Animal Farms in Lucerne – Lake Lucerne

Located at the heart of central Switzerland, the pre-Alps high valley of Einsiedeln is shaped by moorland. And on the cross-country trails around Einsiedeln you experience the purest form of enjoyment.

Cut brick by brick to build your white home. With good stamina and skill you build your igloo.

One of only two Protestant churches in Lucerne, St. Matthäus was the first, built in 1848 in a neo-Gothic style.

The Weatherman Hiking Trail in the Muotathal Valley shows at 14 stations how, based on the signs of nature, weather rules are made to predict sun, wind, and rain.

This is an insider's tip among Lucerne's museums, where visitors will be surprised at the originality of the exhibitions. Where else would you find exhibitions on the theme of motorways, huts and shacks, or tunnels and bunkers?

During the city tour, visitors visit such world famous attractions as the Chapel Bridge with the octagonal Water Tower, the Jesuit Church and KKL Lucerne.

There's fun for everyone to be had on the great tin toboggan on the Hochstuckli.

Visitors hear about the six-hundred-year history that is behind the flags and participate in one of the country’s oldest customs.

In Schindellegi high above Lake Zurich, “Sihlpark Wellness” has established an oasis of well-being where day-to-day life is deliberately brought to a halt.

The moorland experience in the Stoos region is the ideal outing for more fun that you ever imagined − and a chance to learn "more about moors".

The Sonnenberg cogwheel train, called the “Little Blue Train,” whisks visitors in a few minutes to the multifaceted adventure mountain near Kriens, a leisure paradise and recreational area.

At the very heart of Switzerland, a world record-holding technical innovation awaits: the steepest funicular railway in the world leads from Schwyz up to the car-free mountain village of Stoos. The journey there is an experience in itself, with passengers being taken up to a natural paradise 1,300 metres up.

Experience the world of flavors of wine and cheese.

The Kitzelpfad (tickle path) offers a thrill of a special kind at the mountain station of the Brunni chair lift. The barefoot path around the idyllic Härzli lake, situated at 1860 meters above sea level, is unique in these mountains.

Lucerne’s Pilatus mountain (2,118m above sea level) boasts some of the most spectacular views in Switzerland. From the summit, you can see across the Central Swiss Alps and the Jura all the way to France and the Black Forest in Germany.

In the distance you can see the Rütli meadow, the historic place where the forming of Switzerland is said to have occurred in 1291. With its 2,928 m (9,606 ft), the pyramidal peak of Urirotstock can be made out even farther in the back. The village of Seelisberg lies on a sunny terrace at 850 m.a.s.l. (2.788 ft), beneath the two mountains Niederbauen and Oberbauen. Lake Lucerne, in German literally ‘Four Forested Settlements Lake’, got its name because it is embedded in the four forest cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden and Nidwalden, and Lucerne.

Brunni’s two sunny and 2.5 kilometer-long toboggan runs to Ristis are guaranteed fun for people of any age.

Located right in front of Restaurant Giswilerstock, this park gets young hearts racing.

Short, fast and with fantastic sweeping views.

"Swiss Chocolate Adventure". Visitors will experience the chocolate adventure on an exciting journey.

Breathtaking nature meets unique experiences on the Brienzer Rothorn. The new “Top of Biosphere” adventure world on Lucerne's highest peak invites you to linger with a stylish piazza, a cozy restaurant, a fascinating summit cinema and much more.

The landmark of Central Switzerland, and Lucerne's 'own' peak: Mount Pilatus. The Golden Tour by steamer, red rack-and-pinion railway and back via cable railways is the classic round trip.

The Hotel Rigi Kulm has been welcoming guests for almost 200 years.