Sunday, 28 July 2019

7 Days in Switzerland Itinerary - Day 4: Lauterbrunnen






Refer to below links for more Switzerland April Spring trip blogs:

1. Executive Summary: Executive Summary Blog
2. Day 2 (Grindelwald): Day 2 (Grindelwald) Blog
3. Day 2 (Interlaken): Day 2 (Interlaken) Blog
4. Day 3 (Thun): Day 3 (Thun) Blog 
5. Day 3 (Bern): Day 3 (Bern) Blog
6. Day 4 (Jungfraujoch): Day 4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog
7. Day 5 (Zermatt): Day 5 (Zermatt) Blog
8. Day 6 (Lucerne): Day 6 (Lucerne) Blog
9. Day 6 (Lungern): Day 6 (Lungern) Blog
10. Day 7 (Bern): Day 7 (Bern) Blog



Itinerary Summary:

Day 4: Jungfraujoch & Lauterbrunnen
💜 Lunch (Restaurant Aletsch @ Jungfraujoch) : Refer Day 4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog
💜 Sightseeing (Jungraujoch) : Refer Day 4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog
💜 Sightseeing (Lauterbrunnen) : Refer blog below
💜 Dinner (Restaurant Hotel Oberland @ Lauterbrunnen) : Refer blog below

 Continue from previous blog on Day 4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog, our planned route for the day was Bern → Grindelwald → Jungfraujoch → (Wengen) → Lauterbrunnen. After conquered Jungfraujoch, we came down via train for Wengen direction and go all the way to Lauterbrunnen. The train rides at Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen were breathtaking, you can see the scenery changed from green fields to white snow world. This experience is not to be missed when you are in Switzerland! Grindelwald is a lovely town fulls of green valley with small cottages dotted on it, while Lauterbrunnen is a charming town which is a a home to a total of 72 waterfalls! We fell in love with Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen, and personally felt both of the towns should definitely in your bucket list in Switzerland! 

Lauterbrunnen

Average Time Spent: 4 hours

 Highlights: Waterfall town, scenic view, hiking trails

 Suits: Nature lovers, hiking lovers

Personal Star Rating: ★★★★★ (Must Visit)

Description & Tips:
👉 Lauterbrunnen town is a home to 72 waterfalls. That's why the town is more humid compared to other Swiss's town. The humidity in Switzerland is low and dry and for us who live in Asia a comparatively humid country, we feel our skin get dry and 'dehydrated' quickly. We feel blessed to be in Lauterbrunnen town as the crisp fresh air in the town makes us feel so good.

 👉 Lauterbrunnen has many hiking trails available for tourists to hike through and reward you with the beautiful scenery that you will never forget! There are many road signs in Lauterbrunnen that show you the available hiking trails and their distances together with the time to reach the destination. If you have time in Lauterbrunnen, do not miss the hiking trail, the easiest one will be a relatively flat road that leads you from Lauterbrunnen town to Stechelberg. In this trail, you will passby the famous waterfall named Staubbach Falls (Europe's highest free falling waterfall), witness the vast greenary unfold in front of your eyes, little cottages along the way, animals like cows grazing in field, and even paragliders landing on the vast field!

 👉 From Stechelberg, you can buy the ticket to sit cable car all the way up to Murren town. Murren town is another car free village that is beautiful and well known for tourists as well. From Murren, you can go to another famous mountain excursion in Switzerland, which is Schilthorn mountain (James Bond filming location for movie 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'!).

 👉 Lauterbrunnen gets romantic at night with lesser tourists crowds. It is a good idea to stay there overnight and feel the different kinds of vibe that Lauterbrunnen offers to you! There is only a limited hotel choices in Lauterbrunnen town, about 11 of them only, but all of them are lovely because they are in Lauterbrunnen. You can choose hostel or airbnb as well, quite a number of them in the area.

 TIPS: Prepare some snacks and drinks with you before start the trail journey. There is no coffee shop and toilet along the trail. We only see one vending machine on the way, the price is not cheap also and limited choices, if not mistaken one bottle of water costs CHF4? Can't really remember but really not cheap.

 TIPS: We do not see any lights on the trail, so better plan your time and get out of it when the sky turns dark. As there is no restaurant for you as well along the trail, it is really all about nature only. So watch the time, and return back to Lauterbrunnen town before evening and for your dinner.

 TIPS: For those Swiss Travel Pass holder, you can sit yellow post bus for free from Lauterbrunnen town to Stechelberg. However, we really recommend that you walk to truly immerse yourself in the nature. Although it is a bit (not only a bit, but quite?) tiring for us, but honestly the view is really breathtaking and we feel that we will do that again if there is a chance in future. Truth is that day we hailed a car in the middle of the trail to go to Stechelberg, thanks to the kind couple who agreed to let us hop into their car, we were really very tired at that time and the trail seemed like a never ending one. 😅

 TIPS: Check the cable car operating time if you want to go to Murren or visit Schilthorn mountain. Initially we thought of to go to Murren for a walk and dinner, however we not able to visit Murren at last due to the cable car timing.

