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Axalp - high above Giessbach - Brienzersee
Axalp - high above Giessbach
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Axalp - high above Giessbach
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  • Updated By globetrott on October 14, 2005
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  • Axalp - high above Giessbach - Brienzersee
    Axalp - high above Giessbach
    by globetrott
    Axalp is one of the few areas, where skiing is possible for at least 4 months a year. There are 2 hotels up on the mountain and many "chalets" - wooden houses that could be rented also by tourists.
    On my picture you may see the former " Hotel Kurhaus Axalp " / , today it is called Alpengasthof Axalp, and this building was constructed completely of wood. It is a really cosy feeling in such an old building, when it is cold and stormy outside.
    In summer you may take various of hikes from Axalp:
    To Hinterburg-seeli ( a small and cristall-clear lake) - about 2 hours
    To Faulhorn and First (see my Grindelwald-page !)
    Walk down to Giessbach and Brienz
    Walk to Hinterburgseeli - Zuun and finally Meiringen - a fullday-tour.
    This hotel has a special meaning to me, because it was there, where I started my carreer in the hotelbusiness and it is a lot of fun for me today to think back of my first severe struggles with the terrible Swiss-german-dialect and hundreds of young skiers, driving me crazy with their orders....
    You may take a bus from Brienz station to Axalp.
    drivingtime on the narrow road is about 40 minutes !
    driving to Axalp by your own car is possible , but NOT advisable !
    The road is really narrow and has just a few passing-places.
    before driving that road, you better check the timetable of the buses !!

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  • Phone: +41 (0) 33 951 16 71
  • Website: http://www.alpengasthof.ch/
  • Other Contact: Fax:+41 (0) 33 951 42 23
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