Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland
We arrived in Lucerne by train from Zurich, a journey of just under an hour. Our short walk to the 5-star Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern took us across a bridge lined with flowers to a lakefront promenade shaded by chestnut trees. We entered Hotel Schweizerhof and found ourselves immersed in the area’s history.
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Engelberg and Mt. Titlis: feeling on top of the world
This region is best known for the 10,000′ high Mount Titlis, a ski resort with the only publicly accessed glacier and highest vantage point in Central Switzerland. But there’s more.
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Four sides of Switzerland: a microcosm of European cultures
Switzerland was named the #1 country in the world for the third year in a row by U. S. News and World Report.
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Best alpine trips in Switzerland: Reuti, Mägisalp, and Planplatten
Our Swiss alpine experience took us to three gondola stops — Reuti, Mägisalp, and Planplatten.
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Badrutt’s Palace in St. Moritz: On Top of the World
Awaken at sunrise at Badrutt’s Palace in St. Moritz and you will discover how it feels to be on “Top of the World.”
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Daytrips from Zurich: the lake cruise
Getting out on the lake is one of the most delightful way of seeing the area around Lake Zurich
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The best of Zurich in 24 hours
Zurich is Switzerland’s largest city, the dynamic and cosmopolitan financial and technology center…
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Two Days in the Swiss capital: Bern, Switzerland
Ever wonder why Bern was chosen as Switzerland’s political capital over the larger Zurich or Geneva?
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Hotel Schweizerhof in Lucerne named Best Historic Hotel in Europe
It has been the hotel of choice of royalty, celebrities, politicians, industrialists, musicians and more. And now the it has been named Best Historic Hotel in Europe by Historic Hotels Worldwide.
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Dining in Lucerne: the grand, the historic and the delightful
The Old Town is a charming restaurant and café area and the grand lakefront hotels have fine restaurants with outdoor seating. And just beyond the waterfront are hidden gems with charming dining rooms and garden dining.
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All in a day in Lucerne, Switzerland
Lucerne’s magnificent natural surroundings, temperate climate, city amenities, Old World charm, and easy access by road and rail has attracted travelers for over 200 years. It is one of the top tourist resorts in Switzerland.
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Mt. Pilatus: a voyage on a boat, train, cable cars and a bus
During our visit to Lucerne we rode a classic steamboat across the lake to the world’s steepest cogwheel railway at Mt. Pilatus.
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Yverdon-les-Bains, thermal capital of the Lavaux region of Switzerland
The little town of Yverdon-les-Bains is the Swiss Lavaux region’s thermal capital on the southwestern tip of Lake Neuchatel.
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The Swiss Lavaux region: A votre sante!
“The land of three suns” is sun-drenched from the sky, the reflecting lake, and the stone walls that release stored heat when temperatures drop.
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Worth the hike: dining at breathtaking heights at Berghaus Ӓescher
Dining at Gasthaus Äescher is an experience that goes far beyond the meal.
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Appenzell: A taste of traditional Switzerland
Appenzell, in the eastern part of Switzerland, is hill country at its finest with colorfully painted wooden buildings, cows and dairy farms, and the musical sounds of yodelers, dulcimers, giant-sized cowbells, and alphorns.
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An Untours apartment stay in Meiringen, Switzerland
This was our second Untours apartment stay in Switzerland. This time we chose to stay in Meiringen, in the Swiss Heartland, an alpine and lakes region in the middle of Switzerland.
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Säumerfest in Meiringen, Switzerland
One afternoon, as part of an event called Säumerfest 2016, a group in traditional attire arrived with donkeys and mules laden with wooden cheese boxes to parade through town.
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Alpkäserei Handegg: a Swiss cheese hut
We rode a post bus ride to Alpkäserei Handegg, a cheesemaker’s hut in the Grimsel region of Switzerland.
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A peak experience from Meiringen, Switzerland: Reuti, Mägisalp, and Planplatten
The series of three gondolas took us through forests, past gushing waterfalls, over chalets on rolling hills and to the alpine terrain of the summit.
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