Family experiences - Summer

Experience fascinating insights and views of everything going on at the airport.

The Kambly Experience at Trubschachen is an exciting venue for the senses, where visitors can discover the secrets behind the art of baking quality biscuits, explore the origins of Kambly and savour moments of sweet delight.

Get away from it all and visit the sandy beaches at Yvonand. When the sun is shining on Lake Neuchâtel and the waves are lapping softly, it is almost like being at the seaside.

This family-friendly amusement park in central Switzerland offers fun and thrills for young and old alike. Just 35 kilometres from Aarau, Lucerne, Zug and Zurich, Schongiland is a popular day out for families and is constantly adding to its list of attractions.

It’s no wonder that the Moléson has a special place in the hearts of Fribourg’s citizens: the journey up to the panoramic peak is an adventure in itself. Once you reach the summit, you are greeted by wonderful 360° panoramic views of the Gruyère Pre-Alps and the Bernese and Valais Alps.

This suspension rope and bike park is located on the Flüela Pass, right by the “Stilli” bus stop. Enjoy extraordinary thrills and spills on five courses with varying levels of difficulty. The children’s course perfectly tailored to younger visitors.

There are so many legends and historical tales associated with this building, its inhabitants, and its destruction in 1499. The castle was the ancestral home of the barons of Vaz.

The Mouettes (seagulls) are the small yellow water taxis that facilitate easy transport around Geneva. Throughout the year, four lines offer return trips linking both banks of Lake Geneva.

Half boat, half bathtub: that’s the Hot Tug. Sitting comfortably in 38-degree water, gliding across Lake Brienz while snowflakes melt on your forehead. Winter bathing has never been cooler.

Journey of discovery with SiSu and his friends on the Hannigalp in Grächen.

Inspired by the Niagara Falls and created over seven years of painstaking manual labour: the rock gallery of the Roffla Gorge.

A water spectacle of the three-tiered Zillibach Falls in Braunwald. A natural spectacle to behold, especially in spring!

Immerse yourself in the hottest thermal water in Switzerland. In the thermal bath Les Bains de Lavey you can bathe in the 33 to 36 degree warm water, relax in saunas and steam baths and enjoy the view of the Vaud Alps.

Experience the new mineral baths & spa at Samedan and let yourself be spirited away to another world by the uniquely mystical atmosphere.

This augmented-reality digital game is a new attraction offered by TéléMarécottes. You can play it on your smartphone or tablet while exploring the area around La Creusaz on foot!

In just ten minutes, the panorama funicular takes guests from Interlaken up to its local mountain Harder Kulm.

Enjoy a summer's day in the Dolder Wellenbad on the Zürichberg in Zurich. Swim laps in the 50-metre pool or spend time with the family in the children's and paddling area with slide tower – surrounded by greenery.

The most popular open air bathing spot in Bern. As with all other public baths in the town of Bern, the Marzilibad is completely free. The separate “Paradiesli” and “Männerbad” areas allow men and women to sunbathe unclothed.

The pool and spa in the middle of the mountains offers the latest indoor and outdoor pool technology, pure relaxation and fun for the little ones.

Great things sometimes come in small packages – the Zernez Family Baths have attractive, family-friendly facilities and an outdoor bubble pool.

The “Mirror, mirror” exhibition at the Technorama Winterthur brings together over 40 enjoyable and thought-provoking experiments from the virtual world behind mirrors.

Even when you’re wearing the right clothes for the occasion, adventures in the great outdoors aren’t much fun when it’s raining cats and dogs outside yet again. Your teenager is already in a bad mood and your toddler is slowly getting grizzly… But don’t panic! The Indoor Fun Park at the Sunstar Hotel Arosa is just the thing to save your family holiday in Arosa from becoming a literal washout.

Not quite a go-kart, not quite a toboggan – mountain carts offer a real adrenaline rush. On these three-wheeled, low-seated vehicles, equipped with hydraulic brakes, the terrain of the Savognin holiday region can be mastered with confidence, even in summer. Fun for the whole family.

The Apple Trail and a walking route through the village attest the longstanding importance of fruit-growing in Altnau's agriculture. 24 information panels with puzzles, jokes and questions about apple varieties impart valuable knowledge about the apple-growing region and the rosy-skinned fruit itself. Visitors will also meet Fredi, Lisi and Emma – three appealing apple mascots.

Experience pure relaxation in what is probably the most diverse water-based attraction in Switzerland. Enjoy the revitalizing power of water and spend a relaxing time at Aquabasilea.

Over a thousand nail-biting metres of track await you: Solarbob is the only sledging run to combine fun and ecology: you are pulled up by a lift powered by the energy of the sun. But don't worry, you can still use the Solarbob when the sun isn't shining. An unforgettable experience.

Lake Murten truly is a paradise for water sports enthusiasts. Due to its relatively shallow depth, Lake Murten warms up relatively quickly, so it reaches pleasant bathing temperatures earlier than elsewhere.

The little Melchtal valley in the canton of Obwalden, also known as Tobel, has long been a popular year-round hiking area. In deepest winter, the water on the rock walls turns into a vast landscape of icicles.

A giant 700 m toboggan in La Vue-des-Alpes – a great show for families and groups.

The exciting summer toboggan run is located at 1000 meters above sea level on the Gypsera Parking Lot near the training lift in Schwarzsee.

Between the Basel area and Solothurn’s Thal nature park lies the scenic Passwang range of hills. From Liestal you reach the Jura heights in solely 45 minutes by bus and gondola rail to Wasserfallen.

Connbächli is a stream located at Flims, and it is also the official route for cruises of the little “Connschiffli” boats. Families are invited to make their own boat from bark, then follow it for an hour and a half on its cruise through the forest of Flims.

At the heart of the Peuchapatte wind farm (canton Jura), this original educational trail will teach you more about wind energy, the wind and the Franches-Montagnes region.

On the 1-km trail twelve mysterious sagas from Freiamt are impressively portrayed.

Take the cable car from Wasserauen to Ebenalp in Appenzeller Alpstein. At the top, prehistoric caves, the world-famous Äscher mountain inn and hiking trails to the turquoise Seealpsee await you.