Bern – Emmental –Interlaken–Jungfraujoch “Easy Adventure Tour” Bern, October 4th to 5th, 2012 Interlaken, October 5th to 7th, 2012 Welcome to Bern! 1 Bern Tourism Amthausgasse 4 | P.O. Box 169 | CH-3000 Bern 7 | T +41 (0)31 328 12 12 | F +41 (0)31 328 12 99 | [email protected] | Bern.com Thursday, October 4th, 2012 Morning individual arrival in Bern. Short walk to the hotel and check-in. Typical Bern Hotel 15.30 – 17.30 Meet your city guide and Marianne Aebi (Market & Key Account Manager Bern Tourism) in the hotel lobby. Guided Scooter City Tourthrough the Old Town of Bern including BearPark and Rose Garden. Viel Spass! Have fun! Amusez-vous bien! Buon divertimento! Allow yourself to be taken on a Scooter tour of discovery through the Old Town of Bern (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and discover the most beautiful as well as some unknown sights of the Swiss capital. The city tour endsat the BearPark. Time atleisure. 19.00 Meetat the hotel lobby. 19.15 Dinner at Granary (Kornhauskeller) with Marianne Aebi Kornhauskeller Kornhausplatz 18 CH-3011 Bern T +41 31 327 72 72 www.kornhauskeller.ch The Granary (Kornhauskeller) is a room of uniqueness, splendour and size, with its history a national monument. In addition to the striking Münger frescos, a new ambiance was created with warm colours, wood, comfortable chairs and dimmed lighting, accommodating the sophisticated attitude to life of the cosmopolitan spirit. They cultivate the original, Italian cuisine of individual regions and the traditional cuisine with Bernese specialities. Overnight in your hotel 2 Friday, October 5th, 2012 Individual breakfast buffet at your hotel. 07.20 Departure from Bern to HasleRüegsau by trai 07.55 Arrival in HasleRüegsau 08.04 Departure from HasleRüegsau to Affolterni.E. by postal bus 08.18 Arrival in Affolterni.E. 08.30 – 09.00 Coffeebreak at the restaurant of the Emmental Show Cheese Dairy 09.00 – 11.00 Guided Tour through the Emmental Show Cheese Dairy. Make your own cheese! Emmental Show Cheese Dairy Schaukäsereistrasse 6 3416 Affoltern T +41 34 435 16 11 www.emmentaler-schaukaeserei.ch Whether over the open fire or in modern copper vats – the Emmental Show Dairy in Affoltern gives you an up-close look at the production of the world- renowned Emmentaler AOC cheese. Besides seeing the Küherstock (herdsman’s cottage) from the year 1741, the Chäshütte (cheese hut) dating to 1900, and the old village dairy from 1954, you can also watch demonstrations of modern cheese production. Specialty cheeses can be purchased in the shop and sampled in the restaurant. 11.00 Transfer to a typical farmhouse by coach 11.30 Typical Emmental Farmer Games & Lunch Farmhouse Emmenmatt Fuhren 131 3543 Emmenmatt T +41 34 402 20 35 Enjoy lots of fun and games with balloon shooting with air gun, nail bar, horseshoes and many more. 14.10 Departure from Emmenmatt to Bern by train 14.48 Arrival in Bern, change train 15.05 Departure from Bern to Interlaken by train UfWiderluege (as we say in Bern)! Contact Marianne Aebi Markt& Key Account Manager [email protected] T +41 (0)31 328 12 23 3 Welcome to Interlaken! Your contact in Interlaken: Annie Neukomm, Manager Sales Promotion T +41 (0)33 826 53 36 [email protected] www.interlaken.ch Friday, October 5th, 2012 Evening Arrival at Interlaken Ost train station, transfer to your hotel Check-in at (tbc) Hotel xy 18.45 Meet representative of Interlaken Tourism at the hotel lobby. Short walk/transfer to restaurant Spycher, enjoy a typical Swiss dinner including an entertaining folklore Show: 4 Restaurant Spycher Strandbadstrasse 44 CH - 3800 Interlaken T. +41 (0)33 827 61 00 Overnight in Interlaken Saturday, October 6th, 2012 Individual breakfast at your hotel 08.30 Meet your guide (name tbc) of Jungfrau Railways at the hotel lobby, short walk to the train station Interlaken Ost. 09.05 Departure Interlaken Ost to Lauterbrunnen bytrain 09.25 Arrival in Lauterbrunnen, changetrain 09.39 Departure Lauterbrunnen to Kleine Scheidegg 10.24 Arrival Kleine Scheidegg, changetrain 10.30 Departure Kleine ScheideggtoJungfraujoch 11.22 Arrival Jungfraujoch Jungfraujoch – 3454 m The highest railway station in Europe www.jungfrau.ch The journey to the Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe, is the highlight of every visit to Switzerland. It offers visitors a high-Alpine wonderworld of ice, snow and rock, which can be marvelled at from vantage terraces, the Aletsch Glacier or in the Ice Palace. On clear days, views extend as far as the Vosges mountains in France and Germany’s Black Forest. 12.30 Lunch at the Top of Europe 13.30 Hike (approx. 40 mins) to the Mönchsjochhut and back to the Jungfraujochwww.moenchsjoch.ch. 15.30 DepartureJungfraujochto Kleine Scheidegg 16.20 Arrival Kleine Scheidegg, changetrain 16.33 Departure KleineScheidegg to Grindelwald by train 17.12 Arrival in Grindelwald, change train 17.19 Departure Grindelwald to Interlaken Ost by train 17.54 Arrival Interlaken Ost, short walk/transfer to your hotel 5 19.30 Meet representative of Interlaken Tourism at the hotel lobby. Short walk/transfer to restaurant OX: Restaurant Ox Am Marktplatz 3800 Interlaken T +41(0)33 828 12 20 www.ox-interlaken.ch Overnight in Interlaken Sunday, October 7th, 2012 Individual breakfast at your hotel and check-out (Deposit your luggage at the hotel) 09.00 Meet your guide (name tbc) at the hotel lobby. Short walk/transfer to “Flying Wheels” and pick-up your E-bike. Enjoy a city-tour (approx. 2.5 h) on an electric bike: Flying Wheels GmbH Höheweg 133, CH-3800 Interlaken +41 33 557 88 38 www.flyingwheels.ch Be absolutely mobile. Climb every hill full of relish. Drive against the wind with a smile on your face. Smell the morning freshness in the air, see the flowers blooming – Driving a Flyer makes everyone happy. 11.30 Return to your hotel, pick-up luggage, short walk/transfer to the train station. 12.04 Departure Interlaken Ost to Lucerne 14.04 Arrival Lucerne 6 .