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The very best panorama-view of Vierwaldstaetter See / Lake of Lucerne is certainly from the large terrace of Chateau Gutsch. Chateau Guetsch used to be a well known luxury hotel for many decades before it was recently closed. Nowadays you may still walk uphill or take the small funicular in order to enjoy the perfect panorama-view of the Vierwaldstaetter See / Lake Lucerne and the city. You simply have to insert some coins and the funicular takes you up a few minutes later, maybe they go on a regular basis, or maybe they wait for a minimum number of passengers. I had to wait 5 minutes and we had been just 4 passengers. It is a pity to see that such a beautiful old hotel is not accepted anymore by modern tourists and it is even worse, as I have been there once in 1978, in its good times. I was there upon invitation of the chef of Chateau Gutsch,who was one of my regular guests in Axalp/Brienz each summer-season. When I came back in 2005 the hotel was closed...
Take a look at my 3rd picture and see the various bridges over the river Reuss : Spreuer-Bruecke is the first one on the left Leave a Comment Directions: Cross the river Reuss at Spreuer-Bridge and take the funicular or step up the hill through the park.
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This was the fifth time we where in Lucerne.
What I love most about this city is the beautiful lake Lucerne or Vierwaldstattersee.
This time we parked our car across Lido, it is at the beginning of the park, this parking place is about a half hour walk from the centre but it is free parking for the five first hours.
You can walk through the park along the river to the city, believe me it is a wonderful sight. Leave a Comment
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Merlischachenis a small village that is not listed in the VT-database, maybe because it is still quite close to Luzern. You will pass through this small village, when going by car from Luzern / Lucerne to Kuessnacht. The main attraction of that small village at the bank of Lake Lucerne / Vierwaldstaetter See is in personal opinion a series of lovely wooden buildings like the one on my main picture . This is "Swiss Chalet" , a restaurant that offers also a few hotel-rooms and it is part of the 4 buildings that offers hotelrooms under the name "Schloss Hotel Merlischachen" :
1)Chateau Golden Gate with appartments and a perfect view of the lake
2)Shlosshotel - directely at the lake with a big park & beach
3)Zollhaus - with a few appartments
4)Swiss Chalet - dating back to the 17th century Leave a Comment Phone: +41 (0)41 8545454Directions: Merlischachen is just a few km outside of Luzern, when you drive along the coastline of Lake Luzerne / VierwaldstaetterSee. The village of Buerglen is close to it.Website: www.schloss-hotel.ch Other Contact: +41(0)41- 854 5466
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Another nice place to walk and see very good views of city,lake and mountains is the lakefront.If you are walking by this part of the city,a good idea may be take a ride in a very big wheel located just next to the lake,here you'll see a impressive view of lake and city.
Also you can do a small cruise along the lake in one of numerous small and big ships there,a few of them have dinners available aswell.During my visit to Lucerne,I didn't had the time to make of of this nice small cruises,but I did it in Geneva at Leman Lake and I enjoyed very much my one hour cruise in that lake!. Leave a Comment
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A major reason for coming to Lucerne at all is to explore the stunning Vierwaldstättersee, or Lake Lucerne, crossed year-round by the fine old boats of the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees (SGV; 041/367 67 67). All SGV boats – including their half-dozen paddle steamers (which incur no extra fare) – depart from the quay directly outside the station, and zigzag their way across the lake stopping at places on both shores: Weggis and Vitznau give access to Mount Rigi; Kehrsiten to Bürgenstock, and from there to the Hammetschwand summit; and Beckenried to Klewenalp. Leave a Comment
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These boats sail to all the villages along the lake, so instead of taking the bus, you can take the boat.
We took the boat back to the lido, kids loved it specially because they didn't have to walk all the way back :-)
The mountain you see here in the dark cloud is mountain Pilatus, the mountain is about 1900 meters.
Fortunately we didn't got the rain from this dark cloud, lucky for us it stay dry the whole afternoon :-) Leave a Comment
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These boats sail to all the villages along the lake, so instead of taking the bus, you can take the boat.
We took the boat back to the lido, kids loved it specially because they didn't have to walk all the way back :-)
The mountain you see here in the dark cloud is mountain Pilatus, the mountain is about 1900 meters.
Fortunately we didn't got the rain from this dark cloud, lucky for us it stay dry the whole afternoon :-) Leave a Comment
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my kids just love those pedalos, every where there are they want to use them :-)
However I thought it was too dangerous at the lake Lucerne because a lot of large boots are sailing at the lake at a very short distance of the pedalo. Leave a Comment
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A relaxing cruise on the Luzern Lake is a must by fine weather.
I would recommend to board on one of the five following historic paddle steamers: Stadt Luzern (1928), Gallia (1913), Schiller (1906), Unterwalden (1902) or Uri (1901).
Enjoy your boat trip to Flüelen, Vitznau or Alpnachstad all steam up ;-)
NB: Paddle steamers run daily between April and October, as well as on Christmas and New Year’s Day. Leave a Comment
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Take one of the boats around Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstaettersee). It takes for example 90 minutes to get as far as Alpnachstad which costs around 18 Francs/12 Euros. (I paid in Euros) Longer trips go out for the whole day or half day - 4 and a half hours. Leave a Comment
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