The Hotel Metropole**** is situated in the centre of Interlaken and offers a beautiful view onto the Jungfrau range. The hotel has 96 fashionably furnished rooms and thanks to the unique architecture 84 of them provide a balcony and view onto the Jungfrau. The restaurants offer highlights such as the Specialty Restaurant Bellini, the Panoramic Restaurant Top o’Met on the 18th floor and the Metro Bar in the spacious hotel entry hall. Additionally, the Hotel Metropole offers 8 air-conditioned group and conference rooms that hold up to 200 people, an indoor pool, a sauna and possibilities to park your car on site.

This historic hotel residence in its unique setting high above lake Brienz and right next to the foaming Giessbach waterfalls is a small exquisite world of its own. Surrounded by mountains, forest and meadows, offering a breathtaking view on the unspoilt scenery of lake Brienz, Giessbach are a flowered oasis far away from every-day stress and from the nuisances of our time.

Ballenberg - Switzerland as it used to be. More than one hundred century-old buildings from all over Switzerland, 250 farmyard animals, traditional, old-time gardens and fields, demonstrations of local crafts and many special events create a vivid impression of rural life in days gone by. The Swiss Open Air Museum Ballenberg is indeed unique.

Discover the most traditional glass factory in Switzerland. Look over the shoulders of the glass-makers. Enjoy the Vierwaldstätter Lake and beautiful panoramic views of the mountains.

The Niesen is a beautiful, pyramid-shaped mountain situated at the south side of the Lake of Thun between the towns of Interlaken and Thun, at the gateway to the Bernese Oberland.

A funicular brings passengers in a half-hour spectacular journey from the valley station Mülenen (altitude 2’310ft) up almost to the peak of Mt. Niesen (altitude 7876ft). The funicular, which consists of two sections, was built between 1906 and 1910. Ever since then it has been under constant expert technical supervision. The journey up to Niesen Kulm takes approximately 30 minutes. Halfway up, at the middle station Schwandegg, passengers change to a steeper gradient train. While sitting in the couch one can take a glance at the world’s longest stairway that runs the length of the Niesen cable railway.

The company Fritschi was originally founded by Albert Fritschi in the Kandertal Valley in 1960. Initially a mechanical workshop, the company moved into the field of ski binding’s manufacture in the late sixties when it began serial production of plate bindings. As time went on, the company amassed considerable expertise in the development and production of innovative binding systems.

UNESCO world heir Swiss inheritance
An unforgettable day trip counts Swiss Alps as one of the highlights of every Swiss journey with Europe's most situated train in the high alpine magic world on 3454 meters over sea in UNESCO world inheritance.

Sights:
Ice palace, intercity express train Gateway, sphinx view terrace, and plateau with paths in the eternal snow, Aletschgletscher, with 24 km of the longest ice river of the Alps.