Dating from 1890 and recently thoroughly renovated, the dramatically perched Pilatus-Kulm hotel offers a swanky mountaintop sleeping experience, with four-course dinner and buffet breakfast included. Discounts are offered in the low season (late November to March).
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Gazing over the mighty Reichenbach Falls, where the cataract plunges 250m to the ground with a deafening roar, you can see how Arthur Conan Doyle thought…
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Marking the cantonal frontier with Uri is the vertiginous Furka Pass (2431m), the run up to which offers superlative views over the fissured Rhône glacier…
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You haven’t really been to Lucerne until you have strolled the creaky 14th-century °²¹±è±ð±ô±ô²ú°ùü³¦°ì±ð, spanning the Reuss River in the Old Town. The octagonal…
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Coming from Valais, the mesmerising Rhône Glacier is first seen from the tiny hamlet of Gletsch. This glacier is the source of the Rhône River, which…
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Follow the crowds flowing towards this baroque edifice, the 18th-century handiwork of Caspar Moosbrugger. The interior dances with colourful frescoes,…
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Lucerne’s blockbuster cultural attraction is the Sammlung Rosengart, occupying a graceful neoclassical pile in the heart of town. It showcases the…
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By far the most touching of the 19th-century sights that lured so many British to Lucerne is the Lion Monument. Lukas Ahorn carved this 10m-long sculpture…
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For a bird’s-eye view over Lucerne’s rooftops to the glittering lake and mountains beyond, wander along the top of the old city walls that date back to…
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This impressive double-decker cable car lets you head up top out into the open air for spectacular views as it whisks you over 1100 vertical metres from…
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Looming above the lake, 1898m Stanserhorn (13km south of Lucerne) boasts 360-degree vistas of Lake Lucerne, Mt Titlis, Mt Pilatus and the Bernese Alps,…
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From 1893 to 1974, Stanserhorn was accessed from Stans in three sections by funicular trains. In 1974 the top two sections were replaced by an aerial…
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Lucerne's history museum is cleverly organised into a series of attention-grabbing themed sections, each interpreted in German or English with the help of…
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At this hands-on museum full of stuffed critters and creepy crawlies, highlights include a woodland trail with real trees, plus the fabled Luzerner…
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Lucerne’s blockbuster cultural attraction is the Sammlung Rosengart, occupying a graceful neoclassical pile in the heart of town. It showcases the…
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Downriver from °²¹±è±ð±ô±ô²ú°ùü³¦°ì±ð, this 1408 structure is dark and small but entirely original. Lore has it that this was the only bridge where Lucerne's…
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West along the old city walls and not connected to the ramparts walkway, climb ²Ñä²Ô²Ô±ô¾±³Ù³Ü°ù³¾ for unobstructed views out over Lucerne and marvellous photo…