Over Hill and Dale 3-Passes Adventure Route
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Bern Brienz Thun Susten pass Innertkirchen Wassen Over hill and dale Interlaken Guttannen Andermatt 3-passes adventure route Grimsel pass Furka pass Gletsch People enjoying to drive over alpine passes will love this tour. The 3-passes route “Grimsel - Furka - Susten” promises pure alpine romance! Numerous vertical meters with a unique view of imposing glaciers, reservoirs, deep gorges and romantic villages. More CONCIERGE TIPS 3-passes adventure route Highlights Lake Thun Furka pass* – glacier impressions (2429 m a.s.l.)) Your journey to the breathtaking Swiss passes will lead The journey continues to Valais! Drive down to Gletsch and you first on the Seestrasse along the deep blue lake Thun stretch your feet a little. The Rhone Glacier and the ice grotto via Interlaken to the carving village of Brienz. From Brienz can be admired directly at the Hotel Belvédère (200 meters). it leads you further in the direction Haslital. For all nostalgia fans: the intermediate stop at Furka station thunersee.ch/en takes travellers to the routes highest point of 2160 metres a.s.l. *June-Nov. (to be checked in advance with the concierge) obergoms.ch/en Gelmer funicular, Innertkirchen People seeking a thrill will find one here in the Haslital valley Andermatt on the Bernese side of the Grimsel Pass. The Gelmer Like James Bond in “Goldfinger” you cross the Furka pass to funicular, with its 106 % gradient, is the steepest open Realp and Andermatt. Treat yourself to a z’Vieri in the legendary funicular in Europe. If time permits, do a circular hike hotel The Chedi. Good to know: Four water sources spring from around the turquoise lake Gelmer (2 hours). the Gotthard massif in Andermatt region, namely the Rhine, grimselwelt.ch/en Reuss, Ticino and Rhone. andermatt.ch/en Grimsel pass* – Reservoir (2164 m a.s.l.) Devil’s Bridge – Schöllenen Gorge The Haslital is one of the largest transverse valleys of the The legendary and historical Devil’s Bridge leads over the wild Alpine Massif and the origin of the river Aare. The road over Schöllenen Gorge and is considered one of the highlights of the the pass traverses a wild and barren mountain landscape pass road. The gorge was considered impregnable in the early and imposing underground power plants. *June – Nov. Middle Ages. This, according to the legend, brought the inhabitants (to be checked in advance with the concierge) of the valley to idea to make the devil build the bridge. grimselwelt.ch/en myswitzerland.com/en-th Grimsel hospice, Guttannen Suvorov Monument – Schöllenen Gorge Have the well-deserved lunch at historical Grimsel hospice at the Right next to the Devil’s Bridge there is the Suworow monument, top of the route with the best view of the reservoir. This hospice which reminds of the Russian soldiers who died here in the fight is Swiss history. It was mentioned already in 1142 as the first inn against Napoleon’s troops over 200 years ago. The place that the in the country on the Piedmont-Burgundy trade route. In 1932 it former Russian President Medvedev visited during his state visit was the first electrically heated hotel in Europe. in Switzerland in 2009. grimselwelt.ch/en myswitzerland.com/en-th Grimselwelt, Guttannen Susten pass* (2260 m a.s.l.) Grimselwelt offers a unique tour of power plants - from Grimsel On the way to the Susten pass you cross no less than 25 hospice deep under lake Grimsel to the breathtaking crystal grotto bridges and drive through 25 tunnels. The spectacular pass at Gerstenegg. (2 hours, advance reservation is required) road connects the Reusstal and the Haslital valleys in the Bernese Oberland. During the drive down to the valley enjoy grimselwelt.ch/en the view of the Gadmental valley and the Steinengletscher. *June – Nov. (to be checked in advance with the concierge) © Fotos: Grimsel, Susten pass, David Birri / Furka, Martin Wabel / Martin Wymann / Mike Niederhauser / Sandra Mueller / Miriam Schuler / Furkabahn, Urs W. Züllig / Myswitzerland.ch W. Urs Wymann / Mike Niederhauser Sandra Mueller Miriam Schuler Furkabahn, / Martin Wabel Martin David Birri / Furka, Susten pass, Grimsel, © Fotos: myswitzerland.com/en-th.