Top 3 mountains and top 3 villages in Lake Lucerne

Lake Lucerne is situated in central Switzerland, around an hour away from the capital city of Bern. Lucerne is a busy and bustling city, with lots to do and see, and an extremely popular holiday destination. It attracts tourists from all across the world and you will hear a great many languages spoken all across

Welcome to the villages of Wengen and Mürren

Situated amongst the beautiful scenery of the Bernese Oberland, right at the heart of the Jungfrau Region, lie the picture postcard villages of Wengen & Mürren. These two little traffic free villages are the perfect place to relax and enjoy everything the Swiss Alps have to offer. You reach Wengen by cog railway from Lauterbrunnen.

The Jungfraujoch: a trip to the top of Europe

The Jungfraujoch is a destination that everyone is itching to see, be it your first time in Interlaken or your 50th visit, each time you see it a little differently. The journey starts at Interlaken Ost train station, a busy station, with visitors heading to many destinations and trains running like clockwork to get them

Byron Is Back

Cast your mind back, if you will, to June of 1816 – “The Year without a Summer”. Europe is on the road to rebuilding itself after the Napoleonic Wars, and a young Lord George Gordon Byron has fled Great Britain in the midst of scandal and debt. He travelled up the Rhine towards the Alps,

The Niesenbahn

  A visit up the Niesen is a must-do while you’re on holiday in Kandersteg. The funicular is so easy to reach – simply hop on the train from Kandersteg and its only 25 minutes away (no changes required either!). You alight at Mülenen and to make it even easier, the funicular departs right next

Join Us For Le Tour de France 2016!

  It may have only been a little under three months since the final wheels spun on Le Tour 2015 but excitement is already rising, not least because a few short days ago, much to the excitement of the entire office, the official route for the Tour de France 2016 was released. All 2,187 miles

The Great Aletsch Glacier Hike

The idea of completing a two day hike across Continental Europe’s longest Glacier came from two guests who announced to me at a welcome meeting one day, that they were planning on complete the journey with the folk at Grindelwald Sports. I wandered down to with them to assist with finalising the last minute details

Sunrise Excursion On Gornergrat Mountain

A holiday to Zermatt is not complete without a trip up the famous rack and pinion railway from Zermatt village up all 3089m, to the top of Gornergrat Mountain. It is, in fact, one of the highest mountain train excursions you can do in the Swiss Alps. Even more special is the Sunrise Excursion up