 👉 Plan to dinner in Murren was cancelled and thus we went back to Lauterbrunnen town. We had dinner in Hotel Oberland restaurant. It is rated as one of the best dinner place to head to in Lauterbrunnen. Not only the location is beautiful as it overlooks the green valley with cottages and mountains as background, you will get yourself the authentic Swiss dining experience here. To be in this lovely Lauterbrunnen village, we choose to order the famous Swiss cheese fondue that everyone must try once when visit Switzerland. The cheese fondue comes with alcohol inside and personally it not suits my taste bud because of the strong alcohol smell. The waiter teaches us how to eat the cheese fondue and shows us how to stir the cheese fondue by dipping the breads inside, put the favorite toppings, then enjoy the breads and potato. The couple sits beside our table love the cheese fondue so much that they clear up the whole fondue plate, and also eat the crispy layer of cheese at the bottom of the fondue plate happily. They look at how much we have the leftover for cheese fondue and both of us laugh together. I feel like we pay the expensive cheese fondue money just to eat the potato and breads, unlike the couple beside who savors thoroughly 😏.

 TIPS: Try swiss authentic foods in Switzerland, such as raclette, cheese fondue, and rosti. Swiss people also like to eat potato other than cheese. We can see potato in each and every meal which is their main carbohydrate food source. We become a bit scare of cheese and potato after our Switzerland trip 😂.

 TIPS: Remember to make reservation if can before you visit the restaurant. As the restaurant is rated as one of the best in Lauterbrunnen, it is really packed with locals and tourists everyday. For us we are quite lucky as we just walk in and able to grab a seat for 2 people within 15 minutes, the waiter informs us usually they only able to serve those with reservation, those walk in needs to see the luck!

The beautiful view in Lauterbrunnen, a bit of Grindelwald feeling. Both of them are my favorite town in Switzerland!
劳特布龙嫩的美景，有点像格林德瓦。这两个瑞士小镇都是我的最爱！
Lauterbrunnen - home to 72 waterfalls
劳特布龙嫩 - 有着72个瀑布的小镇
Who will not fall in love with this view?
这样的景色，谁不会爱上呢？
Lauterbrunnen 💗
劳特布龙嫩 💗
Falling in love again in Lauterbrunnen
我们在劳特布龙嫩相爱了
Snow capped mountains and waterfalls, the amazing piece of God's creation
雪山和瀑布，上帝的创造
The trail that you can walk from Lauterbrunnen town to Stechelberg station, just like painting
从劳特布龙嫩到Stechelberg站的徒步小径，仿佛身在画中
Won't get tired walking with this view! (Kidding, we really get tired at the halfway of the trail 😓)
在这样美丽的地方徒步应该不会觉得累吧！（开玩笑的，其实我们走到一半就变得好累好累 😓）
You get to see this kind of view when you walk along the trail
徒步小径可以欣赏到这样的风景
Hotel Oberland restaurant which overlooks this beautiful view, dinner with a view here
Hotel Oberland 餐厅对面就是这样漂亮的景色，边吃边看风景
The authentic Swiss cheese fondues in this lovely village of Switzerland
在瑞士的村庄里吃着正宗的瑞士芝士火锅
Swiss cheese fondues which come with breads, potatoes, and toppings. Can ask for non alcohol if you prefer to.
The one that served here comes with alcohol by default.
传统的瑞士芝士火锅，有面包，土豆，和葱菇类的配料。这里的芝士火锅是放有酒精的，
如果不喜欢的话，可以说不要酒哦
Dip the breads into cheese fondues and put the toppings that you like to enjoy!
把面包放进火锅里，沾上了想要的配料，就可享用啦！



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Refer to below links for more Switzerland April Spring trip blogs:

1. Executive Summary: Executive Summary Blog
2. Day 2 (Grindelwald): Day 2 (Grindelwald) Blog
3. Day 2 (Interlaken): Day 2 (Interlaken) Blog
4. Day 3 (Thun): Day 3 (Thun) Blog 
5. Day 3 (Bern): Day 3 (Bern) Blog
6. Day 4 (Jungfraujoch): Day4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog
7. Day 5 (Zermatt): Day 5 (Zermatt) Blog
8. Day 6 (Lucerne): Day 6 (Lucerne) Blog
9. Day 6 (Lungern): Day 6 (Lungern) Blog
10. Day 7 (Bern): Day 7 (Bern) Blog

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💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date: 21/4/2019
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