Hotel Splendid Interlaken

... from the trails onto the streets and up to the doors of their hotels! In Interlaken we found a wonderful place to stay for the night called the "Hotel Splendid", and we had a great Swiss dinner of raclette and fondue at a restaurant down the ...

... back to Interlaken East and to the train that goes to Brienz on the other lake of Interlaken, Brienzersee.  Brienze is a small town, providing mainly hotel accommodation to the tourist trade.  It has an attractive lake frontage, ideal for a ...

... gravity that it tortures itself into boiling streams and plunging torrents. The bus back to Lauterbrunnen and then the train to Interlaken East provided a short interlude in which to dry out before taking the train to Bern. Stepping off the train in Bern ...

... The public service bus along the lakeshore drives straight back to Montreux.  But after being ripped off for coffee and water it was time to get out of the place and take the much faster railway route back to Interlaken via Lausanne, Bern, and ...

... much in its favour, it's gently downhill so very little effort is required. The path carries on all the way back to Interlaken, but at Schilthornbahn, less than an hour’s walk from Stechelberg, the cable car travels up the valley wall to Gimmelwald ...

The journey to Jungfrau starts with a train from Interlaken East (567 metres) to Lauterbrunnen (796 metres) – it was absolutely packed. The groups of Indians, Koreans, and Chinese seemed to be in a competition of who could shout and scream the ...

... in Mannheim, things eased up. I was headed to Basel, Switzerland, then a change to Interlaken. Arrived in Interlaken at about 1:00 pm and went to the hotel. Hotel is somewhat spartan, but the price is right. Wireless internet, a clean bed, TV and a ...

... . We had used up most of the day by this time, but noted the proximity of the Jungfrau and the Bernese Oberland was to Interlaken. Prefering the ability to roam at will on this day, we decided to return soon and to not be bound by timetables and booked ...

We started our day with a traditional yummy Swiss breakfast in the "Hotel Splendid" at 8 am. By about 9:40 am we were on a train that followed the "Golden Pass" route from Interlaken to Montreux (with one change), though it was not the official "Golden ...

... like a different world now. It reminded me of the vistas of the swiss valleys that we enjoyed from the train going up Interlaken district of Switzerland. We were enjoying it all the while turning back to get one last view of Goechala. It looked more and ...