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Alpsunne Apartment Dates of Stay: September 2022, September 2023, September 2024 - 2 to 3 weeks each time Agency: FerienLizenz. Based in another part of Switzerland but with several apartments in Lenk. Link: https://www.ferienlizenz.ch/ We’ve been renting from FerienLizenz for three years...

Thursday September 12, 2024 We left Dorset Tuesday morning to drive to Switzerland. We’ve been doing this trip every September for several years now and this year we also did the trip in June. Each year the drive seems longer. We took the tunnel and overnighted in Arras and Colmar, arriving...

We’ve been spending 2 - 4 weeks in summer in Lenk for the past 10 years. This year we decided to stay in a nearby town - Zweisimmen. Location - Simmental The Simmental (Simmen Valley) is 30 miles long and runs south following the Simmen River from Lake Thun ending up in the mountains at Gstaad...

Hello, we are in Switzerland and planning a 7 night getaway down to Italy traveling by car from Zurich from Dec. 15 to December 23rd when we will fly out of Zurich airport. We will rent a home/apartment for 7 nights. Does anyone have recommendations of a charming fun Italian homebase during...

Saturday September 2 Sunny and hot, 73F We are here! The three day drive felt longer than usual but we did it. First night in Arras, second in Vittel where the spring water comes from (owned by Nestle). I loved Vittel! Usually we spend the second night in Colmar or Basel, but I wanted to make...

We leave for Switzerland tomorrow, driving from the UK. We’ve been doing this trip every September for several years now. We will be doing the same driving plan - drive to the Chunnel and into France, first night in Arras, second night in Colmar, arrive Friday after in Lenk (in the Berner...

August 27 - October 1, 2003: 5 weeks in Switzerland and Italy. The first 2.5 weeks in Switzerland is published here. The Italy part of the trip will be in the Italy Trip Reports forum. This trip report was originally published on my blog, which has closed. Moved to Slow Europe in 2022. Trip...

In the 1990s Chet and Carolee Lipton wrote a brilliant set of books about hiking in Europe: Walking Easy in the Swiss Alps Walking Easy in the Italian Alps Walking Easy in the French Alps Walking Easy in the Austrian Alps In the 2000s these books were updated and combined into two books. New...

By zig from Kentucky, USA, Fall 2006 An amusing journey with Zig and Georgia as they travel on a tight budget through part of Switzerland, Liguria and make a pilgrimage to Greece, Sept 25 - Oct 9, 2006. This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav. 9/25/06 - Travel Day - Kentucky to...

Restaurant at Buhlberg.

Walking from Laubbargli.

Looking down at Lenk from walk from Laubbargli.

Restaurant at Laubbargli.

Hiking signs at Laubbargli.

Iffegsee above Iffigenalp (2065m).

Walking from Iffigenalp.

Walking from Iffigenalp.

Restaurant at Iffigenalp.

Parking at Iffigenalp.

HIking signs at Iffigenalp with restaurant behind.