursting with autumn colour and waterfalls on the way down to Twann – and the shores of Lake Biel.

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Enjoy the “five-country vista” with a fondue backpack

Enjoying a fondue in the great outdoors as part of a hike is a truly memorable experience. Simply pick up the all-inclusive fondue backpack and make your way to the “five-country vista”. There are many trails up the mountain range between Lake Constance and the Appenzell region with unique views of the lake and the five “countries”, namely Austria and Switzerland, plus Bavaria, Baden and Württemberg in Germany.

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