Interlaken - the most beautiful Town I have seen so far, is located in between the elegant waters of Lake Thun and Lake Brienz (hence the name "interlaken"), and is surrounded by the peaks of Alps in all the directions! Yes, the massive peaks of Jungfrau, Mönch, and Eiger set the borders for this city; but Interlaken is not in the mountains – its quite flat. That makes Interlaken a perfect home base for exploring the beautiful mountains all around the central region of Switzerland.
Interlaken has always been attracting numerous visitors; it’s a favourite vacation place for many royal families over 100 years; The gorgeous castles and condos’ you see all over the town can tell you rest of the history. The Center of Interlaken itself may not be that scenic, but with its unique location & transport infrastructure, Interlaken is vital for exploring all the marvels of neighbouring mountain peaks, valleys and lakes.
HOW TO GET THERE:
Interlaken has always been attracting numerous visitors; it’s a favourite vacation place for many royal families over 100 years; The gorgeous castles and condos’ you see all over the town can tell you rest of the history. The Center of Interlaken itself may not be that scenic, but with its unique location & transport infrastructure, Interlaken is vital for exploring all the marvels of neighbouring mountain peaks, valleys and lakes.
HOW TO GET THERE:
- By Rail: Interlaken is well connected by trains; there are frequent connection to/from all major cities like Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Berne and Luzern. There’re quite a few inter-countries as well.
- Interlaken has two train stations. Interlaken Ost is the most important, Interlaken West is smaller. From these stations, trains, buses and boats go to all places of interest.
- By Road: That’s what we did. It’s very convenient, and easy to drive. Directions are very clear, otherwise also you have GPS navigator.
- There are many tourist bus operators too. One of the popular is Bus2alps, a big company operates private buses from all nearby top attractions such as Florence (Italy), Rome(Italy), Paris (France) and Munich (Germany) to Interlaken.
GETTING AROUND INTERLAKEN:
Interlaken town is small; you can get around all the town by walk/ bike (Ofcourse if the weather supports😏). Also for the lazy ones: you have a good local buses connectivity; which is also “free” if you carry your hotel guest cards. I think, all the hotels in Interlaken give the public transport card to their guests at no extra cost.THINGS TO SEE & DO IN INTERLAKEN:
Most of the visitors coming to Interlaken are there mainly to see the surrounding peaks of Jungfrau, Mönch, Eiger or even Interlaken…. But the town Interlaken itself has a lot of scenic places around and a variety of things to do. Below are some of the points of interest that I’d recommend:
