GUEST RELATIONS & TOURS Summer 2018 1 TOURBOOK Summer 2018 www.oz-swiss.ch 2 CITIES MOUNTAINS FAMILY, FUN GASTRONOMY ART, CULTURE INTRODUCTION & ARCHITECTURE & NATURE & ACTION & SHOPPING & SCIENCE Andreas Schranz Andreas Board Chair and CEO Board OZ Swiss ServicesOZ Swiss AG I would like to welcome you to Switzerland on behalf of OZ Swiss Services as on behalf on behalf of OZ Swiss as well Switzerland to AG, you welcome like to I would and limousine partners.of our hotel of services of wide range and consulting, a provider in our industry, the CEO of a leading company As stands for of our efforts. OZ Swiss and the reception importance experience your to great I attach and limousine services. 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Dear valued Guests, TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 CITIES & ARCHITECTURE 25 MOUNTAINS & NATURE 47 FAMILY, FUN & ACTION 69 GASTRONOMY & SHOPPING 93 ART, CULTURE & SCIENCE PARTNERS & SERVICES 3 CHRISTIAN FELIX – Flowers, Interior & Design 24 CRYSTALART – Jewels & Objects 46 OZ SWISS – Guest Relations, Relocation and Health Care Services 68 BRIONI – The Art of Tailoring 92 OZ SWISS – Limousine Service CITIES & ARCHITECTURE 8 City, lake and mountains – All in one in Lucerne 10 Breathtaking views and idyllic sceneries in Ticino – Bellinzona and the Verzasca Valley 12 A city with Mediterranean flair – Lugano 14 Bern – The Capital of Switzerland 16 The castle of Sleeping Beauty – Neuschwanstein 18 “Ora et labora” – The life of Benedictine monks at the Monastery Einsiedeln 20 Historic buildings and modern architecture – Lenzburg and Baden 22 Basel – A pocket-size metropolis CITIES MOUNTAINS FAMILY, FUN GASTRONOMY ART, CULTURE INTRODUCTION & ARCHITECTURE & NATURE & ACTION & SHOPPING & SCIENCE 8 IN City Kids Nature Culture Activity Shopping ONE IN ALL – – NE R E ntains C u U O L d m d AN E k LA , , ITY C Due to its location on the shore of Lake Lucerne, within sight of Mount Pilatus and Rigi in the Swiss and Rigi in the Swiss of Mount Pilatus within sight of Lake Lucerne, on the shore its location Due to will visit world- you On a guided city tour, tourists. for has long been a destination Lucerne Alps, and the Jesuit Church Tower, Water such as the Chapel Bridge famous sights with the octagonal can also learn important facts and humorous about the history You the famous Lion Monument. squares visit town hidden alleys, will discover You of its residents. life and the everyday of Lucerne will have You Wall. the Musegg “crown,” with activity a glimpse of the city’s teeming catch and even you awaits Prisma Restaurant where Vitznau, heading to before time in the city as well some free view of Lake Lucerne. a nice by with a gourmet dinner accompanied CA001 Tour ID: Tour Program Glacier Garden Restaurant info Package Pick up In your free time you may visit Restaurant PRISMA Please contact your concierge or Guided city tour in Lucerne Glacier Garden, located at the get in touch with us to get an offer heart of Lucerne. Glacial potholes The restaurant not only spoils its and a schedule fitted to your needs. Free time bear witness to the latest ice age guests with a unique panoramic Dinner and to the fact that Lucerne was view, but offers exciting creations Package price includes: Drop off once covered by glaciers. In the of contemporary cuisine taking Transfer museum, a multimedia show and inspiration from around the globe Waiting times according to the Half day excursion an interactive information system and prepared using the finest suggested schedule will bring the exciting history of the regional products. Private tour guide in Lucerne Availability: Earth to life. It has 1 Michelin star and 16 Gault This tour can be booked all year Millau points. around. Restaurant Prisma may be closed on some days, but of course we are happy to suggest you another restaurant for dinner in that case. 9 CITIES MOUNTAINS FAMILY, FUN GASTRONOMY ART, CULTURE INTRODUCTION & ARCHITECTURE & NATURE & ACTION & SHOPPING & SCIENCE 10 O City Kids IN TICIN IN Nature Culture Activity Shopping S IE R A VALLEY A C CENE S ZAS R YLLIC YLLIC D I D THE VE THE D AN S VIEW G IN K A BELLINZONA AN BELLINZONA THT The skyline of Bellinzona, capital of Ticino is defined by the powerful is defined by fortifications Ticino comprising skylineThe capital of of Bellinzona, Heritage World as a UNESCO all listed castles in Switzerland, of the best-preserved medieval three castles and home of the the oldest of the three will visit Castelgrande, trip During you your Site. the Museum and the Museum of Art. can discover the castle you Archaeological lunch at After guide. tour with a private of the old town picturesque and squares corners it is the fourth its 220 meters highest dam in Switzerland With dam. Verzasca next the is at The stop further will travel along the you Then and the river. Valley Verzasca a stunning view on and offers in the heart Efra Grotto of nature. dinner at can have you its end where to valley EA R CA002 Tour ID: Tour B Program Verzasca Dam and James Bond Restaurant info Package Pick up The dam became a popular Grotto San Michele Please contact your concierge or Lunch and sightseeing in bungee jumping venue after a get in touch with us to get an offer Bellinzona James Bond stuntman jumped off Built between the fortified walls and a schedule fitted to your needs. it in the opening scene of the 1995 and vineyards of Castelgrande, the Journey to Verzasca valley film GoldenEye; a stunt voted as magnificent terrace of Grotto San Package price includes: Dinner at Grotto Efra the best movie stunt of all time in a Michele provides a breath-taking Transfer Drop off 2002 Sky Movies poll. view. The Grotto’s gastronomy is Waiting times according to the Would you like to jump? Contact focused on traditional Ticinese suggested schedule One day excursion our customer service for arranging specialties with strong emphasis on Entrance tickets for a reservation. genuine regional products. Castelgrande Availability: Private tour guide in Bellinzona This trip can be booked all year, Grotto Efra but we suggest to make it in nice weather. From September to May, Located at the end of Verzasca Grotto San Michele is open from Valley and only a few steps away Tuesday to Saturday only. from a waterfall, Grotto Efra welcomes its guests in idyllic scenery, with great hospitality and typical Swiss-Italian specialities. 11 CITIES MOUNTAINS FAMILY, FUN GASTRONOMY ART, CULTURE INTRODUCTION & ARCHITECTURE & NATURE & ACTION & SHOPPING & SCIENCE 12 City Kids Nature Culture Activity Shopping R ANEAN FLAI ANEAN RR E ANO T I G D U L ME TH Y WI Y T CI A Lugano, the largest town in the holiday region of Ticino, is not only a conference and business of is not only a conference region in the holiday town Ticino, the largest Lugano, flair, Mediterranean With buildings. villas and sacred of parks and flowers, but also a town centre, with the cachet of a small town. combined of a world-class all the advantages city, offers Lugano funicular The Bré. of Monte the top the city can take a look at from you going in the centre, Before and a lunch on the the panorama Enjoy of Switzerland. the sunniest mountain up to will bring you Vetta. of Ristorante terrace (LAC) and of Lugano Center can visit the New Cultural you the city to where you drive lunch, we After I Due Sud awaits Restaurant guide. tour with a private centre town in the historic then go sightseeing home. travelling view of the lake before with a delicious dinner and a nice you CA003 Tour ID: Tour Program LAC – Lugano Arte e Cultura Restaurant info Package Pick up LAC is dedicated to the visual Restaurant I Due Sud Please contact your concierge or Take funicular to top of Mount arts, music and the performing get in touch with us to get an offer Bré journey of ca. 30 mins arts and promises to become one The Restaurant I Due Sud, with its and a schedule fitted to your needs. of Switzerland’s most important spectacular view of Lake Ceresio, Lunch in restaurant Vetta cultural institutions. The hall of this serves a light Italian cuisine and Package price includes: Visiting the New Cultural striking architectural structure is delicious dishes, such as the flambé Transfer Center of Lugano – LAC open to visitors, just like any town specialties prepared directly at the Waiting times according to the Coffee break street, enabling them to cross from guests’ table.