Altdorf Travel Guide

 balhannah Says:  Fluelen is located only 4kms from Altdorf. It really was a scenic little town, located at the end of Lake Lucerne. There were Mountain's surrounding the Lake, and we could see the highway we had previously driven on from Lucerne. Lakeside, was a nice rock fountain, and also... 

 balhannah Says:  At the small Town of Fluelen, which is located beside Lake Lucerne, but on the opposite end to Lucerne, I happened to find my own MG CAR! There it was, sitting in the park, just waiting for me to come along and drive it! I had a bit of fun, hopping into this cement MG Car... 

 balhannah Says:  My photo is of the Arsenal building in Altdorf. I have tried to find information and can't. All I can tell you, is it's a short walk from the Wilhelm Tell Theatre, and is worth a look to see the frescoes. 

 balhannah Says:  The Wilhelm Tell Theatre struck me as a beautiful building. It was built in 1865, and was used as a Town Hall until 1924, when it was made bigger to be the Wilhelm Tell Playhouse. The play "Wilhelm Tell" by Friedrich Schiller was staged every 2 to 4 years, most of the time... 

 balhannah Says:  Next to St. Martin's Church is a delightful cemetery. It sounds morbid, I know, but I like browsing around cemeteries, especially old ones.This is a good one to have a look at. I found many beautiful, elaborate head stones and statues, and along the wall, there were some old... 

 balhannah Says:  The Church of St. Martin I could see on my walk. Up the hill I went to this White Church, built in 1799. I was able to go inside and see the Frescoes and the lovely stucco work, and the black and grey Altar. It really was nice!I don't know if you can see the Treasury, but is... 

 balhannah Says:  As I walked around Altdorf, I could see a Flag flying way above my head. I noticed it was bright yellow, with a black Bull's head, a bright red tongue sticking out, and the Bull had a nose ring!What was this! Then, on some old building's, I found a Bull head sculpture, what... 

 balhannah Says:  I had just looked at the Wilhelm Tell Statue, now time to look at the tall painted Medieval Tower directly behind the Statue.It was on this square, where Wilhelm Tell did his legendary apple shot. The painting on the Tower shows the landscape around Schachental, home of the... 

 1 Review and 4 Opinions  We stayed here for just one night - we were passing through from our hometown Nijmegen in the... 

 Dabs Says:  We checked out the menu of the one restaurant recommended in our guidebook, the Goldener Schlussel, and the prices seemed rather high for dinner so when a local offered up a recommendation of one of her favorite places, the Hotel Hofli, we headed off to find it.Our server,... 

 HORSCHECK Says:  With just less than 9000 inhabitants, Altdorf is a relatively small town comfortably nestled at the foot of the local mountains of the canton Uri. It can easily be explored on foot and as usual in most Swiss towns, yellow signs show the walking distances to the nearby places... 

 HORSCHECK Says:  Although Switzerland is situated in the centre of Europe it is neither a member of the European Union nor does it have the Euro as currency.The official currency in Switzerland is the Swiss Franc (CHF). The smaller denomination is called Rappen (100 Rappen = 1 CHF). As all... 

 HORSCHECK Says:  The village of Flueelen is situated only about 6 km north of Altdorf. It can be reached by both suburban train and local bus from Altdorf.Besides its fantastic location on the southern shore of the Lake Lucerne, Flueelen also offers some interesting sights.The Heart of Jesus... 

 HORSCHECK Says:  The federal state of Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons. The town of Altdorf is the capital of the canton Uri, which with only about 35.000 inhabitants is one of the smallest cantons of the country.Besides the cantons of Schwyz and Unterwalden, Uri was one of the...