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Obwalden
About 17 miles away
A monastery village below Mount Titlis, with cable cars up to its glacier and the Cliff Walk.
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Mount Rigi
The Queen of the Mountains, a car-free summit above three lakes, reached by Europe's first mountain railway.
- Open
- Every day, all year
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Rigi Bahnen, VitznauDirections
- Getting There
- About 1 hour by boat from Lucerne to Vitznau, then the railway.
Why Go
The cogwheel railway from Vitznau opened in 1871, and Victorian travelers came to watch the sunrise from Rigi Kulm, at 1,798 meters. Trains also climb from Arth-Goldau, a cable car rises from Weggis, and gentle trails connect the stations, with a spa by Mario Botta at Rigi Kaltbad.
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About 40 miles away
The resort between two lakes, and the gateway to the Jungfraujoch, Europe's highest railway station.
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About 68 miles away
A panoramic train across the Swiss Alps, from Zermatt to St. Moritz in about eight hours.
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